The Language Confidence Project

Happy Monday, language learners! Today we are asking: do we actually want to live the language learning lives we're designing for ourselves, and if not, how can we make them more appealing? The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your langua...

Today's episode is a super quick question for you as we draw into the weekend: how will you signal to your brain that it can stop working? The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast transcript at www...

In a continuation of yesterday's episode, I'm asking, how do you feel about the idea of being new at things, and how often did you see it growing up? The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast tr...

If you're struggling with self-consciousness in your language learning, today, I have a fabulous message from Julia Cameron, bestselling author of The Artist's Way, that I hope you'll enjoy as much as I did! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of en...

How do we do urgent or essential work when our minds are completely elsewhere? An argument with our best friend or partner, bad news, rejection email... but the work NEEDS to get done *right now*. In this episode, I share 3 tips to work in a crisis. The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful a...

Happy Monday! Today is another one of the those episodes where I'm starting the conversation, but I suspect there's going to be quite a journey to settle on an answer! And today's question is, how do we open our mind to new ways of thinking again after we've got stuck on a problem? The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com...

Happy Friday! Today, I'm sharing a post-it note from my own wall, and I hope it helps you as much as it helps me! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceprojec...

Happy Thursday! Today's episode is just a quick reminder that it's not that everyone is finding this easier than you, it's just that the difficulties are hard to see! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Rea...

Happy Wednesday! I hope you have a great study session today, but just in case things ever go a bit wrong, here are five things to remember :) The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast transcript at www...

If you have something you really want to do, but it keeps getting pushed back because you're worried you don't have the time or the headspace right now, this episode gives you a compassionate push to see if we can make it smaller! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to...

Happy Monday! Today we're asking: all the things we're embarrassed about in our learning, all the things we're struggling with, what if it's all just... normal? The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read...

If you crash landed on Language Planet, where everyone says weird words like "conjugation" and you don't know what the preterite is, this is going to be a great week for you! Today is a quick reminder that culture shock exists in new knowledge communities too, and I have four tips to help you settle in faster! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Fin...

If you crash landed on Language Planet, where everyone says weird words like "conjugation" and you don't know what the preterite is, this is going to be a great week for you! Today is a quick reminder that even if people seem to have a weird way of doing things here, you can still be you! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtub...

If you crash landed on Language Planet, where everyone says weird words like "conjugation" and you don't know what the preterite is, this is going to be a great week for you! Today is a quick reminder that the start is the most disorientating part, but that it *will* get easier! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@the...

If you crash landed on Language Planet, where everyone says weird words like "conjugation" and you don't know what the preterite is, this is going to be a great week for you! Today is a quick reminder that even if jargon seems scary at first, it really isn't there to ruin your life or lock you out of the community. The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on You...

If you crash landed on Language Planet, where everyone says weird words like "conjugation" and you don't know what the preterite is, this is going to be a great week for you! Today is a quick reminder that as a newcomer into Language World, you have so much to give! The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojec...

Happy Friday! Today's episode is a quick reminder that taking your time is not wasting your time, and it's absolutely okay to take this journey steadily. The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcas...

Happy Thursday! Today's episode is a quick reminder that progress doesn't always make us feel clever or confident, but that's okay. The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast transcript at ww...

In today's episode, I share some advice I absolutely LOVED from Ethan Kross's book Chatter: The Voice in our Head and How to Harness It about the importance of using our own name to pull ourselves out of our unhelpful thoughts. The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to fac...

The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceproject.com/podcast/s6e2 Come and say hi! Book a 100 Conversations Project call with me: https://calendly.com/teawithemily/1...

The Language Confidence Project is back! AND we're now on YouTube! Find me at https://youtube.com/@thelangconprojectpodcast for daily, colourful and face to face messages of encouragement on your language journey! Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceproject.com/podcast/s6e1 Come and say hi! Book a 100 Conversations Project call with me: https://calendly.com/teawithemily/1...

Welcome to the final episode of season 5! I'll be back on Monday 29th April. In today's episode, I have one final question for you: when do you feel your best? Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceproject.com/podcast/s5e65 Come and say hi! Book a 100 Conversations Project call with me: https://calendly.com/teawithemily/100conversations Get access to the weekly Creative...

How do you listen to what you need when you don't know what you need? In this episode, I share three questions that might help to get you just a little bit closer to knowing. And just a heads up: this is the final week of season 5 of the Language Confidence Project podcast, and season 6 will start on Monday 29th April! Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceproject.com/podca...

Happy Wednesday! If you can't see the wood for the trees, here are three techniques that help get you the aerial view you're looking for! And just a heads up: this is the final week of season 5 of the Language Confidence Project podcast, and season 6 will start on Monday 29th April! Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceproject.com/podcast/s5e63 Come and say hi! Book a...

Happy Tuesday! If you're beating yourself up about your current place in your journey, and feeling bad about "where you've ended up", this is a message you need to hear! And just a heads up: this is the final week of season 5 of the Language Confidence Project podcast, and season 6 will start on Monday 29th April! Read the full podcast transcript at www.languageconfidenceproject....