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Aug 2024
14m 46s

Episode 255: EwK255 - Language stories: ...

KIRSTY MAJOR
About this episode

We often talk about what we do, but one of the things that we touched upon at the conversation club today was why we do what we do. What motivates us? What gives us a sense of fulfilment?

Today I'm sharing a bit of my story about why language is important to me, how needing to learn in a slightly different way has actually helped me, and why I do what I do.

In the coming months, some of my clients and friends will be sharing their stories too.

I also talked about my "Discover your voice in English" mentoring programme. Send me a message if you'd like to find out more or to have a chat about whether it's for you!
https://englishwithkirsty.com/discover-your-voice-in-english

Here's the show notes page for the episode:
https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode255

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