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Jul 2025
12m 57s

English Listening: How to Be Kind to You...

Hilary Platt
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Do you ever feel like life keeps knocking you down—but you don't know how to 'bounce back'?


Welcome to Adept English, where we learn English https://adeptenglish.com/company/learning-system/ through real-life stories and today, we're tackling the word everyone's talking about: resilience.


Now, I used to think resilience was just about "toughing it out" until I trained as a therapist and realized it's more like mental yoga: bending without breaking. In this 15-minute episode, you'll learn:


- 5 practical steps to build resilience (with simple psychology vocabulary!)

- How to spot—and silence—your "inner critic" (The one that might say "Your English isn't good enough!"?)

- Why even materials science uses this word.


"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." Charles Kingsleigh (Alice in Wonderland)


Explore our courses like the Most Common 500 English Words https://adeptenglish.com/language-courses/500-most-common-words-course/ and Activate Your Listening https://adeptenglish.com/language-courses/course-one-activate-your-listening/.


We believe English fluency https://adeptenglish.com/english/fluency/ grows when you're emotionally invested. So today, you won't just learn words—you'll discover tools to handle stress in English. Ready to turn challenges into confidence? Let's begin.


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