EUROVISION! As one of the biggest Song Festival fans on the planet, I so enjoyed watching S10 take the stage and sing her truth last night. The fact that she made it through to the finals with a song in Dutch means that so much is transcended beyond language. Millions didn’t understand one single word […]
How to write like a pro…. Ok, hon, let’s talk about your emails. Have you ever ended one with ‘I hope I have informed you enough?” No? Of course not. Your colleague did. Bert. Not you. You would NEVER do that because you know it’s rude in English, right? But Bert…he’ll never learn. So let’s […]
Hey, just popping in to share something special today. It’s about Ieper. Ieper is where I lost it. And then I found it. This week I went to Ieper, Belgium, the Fields of Flanders, where thousands of soldiers from WW1 perished. Their graves are beautifully maintained, and I spent the day walking through many of them. […]
THE HARDEST LESSON Sometimes doing something hurts so much. But not doing it hurts more. I was painfully confronted with this fact recently when I was preparing an English lesson that I was absolutely dreading. A few weeks ago, I started an online English communication program for Ukrainians. 100 people could fit in my Zoom […]
Happy almost Kings Day! In the Netherlands, where I am based, it’s nearly Kings Day. I love this holiday because it means everyone is covered in my favorite color, orange! In the Royal Spirit, I’d like to take this opportunity to help you broaden your vocabulary horizons with some expressions, all about kings, queens, and […]
Hello darling! How are you on this happy holiday weekend? I hope you are having a wonderful time. You gotta love the Dutch. And I sure do! The Dutch made Easter 2 days long. Thank you, Dutchies! In my family, we celebrate both Easter and Passover. I was raised Jewish and my husband was raised […]
HOW TO MAKE A WORKATION WORK: 10 TIPS 2 years ago, I had a Big, Scary, and New Idea. I said to my team ‘I want to try something new – to work really hard for 5 weeks and then I would like to have one week without any coaching sessions or appointments at all.’ I […]
10 words you keep mixing up (and one of them I take really personally) I’ve seen so many mistakes popping up in emails that I wanted to address them right here, right now. These are the 10 that get confused the most – print this out and hang it up in your office, so that your […]
Happy Monday! I wanted to pop into your mailbox today to share some things I said last week in the Dutch media about showing up in the world. I talked to Radio 1 live about the English pronunciation of the Prime Minister (and other politicians) and wondered out loud why English pronunciation is clearly overlooked […]
24K DAY: We all have 24 hours in the day. But….how are you spending it? Let’s change time into something that many feel is just as precious – money. So… let’s say you have 24,000 euros to spend every day. That’s it. How are you going to spend it? Scrolling through social media posts for […]
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