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Hello beautiful English speaker,

I'm Niva, an EFL teacher & life coach, helping adult learners to improve their English pronunciation, grammar & vocabulary so that they feel more confident speaking and using the English language ❤️

03/08/2026

𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕!

It's been a while since I last said hello! Life has been very full over the last couple of months and I've not had much time or energy to post, other than a couple of stories every so often.

In fact, I think this year so far has just been one busy month after another and I'm realising that if I don't 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 the time to do the things that are important, then they'll never happen! I don't see life slowing down any time soon, so I'm just embracing this new normal of feeling like I'm constantly on a treadmill going just a bit faster than is comfortable and hoping I can keep up 😅

Since my last little update at the beginning of June (!), a LOT has happened. For those of you who've been following my stories, you might have pieced together a little about what I've been up to.

June was a month of teaching at EC London and working with my private students online, trying to rest as much as possible while also spontaneously filling out a few application forms to throw my hat into ring for a couple of jobs for the summer. I didn't think anything would come of it, but how wrong I was!

Mid June, I got an email inviting me for an interview at King's College London to work on their summer pre-sessional programme and the same day of the interview they offered me a job, to start 2 weeks later on the 1st July.

That was almost 5 weeks ago and I can't believe I have just 2 weeks left of this summer programme. It's been a whirlwind of new information and learning and I've loved every minute of this new challenge. It's made me realise that for a while now, I've not challenged myself with something completely new and how important it is to stretch ourselves and step out of our comfort zones.

More to come soon, but for now - 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈?!
Let me know in the comments!

29/06/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
/ˈmʌndeɪ ˈmjuːzɪŋz/

Happy Monday everyone!

We're almost at the midway point between the first and second half of the year! And of course, it's a good time to think about how this first 6 months of the year has gone and how we want the second half to look like!

𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏.

How was the first half of 2026 for you?
What are the things you'd like to work on / achieve for the rest of this year?

Let me know in the comments!

(I'll be answering these question for myself on Wednesday!)

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musing (n) /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/
= thinking carefully about something or telling people your thoughts about it

15/06/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
/ˈmʌndeɪ ˈmjuːzɪŋz/

Happy Monday everyone! Another week has rolled around.

Something I've been thinking about recently is how to juggle my time, to do all the things that I want to do, which is definitely not a short list! But as we're only gifted with 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, sometimes it can be hard to squeeze everything in. This week's quote really is true:

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.

We can do anything we put our minds to, but generally time (and energy) is our limiting factor.

So how do we do the things that we want? Priortising and just being ok with the fact that it might not be possible to do everything that we want!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄?
Let me know in the comments!

musing (n) /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/
= thinking carefully about something or telling people your thoughts about it

08/06/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
/ˈmʌndeɪ ˈmjuːzɪŋz/

Sometimes in life, we experience disappointments. It's an inevitable part of being alive.

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚

I see disappointment quite a lot in my classrooms, in all the different levels that I teach but it's also something I experience in various aspects of my life.

While it's a very natural thing to feel, the most important thing is how we deal with it. Allow yourself time to feel those feelings but also start to think about what is causing the disappointment.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏?
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚?

While it's not easy to think and reflect upon, asking yourself these questions could help you learn and grow 🥳

musing (n) /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/
= thinking carefully about something or telling people your thoughts about it

03/06/2026

When it feels like time is moving fast, I hear a lot of my students saying a common English phrase wrong.

𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲:
Time is running ❌

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬:
Time is flying ✅

So remember, the next time it feels like the days and weeks are moving fast, 'time is flying!'

01/06/2026

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞!

Just like that, another month has finished and we're now coming up to the halfway point of 2026! How crazy is that?!

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖?

May was another busy month with a lot happening and I have a feeling that this is the trend for this year! Aside from work, I spent a lot of time last month catching up with friends and family at the weekends, which was amazing and had the chance to do a lot of different things I'd not done before.

I went to a coffee festival in London and tried a lot of different types of coffee, tea and snacks! I also discovered the Chelsea in Bloom festival for the first time over in West London and it was great to see so many wonderful and artistic flower displays.

I also spent as much time as I could at my pottery studio and practicing the techniques I learnt while I was in Sicily the month before and also making some things for my first ever pottery show, which will happen this weekend. And last month my pieces that I made and decided to keep from the course in Sicily also arrived and I was so happy with how they turned out!

Summer made an appeararnce in London last month and we had about 10 days of very hot temperatures, in the low 30s for a few days, which is very unusual for May!

Thankfully the temperatures have cooled a bit in the last day or two and I'm looking forward to a few days of cooler temperatures and the ability to get some better sleep! 😅

While June will also be busy, I'm hoping to find a bit more time for myself to rest and also create more to help you all with your English! 🥳

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵?
Let me know in the comments!

18/05/2026

Have the temperatures in your country also been crazy this month? 🤔 - https://mailchi.mp/f1cc03f5c4b4/newsletter-learn-english-with-niva-8575776

18/05/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
/ˈmʌndeɪ ˈmjuːzɪŋz/

This morning I went to a yoga class for the first time in a long time and during the class, the instructor said something that really got me thinking.

He said:

𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔.

Recently in my online 1-1 lessons, a lot of my students have spoken about feeling frustrated with various things in their lives and while my main role as their English teacher is to help them with their English, part of learning any language is to talk about what's going on in our lives. So I put my coaching hat on and we focused on how to feel less frustrated and a lot of it comes down to looking at the situation differently.

If we can change the way to see a situation, a lot of the time the frustrations we initially had disappear!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞? 🥰

musing (n) /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/
= thinking carefully about something or telling people your thoughts about it

01/05/2026

ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕄𝕒𝕪!

And hello sunshine!

Spring really does feel like it's here and I must say, having sunshine in London really makes a huge difference to the mood of everyone and the city!

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆?

April was a busy month, as they always seem to be these days. I started the month in Sicily, with the pottery course I did, followed by a few days in Palermo and I'm not going to lie, my heart is still partly in Sicily.

Getting away was so good for me and it really reminded me of what it's like to travel, relax and enjoy the place you're visiting fully, vs what I'd be doing for a long time, which was travelling but bringing my work with me. While it was amazing to be able to live and explore different places, there's also something really important about going somewhere and completely switching off.

I arrived back to London on the 8th April and since then, I've just really been settling and relaxing more into my new home and getting back into a routine again. As always, whenever I move or change location, it takes a bit of time to establish that structure again, but I feel like I'm just about there now with it and it feels really good.

Teaching my private students has been wonderful this past month, as has working at EC London and now that things are a lot more settled, I realise I have a lot more headspace to start thinking about all the projects I've been wanting to do. So that'll be my focus on May!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵?
Let me know in the comments!

28/04/2026

Hello Spring 🌻 - https://mailchi.mp/d1c0d6fca500/newsletter-learn-english-with-niva-8575519

Find out what I've been up to over the last couple of months!

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