.png)
Daily English Pod
Daily English Pod is a space for learning English beyond grammar and textbooks.
During the week, you’ll learn practical vocabulary, expressions, idioms, and real-life English, the language people actually use in everyday conversations, emotions, and work.
On weekends, we slow down. Through ideas from psychology, philosophy, and real human experience, we explore language as a way to better understand life, emotions, identity, and growth.
This podcast is created by Jale, an English teacher with 13 years of teaching experience and a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from Canada, who teaches with patience, clarity, and care, and believes learning works best when students feel seen, respected, and safe to think aloud.
The goal is simple but meaningful: to help you understand English deeply, use it confidently, and connect it to your real life. English here is not just a skill. It’s a gentle companion for clearer thinking, honest expression, and deeper human connection.
Daily English Pod
Resilience with ACT
Speaking club on Sunday, at 12 p.m. New York time and on Google Meet. Free and open to all of you. We're going to meet and practice our speaking!
Link to the club on Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/wwk-tuwt-bwm
For checking the transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2379282
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/daily-english-pod/id1754079453
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BlVNSNuNHtPtBS3NGqo7U?si=djxO8x_9Sk2QGTZXc21DlA&nd=1&dlsi=391f9eb5d2e247abXc21DlA
Resilience with ACT
Psychology has a powerful approach for moments like this. It’s called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — or ACT.
ACT is not about forcing positive thinking. It’s about learning how to live well even when pain is present.
Hello and welcome to a weekend episode of Daily English — where we try to grow, in English and in life.
Today’s episode is for days when motivation disappears. When hope feels fragile. When the world feels heavy.
Psychology has a powerful approach for moments like this. It’s called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — or ACT.
ACT is not about forcing positive thinking. It’s about learning how to live well even when pain is present.
There are 3 steps for ACT.
Step one: Acceptance (not surrender) In ACT, acceptance does NOT mean giving up.It means stopping the exhausting fight against reality.
Instead of saying: “Why do I feel like this?” “I shouldn’t feel this way.” “I must get rid of this emotion.”
ACT teaches us to say: “This is here. And I can carry it — without letting it control me.”
When you allow emotions to exist without panic, they often lose their power.
You stop drowning in the feeling — and start standing beside it.
Step two: Cognitive defusion (creating space from thoughts)
ACT teaches that your thoughts are not commands. They are mental events.
Instead of: “I am hopeless.” Try: “I am having the thought that I am hopeless.”
That small shift creates distance.
It reminds your brain: This is a thought — not reality.This is one of the strongest tools in ACT
for reducing anxiety and emotional overwhelm.
Step three: Values-based action (this is where strength grows)
ACT does not ask: “What feels comfortable?”It asks: “What matters to you — even now?”
Values are not goals. They are directions.Kindness. Courage. Honesty. Care. Dignity. Connection.
Even on the hardest days, you can take one small action aligned with your values.
One message. One breath. One minute of movement. One honest conversation.
This is resilience in action.Not dramatic. Not heroic. Quiet. Real. Powerful.
So this weekend, I invite you to try this ACT question:When things feel heavy, pause and ask:
“What would a person I respect do next — even if it’s small?”
Then do that.Not because it’s easy. But because it’s aligned with who you want to be.
Thank you for being here today and don’t forget that tomorrow, at 12 pm new york time, we can meet in a free speaking club. Everyone is welcome. Just click on the link in the description. It would be great to see you there.