Client Background Julia, an experienced Spanish learner, reached out seeking support with a very specific challenge. Despite years of study, she struggled with severe anxiety when speaking the language. While she could read and understand Spanish reasonably well, the act of speaking triggered deep fears connected to childhood experiences of […]
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Language learning is often taught as a formula: grammar + vocabulary + repetition = fluency. But for many learners—especially adults navigating Spanish learning anxiety—this equation leaves something out: the human experience. The fear of sounding “wrong.” The grief of losing one’s native voice. The longing to express feelings deeper than […]
Language is more than a tool for communication; it’s a bridge to understanding ourselves and connecting with others. For neurodivergent adults—individuals with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurological variations—language learning can be both a challenge and a pathway to empowerment. When past traumas intersect with traditional educational methods, the journey […]
Why attachment styles matter in language learning? Language learning is not just a cognitive task — it is a deeply relational, vulnerable, and emotional process. It asks us to take risks, make mistakes in public, tolerate uncertainty, and express parts of ourselves that may feel unformed or exposed. This taps […]
From stream-of-consciousness writing to guided journaling, jotting down what’s inside our heads has the power to make sense of the tangle of ideas in our brains. I started journaling when I was a teenager and have never really stopped doing it, but the format, the content and the language have […]
Meditation in Spanish Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed. I have talked extensively about the benefits of meditation for your language learning practice. Having a calm mind will result in a more efficient Spanish practice, but what if you combine meditation with Spanish at the […]
Whenever I ask my new students, subscribers, or any member of my audience what they struggle with, the answer is always the Subjunctive. And I get it. There are things in English whose logic took me time to get. And there are things I still don’t get, like the pronunciation, for […]
Every language has its own prosody – the patterns of stress and intonation–. That’s why when we are in a foreign country we can recognise our compatriots by hearing them speaking even if we don’t hear what they say. In this post you will learn: The intonation in Spanish Five […]
There are 2 ways to give instructions in Spanish: Imperative affirmative Impersonal “se” Imperative Affirmative in Spanish The imperative is used to give orders, instructions, requests… The imperative has only 4 forms: tú, usted, vosotros, ustedes. Regular Remember that when the imperative is accompanied with pronouns, the pronouns are attached to the […]