Let's Grow

There is a set of FAQs, which almost every ESL learner asks and which every ESL trainer has to answer almost all the time. My fifteen years as an ESL trainer have not been any different.  These questions are not a part of the academic curriculum which we follow as trainers rather they belong to the human aspect of the training. In fact, my observation has been that the success of a trainer depends a lot on, how well they tackle this particular aspect. Their connect with the students largely depends on this particular skill. Initially, when I used to answer these questions, my approach was not very empathetic. I was giving answers which didn't sound convincing even to myself.  The reason was, they came from an individual who had not interacted much with her students. Now, when I look back at my novice self giving those pieces of advice I understand they were not very practical solutions to the problem at hand. Now over a period of time, after having interacted with all types of stud

How to keep ourselves sane and floating in these uncertain times that we all are witnessing?? The number of positive cases is increasing every day. The media is flooded with negative news. There is uncertainty looming all around.  It's a real challenge to keep ourselves strong, both mentally and physically.  The good news however is, it really is easily attainable if we are mindful of just a few things, on a regular basis.  There are three areas of our lives where we have to pay attention and put in our maximum effort. Number one is our mental health. It is said that all the battles are first fought in the mind and also that if you can control your thoughts you can achieve anything you want! cutting down our exposure to negative media will have a miraculous effect on our thinking pattern. It will also help in keeping one's thoughts positive. Ten minutes of meditation, twice a day will aid the effect. The second thing is to take care of our physical health. Half an hour's wo

Hey everyone! I am here on my blog after a really long time! when I say a long time, it really has been long... ten years to be precise😀!! So where was I? doing what?  If I say I was busy with life, it wouldn't be wrong...raising my kids, planning, designing, and getting the interiors of my new home done, shifting, settling down took really a large part of this time along with many other things going on in life... well anyway,  will continue speaking about those things here and there in my future posts ... will continue writing regularly now on various topics .... Bye for now