All Ears English
1953 - Is All Ears English Amazing, Or What?
How can you use the phrase "or what" at the end of your statement to open up small talk with enthusiasm- or even to sway someone to think in one way or another? Learn how to do it in English today.
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1973 - Why Michelle and Lindsay Are Average Bowlers at Best
In everyday and business English, native speakers use the term "at best- how can you use this to describe a best-case scenario in English? Find out today!
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1978 - Is It Bad to Fuss Over Something? Learn How to Use this Phrasal Verb Today
Don't fuss over this modern English word! Today, we answer a listener's question about the phrasal verb "fuss over." Learn what it means, how to use it, and if it has a positive or negative connotation.
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1999 - Can Michelle Learn to Love Olives? I Don't Know That She Can
Today we answer a listener question- what is the difference between "I don't know if", and "I don't know that." In this episode you'll learn that there is a subtle difference- plus find out if Michelle's taste for olives is evolving.
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How To Use Mindfulness For Depression
Mindfulness's attention to the here and now. It's being fully present in the moment. You are experiencing the present moment and non-judgmental way. The brain model of depression is hypo-connectivity between the neurons in certain parts...
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Conventional Current v Electron Flow - Electricity explained
Conventional current and electron flow. In this video we briefly learn the difference between conventional current and electron flow. We learn how the electron was discovered and why battery terminals are positive and negative. What is...
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AC Voltage Calculation - Vrms Vmax Frequency
Learn how AC voltage varies with AC since wave and how to calculate the Vrms root mean squared, vmax, peak voltage, the frequency and voltage of different countries.
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LED Dimmer controller design - Electronics engineering pulse width modulation
LED brightness dimmer controller. In this video we learn how to design and build a circuit to control the brightness of our LED strip lights. You can even build the circuit yourself!
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Three Phase Electricity Basics and Calculations electrical engineering
In this video we learn how three phase electricity works from the basics. We explain how three phase electricity is generated, how the voltages vary, how to calculate the voltages and vrms, what frequency, hertz and cycle mean and how we...
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Half Wave Rectifier Explained - power electronics
Half wave rectifier explained - how to convert AC alternating current into DC direct current using diodes.
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The Signs of Complicated Grief (Spotting the Symptoms)
Healing from grief is usually a long slow process, and what we think of as typical grief would be an experience that may start out intensely sad and negative and then overtime becomes less sad and with more positive reflections on the...
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What Does It Mean To Project? A Psychological Defense Mechanism
Today's video answers the question: How do I stop projecting when the person is reinforcing some of my insecurities with insults? I give examples of projecting your own thoughts onto others. I define the unconscious vs subconscious. The...
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Toxic Positivity: The Reality of Suppressing Emotions
What is toxic positivity? It's the idea that you have to always be happy, no matter what. If you're not, then something must be wrong with you. This video dives into how this mindset actually causes more harm than good and why it's...
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Why you’re an emotional sponge and 5 Tips for Better Boundaries
Do you seem to take on other people’s emotions and then have trouble managing them? In this video I answer a viewer question and discuss two reason you can be an emotional sponge: 1. Having low emotional intelligence 2. Being a people...
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Absolute Value vs. Order
"Absolute Value vs. Order" explores order of a given set of numbers to their absolute values.
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Connotations and Denotations
Connotations and Denotations demonstrates the understanding of word relationships by matching connotations of words with their similar denotations.
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Illustrate Subtraction Equations
Illustrate Subtraction Equations solves subtraction equations containing non negative rational numbers by using a bar model.
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Figurative Language and Tone
Figurative Language and Tone interprets figurative language and shows its relationship to tone.
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Absolute Value Word Problems
"Absolute Value Word Problems" models how to list rational numbers given in word problems from least to greatest or greatest to least by using knowledge of absolute value.
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2059 - Should You Take a Ride on Someone's Coattails?
Has anyone ever helped you get a leg up in life? In today's episode, our listener asks us what the term ride someone's coattails mean. Plus, we touch on culture and society when it comes to becoming successful in your life and your career.
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Mastering Your Emotions: Dispel These 10 Myths About Emotions
The overall goal of emotion regulation is to reduce emotional suffering. It’s not to get rid of emotions. Some people will always be more emotional than others. In a previous video I talked about the biology of emotions. In this video,...
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Paranoid Personality Explained – When EVERYTHING is Suspect
The general definition of paranoid is being excessively suspicious or mistrustful. So you can have a moment of paranoia where are you preoccupied with suspicions about someone or something. But the difference here is that your suspicions...
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Low Self-Esteem: Signs You Have It, How You Get It, How to Increase It
Your self-esteem is how you see yourself and your opinion of yourself. How useful do you feel? Do you believe you have good qualities? Do you think you’re able to do thing as well as other people? In this video I’ll show you signs you...
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8 Self-Defeating Thoughts that Wreak Havoc
I want to help you identify automatic thoughts that you have that can affect how you feel about yourself and others. We call these cognitive distortions. We all have them to some degree. The more you have and the more rigidly you stick...