Mindfulness Reflections

Have you ever heard the expression "less is more"? Sometimes we think we need to do more, study more, have more time, more money, more, more, more. But when we think like this, we get  bogged down  (prevented from making progress or getting something done), stressed out, or  burnt out  (to ruin one's health or become completely exhausted through overwork). We think that doing more produces more results, but in fact, the opposite is true. In  this week's video , we're adding the crucial ingredient of joy and pleasure to your everyday experience, because it is through joy and pleasure, spaciousness and freedom from worry, that you can seriously transform your English language skills. By the way, have you  registered for my Masterclass  coming up this  Thursday, 2nd Feb at 1PM CST ? I'll be sharing the exact steps I've taken to develop my own Portuguese skills from intermediate (at best) to advanced, confident and articulate. I'll be so happy to see ...

When it comes to confidence and fluency in English, what my clients are looking for is RESULTS. Free, Live, Zoom Masterclass: Confident English in 3 Simple Steps Thursday, 2nd February at 1PM CST REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/LiveMasterclassFeb2023 If you ever ask yourself: "How do I go from where I am to where I want to be?", this Masterclass is FOR YOU Every day I see clearly that my current lifestyle, including being surrounded by the right people who point the way towards living a meaningful life and offering an English training program to help others, is a concrete realisation and manifestation of my dreams. How can the right conditions for being able to express yourself naturally, freely and authentically in English open up for you? Sign up today to find out: https://bit.ly/LiveMasterclassFeb2023 Spaces are counted, so claim your seat now It isn't about information. It's about transformation. See you there!

  𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦: 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗡 𝟯 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝟮 𝗙𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗧 𝟭𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗛𝗥𝗦. (𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲) 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘: https://bit.ly/LiveMasterclassFeb2023 This class will fill up soon, so make sure you grab your seat fast! This Masterclass is FOR YOU if: you have a serious aspiration to use English fluently and confidently for personal, professional and/or academic purposes you feel anxious, apprehensive or frustrated whenever you need to use English you want to learn how to be a more effective learner you're an experienced professional who has been struggling with English for a long time you want to form part of a like-minded and supportive English-speaking community you enjoy using English, not only for functional or practical purposes, but to be able to express your thoughts, ideas and experiences as well. you're looking for a sim...

You probably know that my whole thing is to help you become confident and fluent in English, and one way of doing that, in my experience, rather than generating a great deal of strain (force) and unnecessary stress, is to find opportunities to incorporate English into your everyday life. But how can you do that? How can you incorporate English? Once you've reached a certain level of independence (that's a B1 English level) you're in a position to make great strides (to advance considerably) towards becoming more articulate and proficient by immersing yourself in and reflecting on interesting content. And what could be more interesting than understanding yourself, the world around you and the universe? In this week's video, I've gone conversational. Let's talk about a simple piece of bread while looking at big words like "interdependence" and "emptiness", as we read and discuss a short paragraph tog...

Now that we're (still) at the beginning of the year, there might be much cheer, enthusiasm and good intentions in the air around you. I've received invitations to create vision boards, start a gratitude journal, understand what fuels my energy, as well as what drains it, and advice on what to do if I'm feeling overwhelmed, depleted or depressed during 2023. All of these things are very helpful, of course, but perhaps not all at once  . It has been proven that we cannot, as previously thought, do more than one thing at a time (that is, multitasking is a myth). But a holistic approach to improving your English is not. This week's video  includes a short text about appreciating what's there, and bringing more joy and freedom to our moment to moment experience. Let's read it together and contemplate the miracle that is our capacity and ability to learn and become more skillful at anything we want to master, including becoming more confident and fluent...

Big Question: What do you understand yourself to be? Beyond human being, person, woman/man, son/daughter, sister/brother, mother/father, wife/husband, friend, or professional: you are alive, right? And therefore, you are  an embodied presence . Think about it. This week's episode  is all about how to be there. Tuning in to and  dwelling  in ( living and establishing ourselves in ) our own presence is the greatest gift we can give ourselves and everyone around us, and a source of  true confidence . True confidence comes from the  awareness  of being grounded, enjoying a fair degree of stability, having space and time during the day, every day, to go out for a walk, take a nap, do some exercise, or talk to a friend. Confidence always comes from a place of inner calm and awareness, and so cultivating inner calm and awareness is a very important part of developing confidence in everything, including English. Where there is confidence and clarity, fluency f...

I'm very excited to announce the beginning of a BRAND NEW,  52-week  series on my YouTube channel to help you truly improve your English language skills from the inside out. I've called it  Wisdom for Confident and Fluent English in 1 Year  and this is Week 1 (W1)!  YAY! Watch it here To say that a 52-week series on YouTube is a big challenge would be a huge understatement. There are very productive people out there who are able to produce 3 or more videos per week. I'm not one of them!   And that's OK, it's good to acknowledge and accept one's own limitations, because we know that  things change , and that we can learn and become more skillful (however slowly) at whatever we  set our minds to  (an idiom, meaning  to be determined to do something ), including becoming  confident and fluent in English ! One of the characteristics of language learning as adults is that language itself is content-free, whi...