Missed the live workshop?
Watch the replay: 5 Ways to Keep Spanish Convos Going Even When You Blank.
In that recording you learned five skills for the freeze moment. The 12-week Unfreeze to Flow program is where you practice them (+more!) with real people, until keeping the conversation in Spanish isn’t something you have to think about. That’s what’s waiting below 👇
Unfreeze to Flow in Spanish
You understand more Spanish than you can speak. The words are in there. They freeze the moment a real conversation starts.
Unfreeze to Flow in Spanish is a 12-week group program for people who have the basics down but go blank when it’s time to actually talk. In 12 weeks, you’ll learn what to do in the freeze moment, so you stop reaching for the translator and start finishing your sentences.
Every time you reach for the translator, the connection stalls. You don’t want to survive Spanish conversations. You want to speak, and truly connect with friends, family, coworkers, and community.
You believe being bilingual matters in today’s world, for your career and for your life. And you want to belong, to feel accepted by the Spanish-speaking people around you.
You’re doing everything right. You’re on Duolingo, you watch YouTube videos about Spanish grammar, you put Netflix and music in Spanish on in the background. But when it’s time to open your mouth, your mind goes blank and you freeze.
Your first instinct is to reach for the translator or switch to English the moment things get uncomfortable, and it keeps you stuck at the same level. You walk away from conversations full of self-doubt, negative thoughts, feeling ‘not good enough,’ comparing yourself to others, or even thinking: maybe my brain just doesn’t work that way.
You’ve done all the ‘right’ things to learn a language according to the internet and Reddit threads, but somewhere along the way you learned how to consume Spanish rather than produce it.
Here’s how that shows up:
- You can recognize words when reading or listening, and manage the basics, but you still freeze in real conversations
- You rehearse what you want to say in your head, it sounds great, and then the moment comes and you’re lost for words
- You keep reaching for the translator or switching to English mid-conversation, and traditional studying and apps aren’t getting you past it
There is nothing wrong with you. You are not bad at Spanish. Your Spanish is stuck in your head instead of in the room, and you’re paying for it in lost connections, silent nods, and self-doubt. That’s the whole problem. And none of it is fixed by more vocabulary and flashcards.”
Bravo! Perfecto Señora!
“Claudia is positive and flexible and always encouraging even when we fall or fail to pronounce Spanish correctly. This course helped me regain a Spanish routine and now I’m using Spanish more in my work and personal life.
In my years as a Spanish student, Claudia is the first ever to tell me to smile when I say the Spanish “I”, because I was cheating with the American English “I”. Her attention to Spanish in Europe and South America is very strong. I would give this course five out of five stars if there is a star rating system.”
Timothy Taite
Life Insurance Agent
Here is my own story in Spanish
I spent over a decade trying to speak Spanish. Classes, apps, videos, the whole checklist. I grew up with Spanish around me, my mom is a native speaker, and I still couldn’t hold a conversation. When I finally started classes, they were easy until Spanish 3 hit: past tenses, endless conjugations, overwhelmed. I even went to Spain with my high school Spanish teacher and fell in love with the culture, and I still quit later that year.
In college it got worse, because everyone around me seemed bilingual and I knew fluency would matter for my career. I did the apps, watched the series, listened to the music. But speaking with family, at work, while traveling: I froze. Practicing with my family backfired. They corrected me, or they’d say ‘ay, qué linda!’ and I’d feel embarrassed before the sentence was even finished.
The belief underneath all of it: I should only speak when it’s perfect. I’m not worthy to speak with this accent. My brain just doesn’t work that way. I didn’t invent that story. I absorbed it from years of being teased, corrected, interrupted, and talked over for not getting it out fast enough.
What changed wasn’t more grammar or more vocabulary. It was facing that story down and learning what to do in the uncomfortable moments instead of avoiding them.
Once it worked for me, I started seeing the same story in almost every adult I taught who understood more Spanish than they could speak.
An elementary teacher and actress in Texas kept freezing in conversations because of a myth she carried: forgetting one word means you suck at Spanish. Once she started trusting and using what she already knew, she began flowing with students and neighbors.
A digital nomad in Spain believed pausing made her look stupid, and dreaded being judged for her accent. Once she gave herself permission to pause, and learned how native speakers pause on purpose, the self-doubt disappeared.
A lawyer in Texas realized her problem was never missing words. It was believing that asking someone to repeat would expose her. Once she reframed it, everyone asks, it’s part of communicating, she started asking, and her conversations got deeper.
And one client came close to quitting Spanish entirely, because he was sure that forgetting words meant his brain didn’t work for languages. He learned that forgetting is what brains do, and what to do in the moment a word goes missing. He stayed.
Different people, different goals, one realization underneath all of it: Your Spanish was ready. You weren’t. And that part can be fixed in weeks, not years.
That’s what this is. Not heavy grammar explanations and tricks to memorize. A way to keep speaking when the word doesn’t come, so confidence stops depending on being perfect.
This is not hypothetical.
Meet N, a mom and a professional in Texas. A few months ago she could get through small talk in Spanish, but the moment a conversation needed more detail and a word didn’t come, she shut down. She had the Duolingo streak. She knew the grammar and the vocabulary. What she didn’t have was what to do in the freeze.
Three months into our coaching, she told me: ‘I thought I could never have the skills and confidence to speak Spanish. Now I have the tools to stop freezing and continue to improve my skills.’
She still makes mistakes. She still isn’t fluent. Some days she still forgets a word mid-sentence. She keeps speaking anyway, because now she knows a forgotten word is a moment to handle, not a verdict on her. Speaking Spanish got simpler the day she gave herself permission for it to be simple.
Working with Claudia changed really everything
“She helped me reconnect with my goal of speaking Spanish and believe in it again but this time, from a place of calm and inner power. (…)
Today I’m speaking Spanish and staying consistent with attending classes and practicing on my own. I no longer speak Spanish from fear or pretending to be someone else. I’m fully myself, I stand behind what I say, I communicate clearly, and my family and friends notice a difference in my speaking abilities.
The speaking part suddenly feels easy, because we did the deep inner work first and Claudia pointed out the most important skills and patterns to focus on first. I’m endlessly grateful to Claudia because with her, I stopped freezing…and started speaking as the Spanish speaker I was always meant to be.”
Nadia Ullah
QHSE Program Manager & Heritage Speaker
It’s all possible with the skill of…
Unfreeze to Flow
A 12-week group online program for adults ready to speak Spanish without hesitation and self-doubt. Stop reaching for a translator mid convo and start connecting.
Where has this been all my life?! – you may ask.
This isn’t another course promising ten steps to confidence or a march through every grammar rule. I taught that version once: a rigid framework, follow the steps in order, speak only when you’re ready. And what I watched happen, over and over, is that the professionals who changed didn’t get there by following the steps better. They got there the day they stopped performing Spanish and started connecting in it, messy and imperfect, like an actual human being.
Because here’s what no step-by-step course fixes: the problem was never that you don’t know enough Spanish. It’s the story that fires the moment you stumble. You have a body, a nervous system, a life outside of class, and so does everyone you’re talking to. Speaking that accounts for all of that, that’s what flow actually is. It’s dropping the ‘perfect’ version of you that goes cold the second a mistake enters the conversation, and letting the real you into the room instead.
You don’t need another infographic or worksheet sitting unused in a folder somewhere. You need three things: to name and reframe the stories that keep you stuck, to know what to do in the freeze moment itself, and a practice habit low-stress enough that you’ll actually keep. That’s exactly what the next 12 weeks give you.
Highly recommend – fun, engaging, and approachable.
“I’ve loved this community. Claudia’s teaching style is highly encouraging and flexible – the right balance between structure/rigor and encouragement made the sessions positive and productive.“
Heidi Kahle
Health & Social Policy Professional
You’ll be able to:
Speak through Hesitation
You’ll uncover deep beliefs about brain blocks, freeze moments, and self-doubt that have been running the show.
Know what to do in situations
when you freeze mid-convo
Prepare for mistakes and messy moments. You’ll learn the skills that helped me and my clients keep flowing even when forgetting a word or not understanding what someone said.
Build simple, effective, low-stress practice habits
Understand the most effective methods to practice speaking Spanish for long term-success beyond traditional advice. Create a plan that fits with your preferences and lifestyle.
This became more than just a language course for me.
It felt like a safe and welcoming space where I could make mistakes, learn from them, and gradually build confidence speaking Spanish without fear or pressure. At a time when I was going through a personal transition and really needed a positive environment to focus on myself and continue growing, her classes gave me a genuine sense of belonging and encouragement.
Claudia is an incredibly patient and thoughtful teacher who explains concepts clearly and makes learning approachable for everyone, regardless of their level. What impressed me most was how quickly I began progressing. After just the first week, I already found myself speaking Spanish more comfortably, and after about eight weeks, I had significantly improved my fluency and confidence with the Spanish I had previously learned.
Her classes are especially valuable for adult learners and professionals who want a flexible, supportive, and practical learning environment that connects language learning to real life. I highly recommend Claudia to anyone looking for a patient, encouraging, and highly effective Spanish teacher.
Sherry Hadian
Instructional Designer | Curriculum Design Specialist
How it works:
Video Modules
Watch 1 video lesson each week before live practice.
Live Practice
Attend weekly live practice to speak, make mistakes safely, and hear yourself improve.
Homework
Complete homework weekly–designed as three 10 minute tasks to build momentum.
I used my skills from this course in Barcelona this summer
“Being from Texas, Spanish has always been a goal of mine. I had taken classes in high school, but as a busy adult I wasn’t sure what an effective routine looked like for me. I tried apps, but after taking a couple of Claudia’s classes, I noticed that apps didn’t help me as much as the live practice and tips.
After being inconsistent, I recommitted at the start of the year and Claudia has shown me what to focus on to speak Spanish easier and helped me stay consistent”
Cat Thomas
Elementary Teacher | Actress
Curriculum & How the Program Works
This is not a traditional language course that marches you through grammar and vocabulary. Every week is built the same way, because freezing isn’t fixed by content dumps: each theme tackles one reframe that loosens a story keeping you stuck, teaches you one skill for the moment your mind goes blank in a real conversation, gets you practicing both live through speaking-based activities where vocabulary and grammar grow through actual use, and gives you three 10-minute practice assignments that build a habit you can actually keep. By the end, you won’t just know more Spanish. You’ll know what to do when it matters, mid-sentence, with a real person, when the word doesn’t come
Week 1: Speaking Foundations Address your personal freeze points and reignite the spark with light, low-pressure speaking activities. We’ll cover best practices for self-practice and why this approach differs from traditional homework.
Week 2: You Know More Than You Think Explore how the world around you impacts your inner critic while discovering the Spanish you already know through pronunciation patterns and cognates.
Week 3: Permission to Look Silly Embrace the messiness of learning by using hand gestures and body language to communicate when you don’t have the words.
Week 4: Permission to Not Know (and Ask) Learn how to gracefully ask for clarification and confirm what you heard, building confidence in describing things when you’re stuck.
Week 5: Permission to Say It Wrong Reframe mistakes as growth opportunities. Use words you already know to describe what you mean, coming from a place of inner calm rather than self-criticism.
Week 6: Permission to Repeat Break free from the mindset that asking someone to repeat themselves makes you look unprepared. Practice natural ways to buy time and ensure understanding.
Week 7: Permission to Practice Set intentional boundaries to protect your learning time. Learn how to navigate moments when someone switches to English and how to pull from your existing knowledge to keep the conversation going.
Week 8: Permission to Shift Perspectives Adopt a new way of seeing time and space in Spanish and break free from word for word translations, exploring core concepts like ser vs. estar, verb tenses, and idiomatic phrases.
Week 9: Permission to Breathe Integrate breath work into your practice. Create a quick on-the-go breathing exercise to reset during freeze moments and maintain composure in conversation.
Week 10: Permission to Take Your Time Discover how native speakers use strategic pauses to buy themselves time. Practice these techniques live to sound more natural and less rushed.
Week 11: Permission to Listen and Observe Turn everyday observations into learning moments so practicing feels integrated into your life rather than like a separate chore. Practice listening to native speakers and how they combine words.
Week 12: Permission to Celebrate Shift your focus from failures to progress. Reframe past “failures” as successes and celebrate how far you’ve come in connecting with others.
This reignited my spark to speak Spanish.
“I can see a huge improvement in just a few months. Each lesson is clear and comprehensive, and Claudia is very communicative and adaptable. I would recommend SOL to any level of Spanish speaker! Building a routine around my lifestyle and goals made me feel empowered and reignited my spark to speak Spanish. Now I practice everywhere I go in Los Angeles. It has helped me connect more with my community.”
Victoria Hays
Communications Manager
Investment & Inclusions
✅ weekly video lessons to warm-up your Spanish brain
✅ weekly guided group live speaking practice sessions (max 12 people) to flow in Spanish and connect in real time
✅ weekly homework divided into 3 short 10 minute tasks to create consistency without the burnout
This course builds gradually and intentionally – because sustainable learning requires consistent, intentional actions, not sporadic bursts.
Investment: $699 (or 2 x $349)
About Claudia
¡Hola, soy Claudia! Coach, language teacher, multilingual specialist, and someone who has tried every way there is to learn and to teach Spanish. I taught middle school Spanish for 7 years, taught and assessed English learners in the US and in Spain, and trained teachers on multilingual education best practices, all while sharpening my own Spanish every single year.
You already know my story: the heritage speaker who refused to speak, quit classes, and spent a decade freezing anyway. I’m, officially, the queen of the freeze. What that story left out is what I built from it.
Unfreeze to Flow is the course I wish I’d had when I was the one stuck. It’s shaped by my path, my sister’s, and by clients who tell me things like ‘I never thought I’d reach my goal of speaking Spanish.’
Everything in it rests on the lesson I learned the hardest way: connection beats perfection. That’s the work I’m proudest of, helping people keep speaking through the mistakes, let the self-doubt go quiet, and find their voice in Spanish.
This course made me feel safe and navigate embarrassment.
“Claudia understood my goals and helped me specifically target them through the lessons. She made each lesson fun and comfortable and adapted to my needs during the sessions. I was really worried about embarrassing myself while learning Spanish and she always made it a very safe and understanding environment.”
Justin Noble
Graphic Designer
Unfreeze to Flow in Spanish is for you if:
– You’re around high beginner / intermediate: you know high-frequency vocabulary, can build sentences, get through small talk, or order food but real conversations stall the moment you forget a word or hit grammar you’re unsure of.
– You’ve already put in the work: the apps, the classes, the videos. You have Spanish somewhere in you. What you don’t have yet is what to do when your mind goes blank mid-conversation.
– You’re willing to do the inner work, not just consume content: naming the stories that keep you stuck, practicing skills out loud in live sessions, and speaking imperfectly in front of other people.
– You can commit to 1 live class a week, a 30-45 minute lesson video, and short practice assignments, because you’re done letting the same mental blocks run your Spanish for another year.
It’s probably not for you if:
– You’re a complete beginner who can’t yet say short sentences. We build on the foundation you have; we don’t teach the alphabet or basic introductions from scratch.
– You want a course you can watch without ever speaking out loud. This program requires active participation in live sessions and in the community between them, because freezing is only unfrozen out loud.
– You expect to sound like a native speaker in 12 weeks. This program teaches you to communicate effectively with mistakes, not eliminate them overnight, and anyone who promises otherwise is selling you something.
– You can’t attend the weekly live sessions or do the short practice tasks. The method works through repetition and consistency; skipping the speaking is how people stay stuck for another decade.
If you read the first list and nodded at yourself more than once, you’re exactly who this was built for.
I finally feel like myself in Spanish.
“I held on to the belief that I had to sound like a native for so long that I would freeze the moment I noticed my gringa accent coming out. This prevented my from connecting with locals after I relocated to Spain. This course helped me navigate and remove that belief so I could finally connect in Spanish without constantly talking down on myself when someone switched to English.”
Nadine Hardin
Clinical Research Budget Analyst (& my sister!)
You may still be wondering…
What exactly will I leave with when I’ve done the program?
By the end, you’ll speak through the hesitation, know exactly what to do in a freeze moment mid-conversation, and have a practice plan that fits your real life.
Is this a group or 1:1 program?
This is a group program with 12 spots available. Registration closes on October 30th
How is Unfreeze to Flow in Spanish different from other courses?
Most courses add Spanish. This one removes what’s blocking it.
Traditional courses are organized around levels and content: more vocabulary, more grammar, march from unit to unit. If that worked for you, you’d already be where you want to be.
This course is built for people who have been learning for years and still freeze when a real conversation doesn’t go perfectly. Every week works on two things: a reframe that loosens one of the stories keeping you stuck at the same level, and a practical skill for what to do in the moment when things get messy. Around that, you’ll learn the most effective, low-stress ways to practice, so your speaking keeps improving long after the 12 weeks end, with a plan that fits your life and your goals.
By the end, you won’t just know more Spanish. You’ll speak through the hesitation, know what to do in freeze moments mid-conversation, and have a practice habit you can actually keep.
If you’ve been in my other programs, here’s the difference: the Spanish chat group was open practice with no curriculum, best once you’re flowing and want to keep it up. Private coaching follows your individual goals. Unfreeze to Flow is the structured middle: a 12-week arc through the speaking skills and the reframes behind them, with a cohort working through it alongside you.
Are there refunds?
Yes, a standard 7 day window for refunds is available, but there are no refunds in case of changing your mind.
How much time do I need?
You will need 1 hour on Tuesdays at 7 pm cst to attend live classes, 30-45 minutes to watch the video lessons, and three 10 minute practice time slots in your schedule to complete your homework.
What are the logistics?
Meet for 1 hour via zoom each week at 7 pm cst on Tuesdays from November 3rd to February 2nd.
Watch a weekly video lesson before the class – released on Thursdays.
Complete a weekly homework assignment divided into small purposeful steps to take each day to encourage consistent, daily practice.
Live session: Tuesdays 7 pm cst
Winter Cohort Live Class Dates (Includes intentional breaks to respect interfaith winter observances)
November 3rd
November 10th
November 17th
Break for Thanksgiving
December 1st
Break for the start of Hanukkah (Dec 5–12)
December 15th
Break for Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s celebrations
December 29th
January 5th
January 12th
Break for Orthodox Epiphany/Theophany (Jan 19) and MLK Jr. Day
January 26th
February 2nd
Break for start of Lent & Ramadan
February 16th
February 23rd
Is this for me? How do I know?
If you took Spanish in school or spent time in an app, and you can understand more than you can say, you’re exactly who this course was built for. Your Spanish isn’t gone, it’s frozen: it comes back the moment you know what to do in real conversations instead of avoiding them.
This is probably not for you if you’re starting from zero, or if you’re shopping for a guarantee of fluency in 90 days. What you’ll get instead is 12 weeks of the specific skills and reframes that get you actually speaking, mistakes and all.
My question isn’t here.
No problem. Please do reach out to me via email claudia@sollanguagecommunity.com and I can advise whether this is the right course for you.
Give yourself permission for it to be simple.
You aren’t bad at Spanish. You never were. You blank on a word, and a story fires that says that means something about you. That story is the only thing between you and the Spanish you already have.
The next cohort starts November 3, and enrollment closes October 30 – only 12 spots available. Twelve weeks from now, you could still be reaching for the translator or switching to English when a word doesn’t come. Or you could be mid-conversation, blank on a word, and keeping right on speaking.