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Celebrations and Fluency in English

"A journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step." ~ Chinese Proverb This past week marked another important celebratory season for my family. On Sunday, we gathered with friends to celebrate Easter with a delicious Mexican meal (guacamole and chips included… yum!). On the way there, I told m...

Apr 21, 2025 celebrations fluency progress small wins

My 5-Step Process to Learning Phrasal Verbs

A few weeks ago, a dear teacher friend asked me, while we were recording an episode for her amazing podcast, if I had an antenna for phrasal verbs. What she meant was: am I always noticing when people use them? Ever since she asked that question, I can't help but think about all the times I noti...

Apr 14, 2025 5-step process phrasal verbs writing

Registration is Now Open!

I'm excited to announce that I just opened up registration for Light Up - Phrasal Verbs Demystified. If you want to be part of our first cohort, simply CLICK HERE!

Apr 07, 2025 light up now open phrasal verbs demystified

Ready to demystify phrasal verbs with me?

Today we are kicking off our Demystifying Phrasal Verbs Week! Throughout this week, I'll share valuable insights and personal experiences from my English language journey to help you better understand and use phrasal verbs. I'll send you three videos, with the first one arriving later today. ...

Mar 31, 2025 demystifying phrasal verbs

What is the key to fluency?

In the English language teaching world, the term “unlocking” gets thrown around a lot—unlocking your English, unlocking your fluency, unlocking your ability to communicate. And while I love the idea, I’ve noticed that English learners are still asking the same big question: What’s the key to lea...

Mar 24, 2025 communicate fluency phrasal verbs tools unlocking

Is love the secret to fluency?

I’ve been slowly making my way through a fascinating book titled Love to Learn: The Transformative Power of Care and Connection in Early Education by Isabelle Hau, the Executive Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning at Stanford University. Although I’ve only just started chapter one,...

Mar 17, 2025 fluency learning love safe place

Are phrasal verbs that important?

I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that I’m about to release a course on something that used to terrify me… phrasal verbs (e.g., figure out, look forward to, put up with, etc.)! Talk about a plot twist. You might be wondering—why phrasal verbs? With so many other aspects of English to fo...

Mar 10, 2025 confidence native speakers phrasal verbs transformation upcoming course

What Birthdays Teach us about Learning English

If you’ve been following me on social media for a while, you’ve probably heard me mention more than once that I always wanted to start a newsletter. I love reading newsletters from people I admire, and I also happen to love writing... a newsletter seemed like the perfect fit! However, it wasn’t ...

Mar 03, 2025 birthdays fun gifts phrasal verbs traditions

Understanding Idioms Through Context

This past week was cold and icy… I think winter can be over now! Anyway, my husband also had some really busy days at work. In one of his text messages, he mentioned that he had "hit the ground running." My first reaction? Wait… did you fall on the ice? He laughed and said, No, it’s just an idio...

Feb 24, 2025 context curiosity discovery idioms

Speak Without Getting Stuck

This is another newsletter post inspired by your questions! The other day a dear Instagram follower asked for tips on how to speak without getting stuck. To answer this question, I decided to rewatch a video I posted on my YouTube channel almost 6 years ago! It's an old video, but it's still sup...

Feb 17, 2025 confidence language chunks practice preparation speaking

Learning to Talk about Difficult Moments in English

Sickness swept through our home over the last couple of weeks—first, some kind of respiratory bug and then, to top it all off, a nasty stomach bug. Let me tell you, life with two young kids and sickness is not fun. There were sleepless nights, piles of laundry… you know what’s like, right?! All ...

Feb 10, 2025 illness phrasal verbs real life

Native Speakers Create New Phrasal Verbs

The other day, I was working at the library—our favorite spot for me to work on our upcoming phrasal verbs course while Jonathan (a.k.a. my husband) watches the kids—when I saw something that immediately made me smile: a sign that said "Read your heart out." A few years ago, I probably would ha...

Feb 03, 2025 context core meaning create phrasal verbs

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