Meaningful English

It's been a few weeks since I last posted a journal prompt, so here's a simple but meaningful one to get the ball rolling again.

How are you - really?

While writing this week, allow yourself the time and space to really dig deep and come up with the language to express how you are at the moment and the things that are contributing to your emotional state.

The older I get, the more I teach and the more I interact with others, the more I believe in the power of having the precise vocabulary to really express how we're feeling and what's going on in our world.

As always, if you'd like any help or suggestions, just reach out by writing a comment or sending me a DM.

I can't promise you fluency in a month. Spoiler alert: no one can!

But after the first month of Meaningfully Fluent, I hope you'll be able to relate to some of these comments made by previous participants after their first four weeks of classes.

I have one space available in a new group starting 7 September.

No, this isn't a marketing gimmick. There really is only one place left. There are only four spaces in the group, and the people who signed up to the waiting list are always offered the places first.

The group had been filled by the end of July, but one participant has had to drop out.

If you are at a C1 Advanced level and want to continue learning thoughtfully and meaningfully, with lots of support and feedback, send me a DM or comment FLUENT and I'll send you the course details.

This is the only group I'll be opening for the remainder of 2026 and I won't be taking on any new 1-1 clients until mid-2027.

Are you looking for "a warm and cosy place to nurture your soul and meet like-minded people" where you "have the chance to share what you feel and think, and feel valued and understood"?

This is how one of the current Meaningfully Fluent students feels about the course.

While I don't have any space in this client's group, I do have one space available in a brand new Monday morning group, starting 7 September.

No, this isn't a marketing gimmick. There really is only one place left. There are only four spaces in the group, and the people who signed up to the waiting list are always offered the places first.

The group had been filled by the end of July, but one participant has had to drop out.

If you are at a C1 Advanced level and want to continue learning thoughtfully and meaningfully, with lots of support and feedback, send me a DM or comment FLUENT and I'll send you the course details.

This is the only group I'll be opening for the remainder of 2026 and I won't be taking on any new 1-1 clients until mid-2027.

📚The Meaningful English Book Club get-together is NEXT WEEKEND! 📚

✨Our book this time is 'The Book of Hope' by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson ✨

Join us on Google Meet at 16:00 CEST on Saturday, 4th July to discuss your impressions of the book.💻

If you've signed up, you'll receive an email tomorrow with the links for the Google Meet call and discussiong questions on Padlet.

❗Check your spam/junk email folder❗

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch via Direct Message.💬✍️

A fair few of you have very kindly let me know that you appreciated learning the selections for the Meaningful English Book Club further in advance over the last few months, so that you had more time to track down copies.

With that in mind, I've taken the liberty of selecting our next read.:

📖 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 📖

I picked up this gem of a novel on a recent trip to the UK and devoured it in a single weekend. It's just been awarded the Women's Prize for Fiction, so I'm certainly not alone in my admiration.

📅 We'll start reading this book on 11 July and our get-together to discuss our impressions will take place on Saturday 12 September.

🔗Click the link to find out more about the club and to sign up for free: meaningful-english-x7ko7z.subscribepage.io

📚The next instalment of the Meaningful English Book Club is here!📚

Over the next two months, we're reading...

✨The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson✨

Our get-together will take place on Google Meet at 16:00 CEST on Saturday, 4th July 2026.💻

❗Put the date and time in your diary now so that you don't miss out❗

🔗Click here to find out more about the club and to sign up for free: https://subscribepage.io/BnRgl7

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch via Direct Message or comment below.💬✍️