What does it feel like to lose your intelligence the moment you switch languages? Rachel Pierre lived that. Grew up in Haiti, French was home — English didn’t exist until she was 18. Her dad flipped every TV channel to English one day and didn’t explain why. A year later she was studying in the US, then working in FinTech alongside executives at JP Morgan Chase and Apple. Now she helps leaders hold their ground in high-stakes French rooms. Real people. Real stakes. Real method. In this episode: • Her dad’s move: every TV at home, switched to English overnight • The Parlez method — Survive → Function → Command — and why the order matters • Why reading Le Monde still freezes you when the waiter goes off-script • The Paris Fashion Week client who went from left behind to photos with Oprah • Why the Air Canada CEO’s two words in French nearly cost him everything • Why AI can book your train — but can’t hold the room for you • Three things she’d tell every language learner right now No drills. No vocab lists. Just a real conversation about what it actually takes to feel like yourself in another language. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to Emotional English 00:16 Meet Rachel Pierre (Parlez) 01:20 Why professionals must not lose themselves in a second language 01:47 From Haiti to the US — and why she hated English 02:59 Dad flips every TV channel to English 05:36 Survive → Function → Command 07:00 Why Survive comes first (stop translating) 09:28 How Parlez was born 11:52 Paris Fashion Week transformation 14:17 Air Canada CEO & language as leadership 16:25 Personalized 90-day roadmap 19:30 Role model: Rachel’s father 23:42 AI vs human language coaching 27:32 Three recommendations for learners 28:01 Presence over perfection 30:52 Thank you & close Links & next step: • Free tryout lesson: https://danilabondarenko.ru • Telegram: https://t.me/emotional_english • Website: https://emotionalenglish.ru • Speaking Club: https://forms.yandex.ru/cloud/68d951c802848f454866577d • Support: https://boosty.to/emotionalenglish • Video version: YouTube @EmotionalEnglish Rachel Pierre — Executive French Coach · Author · Speaker 🌐 Website: https://parlezmethod.com/ 📘 Book: https://parlezmethod.com/book 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelsfrenchmethod/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelpierre/ 📧 parlez@parlezmethod.com tags:  learn english, english podcast, emotional english, rachel pierre, parlay, english interview, intermediate english, esl podcast, language immersion, executive presence, stop translating, english listening practice, danila bondarenko, train for presence