Shows
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkFighting for the rights of Afghan women and girls – with Mina | Ep. #21This one's been a long time coming... I've been raving about this incredible person to friends and family for months, but this week I'm finally letting some of her light shine on my online networks, too.Meet Mina, an Afghan women's rights activist whom I've had the privilege of working with for just over 6 months now.One thing I'm learning about activism is that this stuff takes time and a LOT of patience. Mina continues to show up for her people and for the country she loves, with good and b...
2024-01-2429 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkPerfectionism vs. values as a language learner | Ep. #20How does perfectionism sometimes work against your goals and values, preventing you from making progress?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
2023-01-1226 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkAfrica is a continent! with Ady Namaran Coulibaly | Ep. #19Hedvig speaks with Ady Namaran Coulibaly about African Languages Week, Language Services Providers like her company Bolingo, and the essential role these play in understanding the cultural and linguistic nuances across the African continent.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/19.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 an...
2023-01-0648 min
My Perfect FailureHow Learning A Language Can Build Your Resilience with Hedvig SandbuSend us a textMPF Discussion with Hedvig SandbuHow Learning A Language Can Build Your Resilience with Hedvig SandbuAbout HedvigHedvig is the founder of Abundate, an online language coaching business where she helps busy people find the time, methods and motivation to learn or improve their language skills. Her top five values are family, health, learning, connection, and freedom. Hedvig hopes to instil a sense that everyone has the ability to use curiosity, creativity and an abundance mindset to achieve their learning goals. As a language and learning...
2022-11-161h 13
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkLanguage learner personalities with Lindsay Williams | Ep. #18Lindsay Williams from “Lindsay Does Languages” brings her 10+ years of experience helping language learners better understand themselves so they can learn more effectively. We speak about the many different kinds of language learners and learner personality types she’s worked with over the years, where to start when you’re interested in learning a new language, overcoming procrastination, and learning Guarani.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.ab...
2022-11-0349 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkLanguage learning through video games with translator Eman Abdo | Ep. #17Hedvig speaks with Eman Abdo, an English to Arabic translator and author of Egypt’s Localization Guide, about learning languages through video games, how Arabic is easier to learn than most people think, and how translation is more difficult than we might expect.If you’re one of those people who has been wondering about learning another language, but you’re not sure which language might be right for you, then there’s a little exercise for you at the end of the episode.For the full show notes ...
2022-10-1354 minAbundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkExcellent language learners do these 3 things differently | Ep. #16You 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.If you dare to be excellent and want to find a 4th thing that language learners d...
2022-09-2919 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkLearning to be a cultural chameleon with Danai Krokou | Ep. #15What 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.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join...
2022-09-151h 05
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkWhy self-trust is key to learning consistently | Ep. #14There 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.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Cert...
2022-07-2526 min
Creating Social Impact Podcast with Kat LuckockThe power of language (to change the world) with Hedvig SandbuI'm super excited to introduce you to one of my clients, Hedvig Sandbu, the founder of Abundate, an online language coaching business where she helps busy people find the time, methods and motivation to learn or improve their language skills.
We've had some fantastic conversations whilst working together about the power of language and importance of learning and using different languages, to change how we interact with other people and cultures and essentially change the world, through human connection.
So I was so pleased Hedvig agreed to join me on the podcast this week and share...
2022-06-0258 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkLanguage learning through salsa with Tamara Marie | Ep. #13Why 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.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 conf...
2022-05-0449 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkLinguistic relativity with Panos Athanasopoulos | Ep. #12Does language influence how you think, what you do, and how you see the world? Hedvig speaks with Panos Athanasopoulos about linguistic relativity.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/12.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
2022-03-2849 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkBrain-friendly, joyful, limitless learning with Rachel Paling | Ep. #11Hedvig 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...
2022-02-0745 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkAccent bias and language as a social construct with Vijay Ramjattan | Ep. #10Hedvig 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...
2022-01-3148 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkBonus episode: Breaking your scripts and a unique offer | Ep. #9In 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
2022-01-2409 min
inbetweenish • bridges across cultures🍃 but you're fun even though you're foreign — with HedvigSend us a textDo you remember the first time you were called a foreigner? On this episode I speak with Hedvig Sandbu, a language and learning coach, as she reflects on her upbringing between two countries, her sense of belonging compared to others around her, and her passion for languages. We speak about growing up in a bubble, attending international schools, and people's perception of us that may be different than our own. She shares how throughout the pandemic, her idea of belonging changed and she reveals just how ingrained the practice of being in...
2021-12-0855 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkExcuses, hearing loss and learning sign language with Nikki Wood | Ep. #8Hedvig 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...
2021-12-0648 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkMultilingual families and identities with Florence Rozensztajn | Ep. #7Do 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...
2021-11-2930 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkAdult language learning: Using what you know to learn what you don't know | Ep. #6Is learning a language more difficult as an adult? Have you missed your window of opportunity? There are many ways to make language stick, and in this solo episode we take a look at one way to do that.For further details on the exercise from this episode, get the full show notes on podcast.abundate.org/6.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: abunda...
2021-11-2223 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkWhy are "International English" skills important? with Friederike Sell | Ep. #5Hedvig speaks with Friederike Sell about “International English”, a.k.a. English as a lingua Franca, how to include people with different levels of fluency, and how this can inform our own language learning.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/5.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...
2021-11-1547 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkLanguage embodiment: Bringing personal meaning into another language with María Ortega García | Ep. #4How do you connect with another language and actually feel like yourself when you speak it? This week's guest is María Ortega García, and her answer to this is what she calls language embodiment. We discuss a few of the unhelpful learning techniques we experienced in our school days and find a few alternative solutions.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/4.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any l...
2021-11-0154 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkConnecting with your heritage language and learning without travelling with Chesline Pierre-Paul | Ep. #3Hedvig speaks with Chesline Pierre-Paul, Queer-E-O of a global digital transformation, coaching and social impact consulting company, about learning languages without travelling, language deconstruction, decolonialisation and how this can help develop an empowering, mindful and purposeful language learning practice.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/3.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longe...
2021-10-2542 min
Abundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkTaking the leap from monoglot to something-glot with Elise Cutts | Ep. #2When she set out to start a podcast, Hedvig knew she wanted to help her listeners to develop new mindsets and break down old myths around language learning, and in this episode she's speaking with someone who has really worked on her mindsets and beliefs around language learning - and even more importantly, she has found ways of learning that work for her. Listen to this interview with Elise Cutts.To read the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.o...
2021-10-1848 minAbundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkIntroducing Abundate with Hedvig Sandbu | Ep. #1In the first episode, Hedvig shares why she started a podcast and a bit of her own language learning experiences. For full episode details and show notes visit podcast.abundate.org/1.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
2021-10-1821 minAbundate: Learning a language is not what you thinkTrailerLearning a language is not what you think - but so much more. If you’re someone who has always wanted to learn another language - any language - but never knew where to start, start right here. Hosted by language and learning coach, Neurolanguage Coach®, and language learning enthusiast Hedvig Sandbu, this podcast will help you to tackle language learning challenges, find an abundance mindset that works for you, and be inspired by people who have been where you are now.You’ll see that there i...
2021-09-1301 min