Shadowing Practice: Therapy is exhausting... - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It's hard because people don't think I need therapy, but I'm really struggling.
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I mean, I have all these big things coming up and it just feels...
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I think it was like dealing with the change.
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I don't know if I'm good enough.
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Hmm?
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I'm sorry.
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Say that again?
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I just feel uncertain and scared.
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Yeah.
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Do you think that some of these feelings you're having is maybe coming from a place of uncertainty or fear?
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That's what I just said.
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Right.
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That's literally what I just said.
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And now we could begin.
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People don't think I have struggles or problems.
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I think...
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Are you okay?
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I sometimes feel that the best way of finding answers is by not talking and just...
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What's it called?
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What do Indians do when they're not talking and they're thinking about stuff?
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Or Indian people?
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Would you like to be called an Indian or an Indian person?
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I'm a British Indian.
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A British Indian.
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Meditating.
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Yeah, meditating.
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But that's not just what Indian people do when they don't talk.
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Traditionally, right?
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I think that's racist.
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No, in a good way.
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Okay.
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Is Buddha Indian or Chinese?
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Anyway, so you're saying we need to meditate, right?
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Is it meditating or meditation?
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They're both words.
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Meditation.
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Yes, meditation.
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But if we were practicing it, it would be meditating.
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Have you ever meditation?
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I've been meditating ever since I lived as a monk.
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Or I've been meditation.
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You have my book?
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It's Think Like a Monk.
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I didn't think you were actually a monk.
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No, I was.
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I was trying to encourage people to adopt that mindset.
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New York Times bestseller.
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Haven't read it yet.
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Ooh.
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Monk.
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It's a funny word.
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Monk.
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What brought you to that?
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I guess I was searching for answers.
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Do you advise other people try monking?
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We don't call it monking.
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What is it?
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Living with monks or living as a monk.
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Not monking.
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Not monking.
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Why don't we take a deep breath?
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I Can
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breathe out I think I was wrong enough.
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I don't really know how to do it.
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I know that Huberman says you breathe in and then you do it again, but I don't have his body, I don't know if I need that kind of breath work.
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You're qualified, right?
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Yeah.
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I know that you're supposed to look in the sun, you take deep breaths.
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Magnesium's hot right now.
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Protein.
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Vitamin D, I think you have to do that with K2 or something.
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GLP-1, that's a hot topic.
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When do we start talking about how I feel?
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Let's begin.
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I feel like I've learned more about you in this session than you've learned about me.
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How old were you when you lost your virginity?
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I don't think I want to tell you that.
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Younger than I would have thought, based on the way you just answered that.
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Do you remember her full name?
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No. You dog.
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Do you feel comfortable telling me how much money you made in your deal with Netflix?
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It's pretty much public knowledge.
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How much money did Jay Shetty make from his Netflix deal?
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I gotta be a monk.
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Who was your least favorite guest?
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I don't have one.
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Come on.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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The worst.
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That's a bummer.
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Star of the...
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Damn.
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Nobody would know this.
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I would never say it to anyone else.
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I trust you somehow.
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Good.
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I was just about to tell you how hard it is for me to be that honest with someone.
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Did you say how hard or how hot?
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Hard.
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Spell it.
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H-A-R-D.
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Hot.
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I think I need a new therapist.
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Don't you think maybe you're dealing with enough changes right now?
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Maybe.
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And now we can begin.
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What are you looking at?
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Netflix.
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July 13th.
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Spotify.
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July 13th.
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You passed the test.
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You could be one of my clients.
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You're one of my clients now.
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Congratulations.
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I'm gonna go take a s*.
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Make yourself a little.
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Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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