2023 and the future
The world doesn’t care about you – I’m not special or amazing. Just an ordinary nobody, really. That might be harsh but it’s better that way. Isn’t it amazing, how so many times we are told the opposite? The repetition…
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The final stretch – Athens authentic marathon 2022
It’s now the final week before the race in Athens. The training is complete, the squats, the chin-ups, the speed runs, the threshold runs the lunges and on and on. Paradoxically the final week is a waiting game. A resting…
Point of diminishing returns
Final run Yesterday, 10 days before the race, I decided that it would be my final run. It was without incident and I clocked in 13.5km at a slow pace. I couldn’t help but think about getting injured or my…
Fluency story- talking about money
This episode is the fifth in the FLUENCY STORY TELLING SERIES. This series is focusing on how to incorporate into your speaking A LOT of the language that I have shared in previous episodes. Think of these story telling sessions…
Fluency story using problem words
Starting a career This episode is the fourth in the FLUENCY STORY TELLING SERIES. This series is focusing on how to incorporate into your speaking A LOT of the language that I have shared in previous episodes. Think of these…
Fluency story – keep and get rid of
This episode is the third in the FLUENCY STORY TELLING SERIES. This series is focusing on how to incorporate into your speaking A LOT of the language that I have shared in previous episodes. Think of these story telling sessions…
Fluency story – motivational expressions
This episode is the second in the FLUENCY STORY TELLING SERIES. This series is focusing on how to incorporate into your speaking A LOT of the language that I have shared in previous episodes. Think of these story telling sessions…
Fluency story w/strong adjectives
This episode is the first in the FLUENCY STORY TELLING SERIES. This series is focusing on how to incorporate into your speaking A LOT of the language that I have shared in previous episodes. Think of these story telling sessions…
Relatively Speaking – comparing and commenting
This episode is the third in the adverbs to remember series. Part 1 is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_oJd… and part 2 on Descriptors is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AL1A… In the adverbs to remember series I introduce to you the most valuable adverbs and how incorporating…
Adverbs to remember – Descriptors
This episode is the second in the adverbs to remember series. Part 1 was here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_oJd… In the adverbs to remember series I introduce to you the most valuable adverbs and how incorporating them into your speeches, presentations, dialogue with others…
Fluency Gamechanger – Adverbs to remember
This episode is the second in a two-part series on the fluency killer – SUPER and how a speaker of English can improve their fluency by eliminating this word altogether from their speech. Part 1 was here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXUkQ… This episode…
Obliterating heat – running in Athens,Greece
People can tell you what running in 30+ degree celcius heat is like. They can describe it in detail, and give you some tips even, but none of that will help you. Just breath Ever been in a sauna? If…
Is it better to be popular or one’s favorite?
I read a post recently on this and thought it would be worth reflecting on. Wow, nobody posed that question to me as a teenager when being popular felt so right and so necessary. I wish someone had, because though…
First marathon – cold feet
It’s getting closer and closer to race day and after going for a 19km run yesterday while the Krakow half-marathon was happening I was reflecting on my training so far, the goal of running the race and simultaneously getting pumped…
Alternatives to SUPER
This episode is the first of two in the SUPER series. The word SUPER is overused and basic. Fluency can be improved by just replacing this word with simple alternatives that can make a WORLD of a difference. This simple…