Abundate: For curious people navigating complexity

Abundate: For curious people navigating complexity

By Hedvig SandbuEducationSelf-Improvement
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Abundate: For curious people navigating complexity episodes

  • Excellent language learners do these 3 things differently | Ep. #16

    You know what works for me won't always work for you. The reason we need to tailor language learning is because your language learning needs, goals, ambitions, lifestyle and brain are different from anyone else's. But there are a few things I've noticed learners do that really boosts their progress and confidence in a language.In this episode we delve into 3 things that excellent language learners do differently.


    17 min
  • Learning to be a cultural chameleon with Danai Krokou | Ep. #15

    What are the perks and drawbacks of being a cultural chameleon? Hedvig spoke with Danai Krokou, serial migrant and multitalented business development consultant, polyglot and polymath, about the positive and negative aspects of moving country. Danai shares an important benefit for your professional horizons.

    For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/15.


    1 hr 3 min
  • Why self-trust is key to learning consistently | Ep. #14

    There are so many transferable skills that you build through language learning. One of them is self-trust. But it's also one of those things you need to build gradually in order to learn, too. In this episode I discuss some of the benefits of language learning, why self-trust is key, and how you might work to build this in your language learning or across other areas of your life, too.

    25 min
  • Language learning through salsa with Tamara Marie | Ep. #13

    Why are many language learning methods so clinical when the process of learning languages is such a natural human activity? Tamara Marie, Founder of Spanish Con Salsa, joined Hedvig for a conversation about learning language through music and dance.

    For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/13.


    48 min
  • Brain-friendly, joyful, limitless learning with Rachel Paling | Ep. #11
    Hedvig speaks with Rachel Paling, creator of the Neurolanguage Coaching© method, about brain-friendly learning, NeuroHeart education, and finding our own paths to joy and autonomy by embracing the coach mindset. For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/11.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards confident and effective communicatio...
    43 min
  • Accent bias and language as a social construct with Vijay Ramjattan | Ep. #10
    Hedvig speaks with sociolinguistics researcher Dr Vijay Ramjattan about accents, societal biases, and perception. We tend not to recognise that language is not just a skill, but a social tool with a deep history in power dominance, colonialism and discrimination. This episode contains a few stories about racist discrimination.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/10.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you ba...
    46 min
  • Bonus episode: Breaking your scripts and a unique offer | Ep. #9
    In this short bonus episode, Hedvig talks briefly about a topic that everyone should consider from time to time, and shares some news about an upcoming new programme for language learners. Read the show notes on podcast.abundate.org/9 for more details.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards confident and effective communication: abundate.org/soc
    7 min
  • Excuses, hearing loss and learning sign language with Nikki Wood | Ep. #8
    Hedvig speaks with Nikki Wood, a civil servant, about her journey with hearing loss, British Sign Language (BSL), dabbling in Polish and Spanish, and also some of the challenges and excuses that she’s battling in trying to learn languages.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/8.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards confident and e...
    47 min
  • Multilingual families and identities with Florence Rozensztajn | Ep. #7
    Do you want your family to be bilingual? Hedvig speaks with Flo Rozensztajn about why it was important to her that her children could communicate in multiple languages, how she turned a home project into a business to help other French-English bilingual families, whether it is actually more difficult to raise children bilingually, and we also touch upon some of the complexities of multilingual and multicultural identities.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, vis...
    28 min

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Learning isn't what you think – but so much more. Abundate is for curious people navigating complexity: in their work, their learning, their value, and their lives. Hosted by educator, experience designer and lifelong learner Hedvig Sandbu, this podcast asks the questions that don't have tidy answers.