Shadowing Practice: Sisterhood, Mindset & Gratitude - Learn English Speaking with Video
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i don't see that delusional people would say oh don't say that gratitude gratitude gratitude
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because i'm being attacked whoa you would think
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that her grown ass age i really didn't want to tell you guys i've read yours
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so who's guys we got a new camera it's the i don't know
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if you can tell we got the osmo four pocket four we had the three
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but already it looks better i feel like growing up i was the most positive growing up yeah
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and sada might be the most pessimistic Sorry.
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Maybe Sada was the most pessimistic, and maybe Jude's somewhere in the middle?
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Yeah, I think I'm closer to Sada than closer to you.
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We had a very adventurous childhood, so we were constantly distracted.
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What do we really know about what our characters were like when we were super young?
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We were all unhinged.
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I do know that.
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Yeah, me too.
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It was because we were always having fun with each other.
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A lot of kids are unhinged like that too.
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They're playful, they don't care about how they're being perceived and stuff like that.
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They're just free yeah i remember omna talking about manifestation a
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lot like five years ago yeah 20 no no actually sorry 2022 i think 22
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or 23 not in 2020 or 2021 when you first kovid 2019
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when you first read the secret and the power of now you were younger than that
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when i first first i never read the power of now
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really yeah no i think maybe you did i read that other one by that guy that i gave to you
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that changes itself no that's the one i gave you the one
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that you're talking about is becoming supernatural yeah
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that one all i remember is reading the secret i don't know
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if i was manifesting
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but i was implementing law of attraction before manifesting i think like just having
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that positive mindset ever since reading the secret obviously in the secret you end up finding out
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that this secret is basically law of attraction
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and just whatever you think in your mind should be what
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you want to attract you're going to think a bunch of
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negative things you're going to attract negativity you're going to think
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a bunch of positive things you're going to attract positivity that's basically sums up the secret like really briefly
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and quickly i never read the book i remember you always
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trying to make me read it i never actually read it
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i sometimes i wonder i'm like would i even be as positive as i am
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if it wasn't for reading the book back because i was really young
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when i read the book
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so i feel like it did have a big i don't it was like jordan so yeah
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so that was 2014 and prior so like middle school
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that is really that's really young yeah i feel like it's
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i think it's it makes sense to attribute a lot of your positivity to reading
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that book at such a young age but i also think
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that a lot of it has to do with being the oldest i was gonna say yeah
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so it's kind of tough like naturally you set the tone yeah
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and like i feel like you felt that pressure to set the tone especially
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because like me
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and sloida struggled a lot i don't know though i feel
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like at a certain point in my life yeah after covid
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maybe i felt like i had to set the tone
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but in the beginning i don't think i had to set
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the tone i was really just being myself yeah that's true
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you know it's kind of tough like young me was very like
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i don't know delusional people would say oh you know you didn't have
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that sort of mindset yeah sometimes it's good to be delusional like yeah certain things yeah in a positive way
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that That is, yeah.
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Like having a positive mindset and like having manifestations
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and like having those thoughts is almost like delusion because it's not true yet.
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Yeah.
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You're like speaking it into existence for what to happen to you.
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But I feel like sometimes using the word delusional can be misleading because like you can also say hopeful.
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Yeah, technically the same thing.
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Yeah, it's true.
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Like I understand why people use that word.
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Yeah, because people do.
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People do.
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Like they say be delusional to the point.
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Yeah.
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I feel so grateful that we were able to have each other to like talk through things
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because like that's almost like a form of.. is a form
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of therapy especially talking to people who like go through this
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the same thing as you like living like you know like just like
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because we're sisters like we go through similar things yeah
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and the funny thing is because
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when it has to do with positivity specifically i feel like before like i want to say maybe during covid
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or pre-covid when we when you guys used to talk about stuff
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that like bothered you or just like you know
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when you're just down
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and you're just like not really seeing the light at the end of the tunnel i feel like
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when you guys used to come to me with that i feel I feel like I used to just be like, no, no, no. Like positive thinking, positive, positive, positive.
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And I never, I feel like wanted to like engage in conversations with you guys that are like, okay, yeah, let's just like sulk for a second.
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And I feel like it took me a few years to be like, okay, yeah, let's sulk.
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And then after we have that sulking conversation, then we can talk about, okay, now let's just like have more of a positive outlook, positive mindset.
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I don't, I don't see that really i don't see that
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because i never felt like when i never felt like you were trying to
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change the change the tone of the conversation like i feel
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like we always took our time digesting it i never really
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i feel for me yeah i just thought i was gonna say
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that too yeah like I think that your sulking was like you being quiet.
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Really?
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Yeah, that's what I remember.
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You're usually quiet.
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Like, yeah.
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I have a very different perspective on that.
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Because I never felt like Omni was being quiet.
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Like, you mean when we would discuss like something that happened that like threw us off or was like...
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No, I remember...
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No, no, no. Threw us off.
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There's a...
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I remember you guys...
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Actually, I was the quiet one yeah yeah yeah
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and i'm just absorbing yeah that's like that i remember yeah yeah i know
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that when we
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when we were having an earlier discussion about like adapting a
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positive mindset leaning on each other has always helped me
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so much like whenever i would have like any any sort
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of moment of feeling emotionally overwhelmed like i was always
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so quick to lean on you guys
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but i feel like now now in the past few months
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like i'm able to like take a second to digest situations before like i call you guys
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or i come to you guys i did learn the importance of
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that through therapy but i remember like the first therapist
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that i spoke to like the first thing she said to me
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when i would like express to her like the things
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that were affecting my mental health or the things
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that were affecting my mindset she always asked me like do you talk to anyone about it
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and i would always tell i would always tell my therapists like
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that we talk in depth about the things
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that have happened in our lives and they always emphasized how important
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that is so i think i attribute a lot of my personal growth to the important
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and uncomfortable conversations
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that we encourage each other to have yeah throughout our lives
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yeah we just talk about everything that's the thing guys
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and we're so lucky though because like if you're an only child or
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if you have a broken relationship with like your immediate family
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members yeah i mean not everybody has siblings like it's
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because people can have this relationship with their parents too yeah while like
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our conversations
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and leaning on each other help me with my positive mindset i feel like well this is kind of linked
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because we talk about practicing gratitude and like reminding ourselves of things
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that we should be grateful for like the most simple simple things
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that we take for granted every day like health yeah that's always my birthday wish
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health don't say that you can't ever say your wish that's mine too but you can never say that
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that's not a thing yes it is no it's not i feel like a positive mindset and practicing
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gratitude is the perfect bridge link to manifestation oh yeah
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because to manifest you have to obviously be in a positive
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state of mind you have to be in a very grateful state of mind
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when you manifest it's very much so i am not i will
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so it's like your current state you got to really close
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your eyes see your reality before your reality becomes your reality you have to feel
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like it's really happening to you
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and then it happens to you i swear to god it's the creepiest thing ever
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but seriously you can manifest things in your life like actually genuinely there was something
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that i manifested three years ago like to the t i wrote it down in my book
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and as i was saying before that guy just interrupted us um there was something
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that i manifested three years ago
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that was like literally guys specific to the t like to
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the t i wrote it down i listened into it in my headphones on this app
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that like allows you to repeat affirmations basically i was affirming a few things
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and every single thing
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that i really wanted i actually got like actually i know i sound crazy
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but seriously it's really creepy like i'll go back
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and i'll read the stuff that i had written down
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and it's like word for word like crazy i remember when
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that happened i was like time to manage change now then
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she started believing it literally it's a good thing it's like happened to me too honestly yeah right
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when i just shifted my mindset i found
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and i know it's not for everyone but i got lucky like right
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when i shifted my mindset a few months later like things started looking up for me like mentally
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and like just in my life yeah
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but also it wasn't not an overnight situation not to be
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misleading in any way like there was a lot of work
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that was put in before any of us couldn't ever get to
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that point started yeah like i can't be like oh my
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mindset's positive now yeah yeah it wasn't like an overnight thing for
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so long i told them like i was just like rolled
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my eyes like yeah like easier said than time yeah easier said than done
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because like i was in such a bad mental state
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that like i at the time could not see the light
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at the end of the tunnel your time is like the only thing
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that helped me with that to be honest with you
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but also i know yeah
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and i feel like you really did start practicing gratitude i
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feel like you did with therapy gratitude gratitude gratitude I feel like for me, a lot of the times where I felt the motivation to manifest
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and to do my affirmations and to have this where I'm talking in my head about things that I want.
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Care of subconscious.
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Yeah, whatever.
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I would do that when things are really bad and I'm really stressed and almost in a state of desperation.
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But I remember you telling me.
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That's not good.
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It's so not good.
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Yeah, it's not good.
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It has to be part of your routine, not just what you turn to personally find it hard to like get it in my routine
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when i'm like live like in a more positive mindset
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or like good things are happening around me like it's harder
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for me to be like oh manifest oh manifest oh affirmations
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because i'm just like i also like i struggle with it
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like i always have like it's not my routine i also
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don't journal either like it's yeah that's also what i wanted to add is
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that i i remember for
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so many years i would try to encourage you to journal
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you did journal in a different you actually did a bit of both kinds of journaling like gratitude affirmations manifestations
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but also just like day-to-day writing yeah like you did do
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a bit of both yeah i've always done like a bit of both
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and like when i go back
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and i look at my old journal entries what a whirlwind i did
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but i do large regret yeah it's really intense me too see that's
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when i started going back
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and reading myself i'm like i don't want to write anything down anymore yeah yeah
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but like it's no one's gonna read it ever yeah i mean i mean i've read yours
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so when i go back
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and i read my old journal entries you guys the one thing
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that i had consistently was to become a less reactive person
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and i feel like you wow how much i've calmed down there yeah like
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that was such a personal goal of mine i had a lot of other affirmations
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but the one that i would say was the most consistent
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because it was such a priority for me
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because i would just reflect on certain situations
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and just wish i was more composed
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and was able to emotionally regulate in the moment
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and i really like that was the one
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that was like i like i hope i like not i hope
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but i am like i'm not reactive yeah i am less reactive
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and now i'm just like i feel like i've come out
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on the other side yeah in terms of how we've navigated hardship
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and like our relationship with just like healing in general
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and becoming the best versions of ourselves like we attribute a lot of
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that to each growth to sisterhood yeah and supporting one another
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but that's because we grew up kind of needing to rely on each other lean on each other yeah
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so i think we had a lot of time together
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and although that could have turned maybe not
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so positive i think it worked out really well for us yeah i think a big part of our relationship
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and like how we support each other is holding each other
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accountable like i feel like it's such a blessing really i would say more like uplifting each other okay maybe
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that was maybe that's a not the best way to say it i guess yeah maybe supporting each other
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and like empowering each other is a better way to frame it more
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so like when someone does something wrong we're always like it's okay like yeah you shouldn't have done
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that by the day you're human and like understanding where
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that stemmed from and why you did what you did understanding where
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that stems from why you did most importantly yeah so you kind of avoid it in the future not just like
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i feel like holding each other accountable sounds a little i
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think you guys freak out on me it's like i do something that's not true you yeah no you think
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that but we're always like for a reason why would you do
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that it's a freak out yeah 10 minutes
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and then it's like no it's not it happened the other day
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when i when i can you learn it yeah when i accidentally told
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okay because that's something that's obviously so private you would think
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that her grown ass age plus 20 years old you wouldn't do something like
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that that's why i just didn't think it was serious
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and then you guys just really like okay that's a good one to bring up though
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because is there another one yeah what what when you almost got scammed oh that's fine
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yeah that was it yeah i'm gonna like say that we do not first approach each other with calmness.
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We don't.
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We freak out at each other, obviously.
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So that's not true.
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I- what do you mean?
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It's only when it's something like jump scare surprising.
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It's like, why would you do something like that?
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Maybe that's your experience with us, which is fair.
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Because I'm the youngest.
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I'm getting told off all the time.
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No, because she does stuff that's like- I feel like you're- I
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feel like you're maybe drawing from the- You do stuff that's like that too, but no one can see.
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Like what?
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Oh, good one.
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No, because me, the difference between me and you- I had to take your side, pause.
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Because we got a bigger opponent on the table.
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Okay, no, but pause.
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From the jump, usually when I mess up, like that time when I did it, I was like, oh my god, I don't know why that, why is it done?
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I can't believe that happened.
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And I'm already freaking out, like, why would I do that?
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Whereas Sada's like, what do you mean?
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That's fine.
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It's not even a bad thing.
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And we're like- Of course I'm defensive because I'm being attacked.
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Whoa, whoa.
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No, Sada.
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You're never being attacked, Sada.
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I said I come to the foreground right away, like, I don't know why I did that, I shouldn't have done that.
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This is so stupid like spiraling
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so then yeah we're not going to add fuel to the
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fire yeah it's about it whereas you come like what do you mean it wasn't even bad
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and it's like how do you not exactly sometimes yeah it's
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sometimes i feel like i have to be more like no you can't do this hello what's wrong i'm shocked
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that she's even like thinking that this is okay that's why yeah so you're probably like
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overall you're thinking that we approach things with with such intensity
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because you're drawing on the most extreme examples in the most
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extreme example she's not like guys i should have done
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that yeah yeah but
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because she doesn't think she doesn't have to do until she has a conversation with us
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and we're like wait what like those two examples i can't think of many others
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but those those because i feel like
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when you both approached me like i didn't i don't know why i didn't i shouldn't have done
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that i'm always like okay like they already see what's wrong
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i'm gonna i'm gonna say yeah you shouldn't have done that
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but like okay it's fine like how do we problem solve now That's definitely how I perceive it
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because every time I have to tell you something that I really don't want to tell you, first of all, I make sure to preface the conversation with I really didn't want to tell you.
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Yeah, you do.
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Immediately I'm like, okay, I have to call now.
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See, that's the thing is you're not, is what I wanted to say.
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You are, and Sada, you, it's like so different, like how I feel when something has happened or I've done something that I'm like, oh.
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Can I say something?
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Can I finish my sentence?
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But I know exactly why this happens and it's because I hold you to such a high Still not fair, so does all time No,
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but I hold you higher It doesn't matter Because you're my older sister Yeah, I'm just trying to explain to you, I know it's not fair I acknowledge it's not fair
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but I'm just trying to explain to you that I know that's why
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And I'm getting better at it The way that you judge me So basically Sara, what you think No What you perceive us turns out is you
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Let's be fair and we all have our moments where we maybe act Not in the best way, the most supportive way, which is completely normal.
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But what about me?
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You attacked Omna and I attacked you, but no one came for me.
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Because you just don't really care.
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You're very neutral.
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What?
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I don't care is the bad things happen?
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Unfair to say.
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I think he reacts calmly.
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I don't think that you react.
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You do.
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You do.
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In a way that's like, I shouldn't have told her.
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I never feel that way.
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I feel like I'm always more scared to tell Omna things than Jude.
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Always. To be honest.
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And I'm always more scared to tell you things than Omna.
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And how about you? neutral you don't feel fear i think neutral no fear maybe
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because she's younger than me
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and i still thought you over omna this started off as a manifestation a no positive affirmation
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and now we've turned it into a therapy session no we've
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turned it into compare a point of comparison across the board i think the bottom line is is
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that everybody should try to make an effort to
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remind themselves to have a positive mindset even when it's i feel like
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so silly things because i I just know the state that people can be in when they're taking it.
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And it's okay.
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Sulk in it, sulk in it.
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But find some person that you can confide in.
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Support.
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Some sort of support where you're able to kind of look at the light under the tunnel
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so they can help you, encourage you.
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Like little things.
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Not like everything is great, everything is great.
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But like little things to be grateful and just remind yourself.
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And also finding whatever outlet works for you.
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We didn't really discuss everything at length.
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But aside from like journaling and practicing gratitude
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and having important conversations with people that understand you
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and support you there are plenty of other outlets like meditation
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working out well working out has been such a consistent one for us for years
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that has helped a lot so it's really just trial
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and error and experimentation to see what works for you okay
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that was so fun it really was
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that was like a usual conversation we have over the camera
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we've never done something like this i love it it was it was
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so fun yeah thank you guys it was until next time
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What You'll Learn
This video is a goldmine for practicing casual conversational skills—perfect for real-life interactions. You’ll learn to navigate topic shifts smoothly, as the speakers jump from childhood memories to books about mindset. Plus, it builds natural self-correction; notice how they say "Sorry" or "Actually" to adjust what they’ve said. These are key for sounding fluent, not scripted. Use this clip to practice shadowing—repeat lines aloud to mimic the relaxed, friendly tone of sibling chats.
Listen For These Sounds
Connected speech is everywhere here. Listen for reductions like "i don't know" becoming "i dunno" and "you would think" shortening to "y'would think." Linking is common too: "growing up" blends into "growin’ up," and "a lot of" sounds like "alotta." Pay attention to how "the secret" is often said quickly, with "the" sounding like "thuh" instead of "thee." These small changes make your speech sound more native when you practice shadowing.
Say It Like a Native
To mirror the speakers’ rhythm, focus on stress and pauses. They emphasize words like "delusional," "positive," and "manifestation" to highlight key ideas. Notice how they pause briefly before sharing personal stories ("I really didn't want to tell you guys...")—this builds anticipation, a natural part of casual talk. Use a shadowing site to repeat lines, matching their pace and emphasis. Shadow speech helps you internalize the flow, so your English sounds less like a list of words and more like a real conversation. Whether you’re using "shadowspeaks" techniques or just repeating aloud, this video is a great tool to practice sounding confident and natural.
Learning English with videos like this makes practice fun and practical. By focusing on the skills here—topic shifts, self-correction, connected speech, and rhythm—you’ll get better at shadow speak and feel more comfortable in everyday chats.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to talk · used to come |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've read · has always helped · have happened |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being attacked · are unhinged · being perceived |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who like · way, which is |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.