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Find the 5-Step Process of Discovering Your Personal Purpose on today’s Q&A! I love to talk about this topic because I think it’s one that we all wonder about. We wonder on a deeper level, Why am I here? What am I here for? How should…

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How can practicing spiritual minimalism create a more fulfilled life? Listen in as Light shares how the heart directs you, minimalism and making room for the messages, tips for building a meditation practice, and…

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How can you balance your hormones and manage symptoms of PMS? It’s very important that we have more understanding about how to best balance our hormones, these delicate chemical messengers, which play such a…

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How can you help clean up your kids’ mental mess? Tune in, as Dr. Caroline Leaf shares tips for parents on how to manage the guilt that comes with parenting, how to approach…

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How can you manage your oxalate intake when following a plant-based diet? The purpose of today’s show is to give you confidence to cut through the confusion of a lot of information that’s being passed around today that continues to make it seem…

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How can you move through the stages of grief when losing a pet or loved one? I’m very excited to have my husband, Jon, back on the show today talking about grief, and some ways that have helped us move through this very strong…

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Are there natural ways to boost your libido while juggling a busy life? We all have so much going on in our lives, in our work lives, our personal lives, in maintaining a household, and sometimes we’re just not feeling that connected to our sexual…

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Let’s talk about practical ways to develop self-Love through self-care. We hear about the term self-love a lot. It sounds really nice. We all want to have more self-love, confidence, self-respect, and…

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How can you trust your body’s intuition in your friendships and intimate relationships? The purpose of today’s show is to hone in more about how intuition plays out in our relationships. This is where we really do need some internal…

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How can you learn emotional regulation as a parent? Tune in, as Jorina Elbers, the creator of “HeartMath for Parents”, shares how stress is carried in the body, what happens to the brain when…

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The Feel Good English Podcast

#119 Shhh – I’m Meditating “10% Happier” By Dan Harris
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Mar 1, 2018

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To start this episode, let me ask you something. Do you have a voice inside your head? Like, do you have “something” inside of you that speaks to you? As weird as that sounds, I bet you do.

And I’m not talking about “hearing voices” in your head, like a crazy person might, but just that self-talk we all have that guides us, or at least tries really hard to guide us. It’s that voice inside us that starts having a conversation as soon as we open our eyes in the morning. The voice is obsessed with the past, and also obsessed with the future.

So is that voice us? Is that who we are? Or is it just part of us? And is there a way to tame this voice? To not be blindly controlled by it?

I recently read a book that was recommended by one of my students. The book is called “10% Happier” by Dan Harris. This book attempts to convince skeptics on the benefits of meditation, by taking a very practical approach to the science behind this mindfulness practice, and showing you how and why letting go of your ego is important for living a stress-free life.

So that voice in your head, we can refer to that as the ego. E-G-O. I’ve talked about the ego before. It can get in your way, make you do dumb things, and keep you from connecting with others on a deeper level.

And the author of this book talks a lot about the experiences that led him to discover the benefits of meditation, but I’ll just sum it up so we can focus more on what meditation is and how you can start doing it, if you don’t meditate that is.

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#118 How to Actually Live a Better Life – “A Guide to the Good Life”
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Feb 15, 2018

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Today I’m going to teach you a lesson from a book called “A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy” by William Braxton Irvine. In this book, Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can still direct us toward a better life.

I’m only going to share one lesson from this book, a lesson on how to
get through the grocery store checkout line much faster, just kidding,
but one very valuable lesson which will show you how the teachings of
Stoicism can help us be little more grounded in today’s crazy world.

Before I get into that, if you’re new here, or aren’t that new but still only put Feel Good English in your ears, I also have something for your eyes.

Something to read, as I send out weekly emails that contain short
interesting thoughts to thousands of interested English learners. If you
want to receive those weekly emails, go to feelgoodenglish.com and
look for the bear. The bear will be waiting for you on my website to help you sign up. The bear works for me for free, and the email is free too!

Isn’t that nice? Now enough bear talk, let’s get into the lesson.

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#117 The Dumb Things We All Do – “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely
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Feb 1, 2018

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Today I have some ideas from a very interesting book called “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely. And the main point in this book, the overall message is that much of our behavior is misguided, irrational. Through research and study, the author has found that a lot of this irrational behavior is also predictable, which means there are very human, and natural reasons we behave this way.  

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#116 How to Be Yourself – “Psycho-Cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz
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Jan 15, 2018

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To get started with today’s topic, I got a question for you. What kind of person are you? Are you motivated? Are you lazy? Are you always running late? Are you a leader or a follower? Are you good at sports? And where did those beliefs come from? A former teacher, your friends who have labeled you a certain way, or maybe simply from yourself?

We all have an image of the type of person we are. Some of these images are positive, but some are detrimental to moving forward and making positive changes. We use stories to understand the world, but sometimes we can make ourselves the villain without thinking twice about the consequences of that narrative.

For example, if you think of yourself as a failure, you’ll quite likely fail. Conversely, if you consider yourself successful, you’ll find ways to succeed. If you think you’re bad at learning languages, well, you might subconsciously resist becoming a great English speaker. That’s dangerous.

And that’s the basic idea from the book I recently read, how our self image dictates our behavior. The book is called “Psycho-Cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz. It was published in 1960, so it’s been around a few years, but the book is great. I read a lot, obviously, and i read a lot of regurgitated ideas. People take some basic self-help ideas and write their own book about them. Put their name on them. Nothing really special there. But this book, even though it’s from many decades ago, I found plenty of interesting ideas I hadn’t thought of or read about before.

I’m going to focus on one chapter in this book; keep it simple. The ideas in this chapter stuck out to me the most and I want to share them with you because I think they’re so relevant to not just life in general, but to speaking a foreign language. Here I go again, connecting life lessons with English learning. You ready? 

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#115 Biggest Lessons of the Year – Part 2
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Jan 1, 2018

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The podcast that blends, mixes, English learning with personal development. Making your time spent with English more inspiring, enlightening, and…exciting?

This is the last episode of 2017, well, it’s literally the first episode of 2018, but I am still going to touch on a couple ideas from 2017, two BIG ideas I shared with you that I consider to be so important.

Both of these are ideas are really simple, straight to the point, but can have a big impact on behavior. And I’m going to go into these two ideas, going to review them with you today because you can take these two concepts and apply them to your life this coming year. They can help you stay strong and help you stay focused, two things I often need help with.

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#114 Biggest Lessons of the Year – Part 1
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Dec 15, 2017

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I have a lesson for you today that will be good for speaking practice. I want you to speak today, either out loud so people think you talk to yourself like a crazy person, or in your head, so you can create voices in your head that speak English. So you’ll either be crazy and talk to yourself or you’ll have voices in your English that speak English. Got it?

It’s almost the end of the year, so I wanted to do a bit of a yearly review. Review some of the biggest, most popular, and also what I consider to be the most important lessons I learned with you this year.

But I want you to get involved today, so I am going to bring you in on the conversation. I’m going to ask you some questions about what I talk about, and you should answer them. If you ever hear me say the word, “blank”, that means you need to fill in the “blank” with a word. So if I said, “I really like “blank”, you would say, “Kevin, I really like…clowns” Make sense?

So review with me some great lessons from this year , use you mouth a bit, or use your internal mouth, whatever the hell that is, and feel good!

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#113 Lindsay McMahon – Perfection is the Enemy
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Dec 1, 2017

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Today I have something special for you. Well, I guess it’s always special, right? But today is extra special. It’s not going to be just me on the show, I brought someone else on the show to talk about life-changing topics. Lindsay McMahon from AllEarsEnglish will be on the show today, talking about the main premise behind her very popular show The AllEarsEnligsh podcast, the importance of connection, not perfection. More specifically, what gets in the way of connection when trying to communicate with others.

Get in the way of means, by the way, to obstruct, become an obstacle, prevent from happening.  So we’re going to talk about three things that prevent us from connecting with others when speaking English.

And I’ll also be stopping the interview periodically to ask you some questions. I’m also going to stop the interview to go deeper into what was talked about, help you understand what we’re saying, and to slow it all a down a bit.

I hope you enjoy it. But more than that, I hope today’s episode helps you focus on connection more than perfection because perfection can be such a terrible enemy!

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#112 How Stress Can Make you Stronger – “Antifragile”
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Nov 15, 2017

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I’m going to talk about a concept today, a pretty complicated one. A concept that’ll stretch your mind, make you think, possibly make your mind stronger.

And speaking of stronger, let’s first talk about muscles. How do we build muscle at the gym? I mean, how do we really build muscle? By going to the gym and lifting a light amount of weight, many many times? Or by pushing your muscles beyond their limit? Beyond what they’re used to, what they’re accustomed to?

Well, if you’re not too knowledgeable about building muscles it works like this…

When you go to the gym and lift really heavy weights, when you feel the burn and get close to your limit, but push on and do just one more rep, one more repetition, that’s when muscle growth happens.

This happens because the fragile parts, the fragile tissue in your muscles, are broken down, are ripped you could say. You give a “shock” to your muscles by surprising them with heavier weight than they’re used to.

That’s how stress and shock can prepare your body for even bigger stress. And it’s the building of this “extra capacity” to avoid future shock that I’m going to talk about today.

What we are going to think about is how shock, stress, and volatility make things stronger. More resilient.  

This concept is based on a book called “Antifragile” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. This book reveals how some systems thrive on shock, volatility, and uncertainty, and when things allow for breakage, like muscles, it’s actually a good thing.

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#111 WHY! -“Start with Why” by Simon Sinek
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Nov 1, 2017

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Today we’re going to talk about a Ted Talk. Well, and a book. We are going to discover the reason why some people and some companies are so influential. We often think that if someone tells you exactly what they can do for you and how they do it then we’ll be convinced. But it’s actually not the case. If you want people to follow you, it’s important to know that they won’t care much about what you do, but why you do what you do. It’s all about the why.

Also in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about how to motivate people, how to motivate yourself when you’re feeling stuck and frustrated and also how to get inspired in life and work.

These ideas come from one of the most popular Ted Talks of all time by a guy named Simon Sinek. It’s all based on a very powerful idea. And I’m going to share his ideas with you, I’ll play some of his talk so you can hear someone else’s English, and I will also talk a little about the “Why” behind Feel Good English.

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#110 How to Deal with People – “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
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Oct 15, 2017

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in today’s episode, I am going to teach you how to deal with
people, well how to deal with people better. I’m going to pull lessons
from the very popular and classic book, “How to Win Friends and
Influence People” by Dale Carnegie.

Since “How to Win Friends & Influence People” was published in 1936,
it has sold millions and millions of copies.

The advice contained in the book is deceptively simple, but remains as
effective as ever. Just adhering to simple guidelines like smiling when
meeting someone and remembering their first name can help anyone
become more likable and influential.

I am going to mainly talk about the first two parts of the book, how to
deal with people and also how to communicate better with people. Both of these parts, and the lessons contained within

Both of these parts, and the lessons contained within them, can help you become better liked by your peers, or even more liked if your peers already think you’re a superstar, and they can also help you deal with difficult people, difficult people at work, school, maybe at home, wherever.

So listen to the lesson a few times, pay attention to new English words you hear, and also, really think about what is being taught. If you need to pause the audio to think about something and apply what I talk about to your life, do that!

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#109 Finding the Courage to Connect With Others
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Oct 1, 2017

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Today I have an episode based on two words. That’s it, two English words. But these two words affect our lives so much. One of these words is responsible for our loneliness, depression, our feelings of never having enough. It causes hate, and fights, and divorce. It makes us want to put our heads in the sand.

And the other word is the solution to the first word. The second word makes us feel more connected to others, more fulfilled, more courageous, and you’ll be happy to know this word, or applying this word to your life, will also help you become a badass confident English speaker. It’s kind of the secret to success with learning a foreign language.

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#108 Resisting Personal Growth – My Story
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Sep 15, 2017

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Today I’m going to get a bit personal. I’m going to tell you something that recently happened in my life that could have ended pretty terribly, but instead, the situation turned into a huge life-lesson for me! Thank God.  

I recently had a realization that ended months of conflict that I was dealing with. Yes, I too suffer at times, and there is nothing wrong with that. Suffering can show exactly where we need to change. And what happened to me was definitely life-changing.

I’m going to share with you what was happening in my life that led to this realization, with the hopes of not just giving you something to listen to and to learn new English from, but also to show you how and why you might fall into the same situation that I did, and how to get out of it, or even avoid it.

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#107 Loving Your Limits – A Ted Talk with Amy Purdy
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Sep 1, 2017

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We as humans love the stories of incredible successes. Stories of people doing things that seem impossible.

But I got to thinking, “you know when something terrible happens to someone, this person becomes limited to just what’s in front of them. Their options have been taken away from them. And it seems that it’s exactly because their life becomes limited that their life is transformed.

 It’s as if going through something traumatic is the fuel, or you could say the catalyst, that leads to great transformation.

Now I’m not saying we should try to seek out tragedies, don’t do that, please. But what if we could tap into, meaning “utilize”, tap into what these people feel when they are faced with such limitations. These limitations have forced them to be extremely creative, inspired them, and have helped them find a whole new level of motivation.

What can we learn from these stories? And how can we apply what they discovered to our lives without having to go through such a tragic event? Is it even possible?

That’s what I’m going to talk about today, and I found a Ted Talk that I think is very relevant to these questions.

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#106 Goals are for Losers – “How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big” by Scott Adams
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Aug 15, 2017

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In January, with a pen, paper, and a lot of motivation, I plan out my whole year and what I want to see happen.

Well, you know what, my year hasn’t ever really fallen nicely in line with my goals. Can you believe that? Things change. Goals change. Life happens. Opportunities you weren’t expecting come into your life, and often opportunities you were expecting don’t come. It can be frustrating.

But there’s gotta be a better way! And I think I found one. A better way.

I looked for a better approach. One that doesn’t make me feel disappointed in myself when I remember that I haven’t reached my original, yearly goals because I often don’t reach the original goals I set for myself. I’m realizing more and more how hard it is, especially in business, to plan far in the future when not knowing what will come your way.

Today I am going to talk about goals. But not an inspirational lesson on how to reach every goal you set, but why you shouldn’t live a life focused on goals. It’s unhealthy. And possibly even less productive than another approach.

What’s that other approach? I’m not going to tell you. Well, not yet. Keep listening! 

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#105 Expect the Worst – “The Antidote” by Oliver Burkeman

Aug 1, 2017

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Today’s lesson might be a little shocking for some of you, especially because it’s coming from me, someone who talks a lot about personal development.

Why shocking? Because today’s episode is on a book that pretty much disrupts a lot of the self-help genre.  The self-help genre covers subjects like motivation, how to be happier, how to be more productive, the importance of goal setting,  basically, self-help books teach us how to be better humans.

I talk about a lot of these topics here on the podcast, and I do think there are valuable lessons to be learned.  

But… like I said, the book I read for today’s episode is different. The name of the book is “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking” by Oliver Burkeman.

If you’re someone who thinks that all the self-help books on the power of thinking positively, and books like “The Secret” are garbage, well, you’d love this book.

And… if you’re like me, very open to different perspectives, philosophies and different approaches to life, you’ll also find some value in this book.

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#104 Now or Never: The 5 Second Rule
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Jul 2, 2017

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When you have an idea about doing something, something you know would be valuable to your life, do you often stop and think about it, then end up not doing that “something”? This happens a lot! It happens to me, a lot! There’s a voice inside my head that keeps me from doing what’s important.

Does this happen to you?

According to the author of a book called “The 5 Second Rule”, the author’s name is Mel Robbins, the secret to being more confident and successful comes down to making the right decision in the 5 seconds after you have an idea.

You can’t let those 5 seconds kill your dreams!

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#103 How to be happier: “Hardwiring Happiness” by Rick Hanson
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Jun 25, 2017

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Today we are going to talk about happiness.

We all like feeling happy, right? Well, if you don’t like feeling happy, well then you either need some professional help, which I hope you get, or you’re a freak!

But why do we always focus on the negative? Well, our brains evolved this way. It’s an ancient survival mechanism, actually. We needed to learn quickly from bad experiences.

This obsession with the negative continues even until today, though we don’t need this as a survival mechanism anymore.

In the book, “Hardwiring Happiness” by Rick Hanson, we learn why we are prone to, (have the tendency to, inclined to) worry about the past, focus on fears, and past hurts, and quite often, ignore positive experiences.

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#102 Advanced grammar lesson: used to vs. to be used to
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Jun 13, 2017

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Let me help you correct some of the most common advanced grammar mistakes.  

There are two different phrases that often get mixed up. One is easy, and one is complex. But even the easy one needs to be explained, and the complex one, well, that one too.

The first is about past habits, or something that existed or was true in the past, but doesn’t exist or isn’t true anymore.

The second is about a feeling you have about something. 

A – past habit or truth

B – a feeling (present, past, future)

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#101 The Smallest Decisions Matter Most: “The Compound Effect” by Darren Hardy
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Jun 5, 2017

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Does it ever feel like you give up pretty quickly after deciding to do something positive for your life? You want to make a big change or add a big skill to start strong but only a few days or sometimes a few weeks later you give up, and we feel bad when this happens. Or do you constantly notice yourself doing things that you know aren’t good for you, aren’t healthy, aren’t positive, aren’t helping you get closer to the life that you ideally would like to live? Well, I’m going to talk about a book today called “The Compound Effect” by Deron Hardy and it’s going to tackle these issues. Most of us struggle at times with reaching our goals, and according to the book “The Compound Effect” this comes down to, this is all based on our daily habits, the choices we make from moment to moment. If this sounds stressful, like “

Well, I’m going to talk about a book today called “The Compound Effect” by Deron Hardy and it’s going to tackle these issues. Most of us struggle at times with reaching our goals, and according to the book “The Compound Effect” this comes down to, this is all based on our daily habits, the choices we make from moment to moment. If this sounds stressful, like “

If this sounds stressful, like “Uh oh, Kevin I don’t want to think about my choices every moment!” it shouldn’t. There are tactics and strategies from the book that we can start applying to our life to help us create daily routines based on our goals. Getting clarity on what we should be doing and what we should not be doing, and also some tips on how to start adding positive habits into our life. So I’m going to talk about some key principles from this book, I hope it’s helpful.

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#100 – #100!!!
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May 29, 2017

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Learn some behind-the-scenes info about the podcast after 100 episodes.

I’ll share some listener numbers, how the podcast has changed, and what’s coming in the future.

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#099 The Secret Ingredient – A TED TALK on Passion and Perseverance
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May 22, 2017

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Today we are going to talk about a video, a TED Talk called The power of passion and perseverance, by professor and author Angela Lee Duckworth. And in this talk, she talks about a characteristic, a very important, a vital characteristic that successful people have.

It’s not how smart you are, it’s not how good you look, it’s something else and I’m going to talk about that in this TED Talk today.

We can’t let our feelings of failure stop us and keep us from improving, grit

will get you through this. Long term thinking, power through these feelings of inferiority and know that you are improving, your brain is growing through these challenges. And if you continue to work on it, get through the struggle, you will see improvements.

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#098 Badass BUSINESS ENGLISH with Spoken.io – Interviewing Henry Blue
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May 15, 2017

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Want business English lessons in your pocket, all day long? 

Well, that might sound like trouble, but it’s not! Spoken.io is a very innovative and effective way to improve your business English. 

Use your messaging app, like Whatsapp or WeChat, to learn the necessary business jargon and impressive sounding vocabulary, and get your own native English speaking Business English coach. 

What more do you need? 

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#097 The 4 Most Important Life Lessons “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz
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May 8, 2017

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Today’s episode I think will help you become much more fluent in life. One of my favorite books, at least one of my top ten books that I’ve read in my, not so short life, but not so long life either.

I’m going to talk about a book today called “The 4 Agreements”. This book was written by the author Donna Miguel Ruiz, who is Mexican, and it was published in 1997. This book is about our self-limiting beliefs. Beliefs that rob us of joy and also that create a lot of suffering, a lot of needless suffering.

So I’m going to give you an introduction to this book and talk about each agreement, and share with you what I think are the most important ideas and the ones that can help you get the most benefit from this book in a short fifteen-minute podcast episode.

As I go along I will also explain some of the English that I use that you might not know.

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#096 Having Sex with Someone Else “Sex at Dawn” by Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá
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May 1, 2017

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I’m going to talk about some fascinating concepts from a book and we’re going to go more into the evolution of human sexual behavior in an attempt to understand why we deal with sex the way that we do.

Some questions that will be answered are things like are we naturally monogamous? Monogamy, monogamous, is an important word in this episode. Monogamous means having one partner only. The book answers the question, are monogamous relationships natural, the way they should be, or are they impossible to keep based on our instincts?

Also going to talk about how casual sex was crucial to our ancestors’ survival, casual sex meaning not committed relationships.

And lastly, I will also talk about how agriculture ruined our health and happiness.

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#095 Why You are You “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”
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Apr 24, 2017

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Today we’re going to talk about history, something I don’t do very often here on the Feel Good English podcast, but this book that I’ve recently read is very interesting and I wanted to share something different with you, very interesting ideas on the history of humans, going all the way back three hundred thousand years, three hundred thousand years.

I’m going to talk about five main changes, transitions that happened during our evolution that has led us to common times. 

If this is interesting to you I would highly recommend searching out the book we’re going to talk about today which is called “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.” The author of this book is Yuval Noah Harari.

I’m going to talk about some of the key concepts from the book to give you an idea of what it’s about and also, of course, to help you build your English knowledge, teaching you some new vocabulary, phrasal verbs, expressions and whatever may come about. 

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Good mood books and podcasts

The whole world is in a difficult situation right now. The only thing that gives strength is the inner attitude, which depends only on us. Perhaps some of them found themselves in forced isolation for the first time and are now learning to listen to themselves, to distinguish what they are really interested in, what motivates, pleases, makes them smile or laugh to tears.

Especially to help you use the time allotted for self-isolation with benefit and pleasure, the largest audiobook service Storytel has made a large selection of audiobooks and podcasts. They will not let you get bored and will certainly cheer you up.

Meditations

A podcast not only for those who already know what meditations are, but also for those who doubted whether they needed them. If earlier it was a pity for time to meditate, now it’s definitely worth a try. Listen to yourself, relieve stress, talk to your subconscious, look for happiness within.

• “Meditations with Yana Shakhnazarova”
• Klaus J. Joel “Meditations. About love»
• Lobsang Tenpa «Loving kindness. Collection of Meditations

Summary

This is a 30-minute retelling of the big books, after which you can decide to listen to the entire book or simply think with satisfaction, “Well, now I know what it’s about.”

• Daily Bits Of “The Art of Being Bored”
• Hal Elrod “The Magic of the Morning. How the First Hour of the Morning Determines Your Success
• Gary Chapman The Five Love Languages ​​

Children’s Books

Let’s be honest – sometimes we just need our family to leave us alone in order to feel good and feel happy. That is why, especially for children of different ages, we offer audio novelties that will captivate them not just for a few hours, but for a couple of days. And if you suddenly miss them, you can listen to these stories with the whole family.

• Igor Svinin “Heirs of Triglav”
• Marcin Mortka “Hannah and the Shaggy Dog”
• Susan Hinton “Outcasts”

Educational lectures and books

an interesting film, we often promise ourselves to study in more detail what interested us. Now is a great time to educate yourself. This podcast offers lectures on the history of arts, civilizations, cinema and literature. Listen, learn, have fun.

• Mary Beard Civilizations. Images of people and gods in art from the ancient world to the present day»
• Manege. Enlightenment
• Alexander Volodin “Naive Art”
• Why watch serials? From the agenda to the invention of norms
• How to fall in love with cinema: stories, texts, shots
• The Tsvetaeva Museum. Literature

Interesting podcasts on topical topics

Sometimes it’s just curious to know what’s in trend: what people are talking about, discussing, thinking, arguing. Pay attention to the “Innocent Club”, in which Yulia Vysotskaya invites guests to discuss psychology, home, sports, stress and, of course, nutrition. Other podcasts will make you think and discuss with family and friends the position of women in modern society, the history of feminism and even witchcraft, as well as the arts and the theory of meanings.

• Yulia Vysotskaya’s Innocent Club
• The Changeling Podcast
• The Cinderella Smokes Podcast
• Feminism and Witchcraft

Unread novels from the school program 90 007

It is known that when we return to books we read in childhood, we begin to perceive them differently in adulthood. Many promised themselves to read, read or reread. Immerse yourself in the world of eternal classics, listen and be surprised how new the works of great authors open up for you.

• Ivan Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”
• Anton Chekhov “A House with a Mezzanine”
• Mikhail Bulgakov “Fatal Eggs”

Exciting detective stories

Sometimes you want to tickle your nerves reading a story with a confusing plot, when it is not completely clear who the criminal is and what is really happening. Action-packed detectives come to the rescue, from which it is impossible to break away.

• Stina Jackson Silver Road
• Craig Russell Aspect of the Devil
• Mikael Niemi Boil the Bear

Fascinating novels

Do you want something interesting, exciting, but without murders and crimes? A non-fiction book about espionage intrigues, something from the classics of English literature, or a modern novel about finding oneself will do.

• Claire Malley “Espionage and Love”
• Jane Austen “Emma”
• Maria Semple “Where Have You Gone, Bernadette?”

Audio series

What makes an audio series good? The plot develops quickly, and each episode does not last long – 30-40 minutes. If you don’t feel like starting a long audiobook right now, but have a desire to have fun, this option is just right. You can pick up an audio series for every taste: post-apocalyptic – from Dmitry Glukhovsky, about travel – from travel journalist Galina Okulova, and the latest novelty – for the upcoming Victory Day – “Warsaw, Elohim!” by Artemy Leontiev.

• Galina Okulova “The way of two coasts. Walking across England»
• Love in the countryside
• Lady detective

And, of course, love!

Books about love always cheer you up. You can choose Tatyana Ustinova, an unusual short novel for the queen of detectives, Magic Light, about family, relationships, Easter and, of course, about love. Or one of the novels of the American writer Fanny Flagg – in her books, love and kindness always win.

• Sebastian Faulks “And the Birds Sang…”
• Tatyana Ustinova “Magic Light”
• Fanny Flagg “Welcome to the world, baby!”

Sounds of nature for relaxation

Sometimes there is no desire to listen to anything at all. Then you can just close your eyes and imagine yourself on the ocean or in the forest in a sunny meadow. Such sounds are good for meditation, complete relaxation and falling asleep. Find a podcast that will help you relieve stress, calm down, dream, and tune in to the best.

• Quiet rain
• Atmospheric sounds. In the forest
• Magic dreams

100 popular podcasts in Russian, June 2022. Which podcasts to listen to? — Media on vc.ru

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Top 10 podcasts in Russian

1. Beauty requires cache . Show about beauty and health studio Beware: podcasts! Healthy lifestyle trends, what is good for the body, and what is another marketing ploy.

A few words about the studio that produces this podcast. The fact is that it belongs to Ksenia Sobchak . A successful media person could not pass by podcasts and invested her time and money in them. The studio’s podcasts are invariably in the top.

2. Don’t teach me how to live . Techniques for working out thinking and emotions.

3. What happened . News Edition Medusa talks about something important on weekdays.

4. Live nail . Ekho Moskvy was closed, but its broadcasts were not.

5. Seduce and conquer | Charisma . Pump up charisma, self-confidence and relationships with people.

6. You are important . Developing a sense of self-love, healthy responsibility and caring attitude.

7. Sex with Marie 18+ . Talk about sex, relationships and life stories that make them more fun.

8. Tea with a psychologist . Conversations with interesting people on psychological topics.

9. Psychology . Well, a very popular podcast about psychology.

10. Patient Zero . The Kinopoisk team share their impressions of the new series and, together with experts and creators, talk about the historical context and work on the series.

What about the ten most popular podcasts? In principle, this is a good cut of the entire Russian podcasting…

What are they listening to? Programs from the creators of courses, coaches and other infogypsies, psychology is very popular, and with the current geopolitical situation, there is also news and comments. Well, sex and relationships, where without them?

Kinopoisk , by the way, has long and stubbornly been presented in podcasts, however, it is noteworthy that his program about the new series was able to take such high positions in the hearts of listeners. And in general, an interesting symbiosis of cinema and podcasts, very typical for the West.

Finance and Economics (4)

• Calculator . A podcast about money: how to earn, save and spend it wisely.
• Greedy investor . Weekly podcast Tinkoff for investors and those who want to become investors.
• Economics by ear . Transfer of the Russian Economic School , and the guests are leading professors and experts of world renown.

• About finance . Transfer from a financial advisor, economist and investor.

History (5)

• Decline of an empire . Amazing stories about the events of the beginning of the 20th century and about the people who lived then.
• In short, the history of . Two guys are discussing interesting episodes from the past.
• Key turn . In everyone’s life there is an event that determines the whole future fate. This is a podcast about important, turning points in the lives of famous people.
• Under King Peas . Stories about geniuses and villains and the eras they changed.
• ROMA. The Fall of the Republic . The series is about people who, in the struggle for power, fame and money, staged a game of thrones in ancient Rome. A step by step guide to the destruction of the republic.

Courses, coaches, infogypsies (10)

• Success . Talk about balancing career and life.

• re-feel podcast . A podcast about wellness and how to get in touch with yourself and your body.
• Bright people . Explores the theme of spirituality, the path to a state of fullness through practice.
• Speak beautifully . Improve your voice, diction, public speaking and self-confidence.
• Books per million . Shares key takeaways from business literature and audiobooks.
• Say, don’t be silent . About communication and speech. About relationships and self-development. About psychology and creativity.
• Where are you running? How to relax and burn out less? How to stop saving on yourself? How to become less anxious?
• Chillosophy . Chillosophy Irina Khakamada .
• The body you live in . A podcast about how to restore a caring, trusting and loving relationship with yourself, your body and food.
• Porridge in the head . A podcast about nutrition, eating behavior, wellness and science.

Psychology (6)

• Hackney brain . The psychologist and coach talks in an understandable language about the complex and amazing work of the brain.
• Good thing you said that . A podcast where you can discuss life situations, mental disorders and difficult feelings with psychotherapists.
• Thank you, I’m fine . Everything you wanted to know about psychotherapy but were afraid to ask.
• Everything is in your head . A psychologist profiler specializing in behavior analysis conducts a session with guests and helps them turn a difficult life situation into a positive life experience.
• Freudian conversations . A podcast of practicing psychologists where they discuss important issues, share experiences and useful information.
• Making things easier . mental health project. Programs devoted to various mental disorders.

Youth discovers the world (5)

• Let’s start with Monday . Not weak! Every week, two girls challenge themselves to a new activity and try something new.
• Give me a hug . The hosts are friends through the podcast, chatting and laughing to make it a little easier in these dark times.
• Let’s talk . We discuss questions, share knowledge and experience, talk about books where you can read about it.
• A person needs a person . Talk about female self-realization, relationships, purpose, self-respect.
• Not at ease . Conspiracy theories and mystical stories, why and why they arise.

True-crime (3)

• The Diaries of Laura Palna . Stories of the most bloody, resonant and interesting serial killers in Russia and around the world.
• The Hills has a podcast. Comedy podcast about real crimes and maniacs in Russian.
• This is the case . He talks about disturbing and terrible crimes with a slice of sarcasm and a glass of wine.

Society (7)

• NORM . Talk about how the world is changing and all the most important things in it.
• Ashamed . Four friends in a big city tell shameful stories to each other – does it remind you of anything?
• Something on an adult . Helps listeners to cope with the difficulties of adult life.
• Live well there . A reality series in which two journalists from Moscow are trying to make a new life abroad.
• Lifehacker Podcast . About everything that can be “hacked”: about health, work and technology, about education, sports and recreation, about relationships, finances and motivation.
• Breathe – don’t breathe . How doctors train to find a common language with patients, but in fact we learn to understand each other better.
• True body . The presenters dissect the topics of weight loss, nutrition, sports, physical health and the psychological aspects that are associated with all this.

Books and literature (6)

• Foreword . Literary critic Galina Yuzefovich and her guests talk about how v-na has changed our reading habits.

• Dreams . Each episode, listeners send in dreams, and the podcast remakes them into a fictional story and reads them to relaxing music.
• Dark Tales . Fairy tales for adults from all over Russia.
• Literature lessons . About classical and modern literature, in which the presenters, along with literary critics, readers, book bloggers and other experts, are having heated debates about plots, authors and meanings.
• Shark Feather . Here I just help my boyfriend to sleep and every week I tell him the life story of a famous writer.
• Jokes aside. No Kidding Press podcast about literature and big things beyond.

Business (4)

• Business plan . A podcast about how to run a business in a new environment. Finding solutions, discussing problems and finding ways to evolve no matter what.
• Need to test . Reality Podcast: Why Startups Shut Down? How to choose an idea for a business? And what to do to make the project take off?
• Savory business . Each issue we communicate with entrepreneurs of various fields of activity and scale: from small coffee shops to IT corporations.
• Either it will or it won’t . Reality podcast about how to do business. From an idea and search for an investor to a profitable company.

Art (2)

• Art for boys . Culturologist and musicologist Nastya Chetverikova explains the masterpieces of world art on the fingers, in a boyish way.

• Why did I see this? Podcast Arzamas about art and exhibitions.

English, languages ​​(3)

• Do you speak English? A cool way to improve your English for free and speak like Elizabeth II or Benedict Cumberbatch.
• English by songs . Transmission about how to learn English through songs.
• Uzbek & Woman . Conversations will be useful for English users who want to sound closer to native English speakers and improve their listening comprehension.

Ukraine (4)

• What was that? News and comments about events in Ukraine from journalists BBC .

• A person has a right. Podcast . Together we find out how the world of rights and obligations around us works.
• Kavachay. What happens in Ukraine and Russia every day while going to-on.
• To be continued . Investigations and interviews about major events in Russia.

Education and Science (8)

• Why are we still alive . A podcast about medical discoveries that changed the world.
• Look, it’s just . Explains complex things in simple terms: from gaslighting and Stockholm syndrome to NFTs and cryptocurrencies.
• Naked digger . Biologist and journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky talks about scientific discoveries, talks to the people who make them, and answers questions from listeners of all ages.
• The Big Beard Theory . Scientific and space Russian-language audio show. Physics, mathematics, astronomy, astrophysics, other natural sciences and interesting guests.
• Lectures Arzamas . Lectures by Russian scientists on history, literature, art, anthropology and philosophy.
• Rosenthal and Guildenstern . On the Russian language and linguistics. Why do we fight over words? Why do we get annoyed by other people’s speech? Isn’t it time to save the Russian language?
• Star null . About cosmology and other physics.
• Go to study . Podcast Forbes Russia Education, which reveals various aspects of all areas of education: preschool, primary, secondary, higher, corporate and business education, short-term programs, preparation for international exams.

Family and children, parenthood (8)

• Give birth first . A podcast about parenthood where three fathers don’t give advice, but share anxieties, worries and funny stories about their lives with their children.

• None correct . Depressive stand-up about mental health, parenthood and women’s rights.
• HRUME or Fairy Detective . You need to help the fabulous policeman Dobrynya put things in order in the fairy tale.
• You are the mother . An honest conversation about motherhood. Talk about what it means to raise children in the 21st century.
• Love cannot be brought up . Teacher Dima Zitser answers the questions of parents, teachers, children – everyone who is interested and interested in child-adult relationships.
• PapCast . A show of two dads about how life is with their wonderful, annoying, beloved and unbearable children and their mothers in Russia and in exile.
• Mom Mom Mom . A podcast about motherhood that we named after our children’s most popular phrase.
• This is not a fairy tale for you . In each issue, children check what is true in fairy tales and what is not.

Sex and relationships (2)

• We broke up . We were together for five years, and now we are discussing relationships through the prism of personal experience, psychotherapy and black humor.
• Guys, we had sex . The presenters answer listeners’ questions about relationships, give advice almost at the level of professional psychologists and just joke.

News and commentary, politics (3)

• Stillavin and his friends . Team of Sergey Stillavin discusses current events with the audience, tests cars, exposes brands, tries to understand the psychology of people.
• Beware: morning! Daily morning news from Russia with a Siberian accent.
• After Putin . A conversation with analysts and experts about what is wrong with Putin’s Russia, and how our country will need to be reformed after the imminent end of the current political regime.

Cinema and TV, games (8)

• Caretaker . Interesting facts about the world of cinema, the fight against stereotypical attitudes towards controversial genres and recommendations on which films and TV shows you should pay attention to.
• Previous series . Podcast Kinopoisk , which discusses the main serial novelties and old cult projects.
• DTF podcast . Editorial Podcast DTF is a weekly discussion on one big topic from the entertainment industry.
• Closeup of . Podcast Kinopoisk about movie premieres and industry news.
• Zavtracast (Breakfast) . About games, media and technology in Russia. Cheerful hosts, fresh news, tips and discussions with good music and cool guests.
• “They didn’t bring it in”. Games, movies, series and books . discuss new games, movies, series, books, comics and everything that makes you and us feel good.
• Podcast . Author’s podcasts with humor.
• Noise and brightness . Podcast Kinopoisk , in which music critic and radio host Lev Gankin talks about film music: about soundtracks, about composers and directors, about how we hear films and how sound helps the image.