Un regalo muy especial que me recuerda los beneficios de un abrazo largo. Hay personas y vínculos que van mucho más allá de lo que las palabras pueden expresar.

Estudios demuestran la sensación de bienestar después de un abrazo de más de 8 segundos. ¿Te gustan los abrazos?

La magia de la vida

Episodio 8: El regalo: Un abrazo para siempre 

Ep2. 아어오우으이 가거기고구그

Ballooney Korean_ Hangeul(한글)

Hangeul 2 - 아어오우으이 가거기고구그

In this podcast, we will share the Most important language-boosting Tips.

Urdu-With-Atif

How to speak Urdu with confidence: 7 Tips & Tricks 

I was sick so I took the opportunity to focus on casual vocabulary we use in English when we're not feeling well.

It's a shorter episode because it was only me, but in describing my illness, I focus on more vocabulary than usual:

under the weather
come down with (something)
a bug going around
burning the candle at both ends
be out of sorts
blow your nose
be stuffed up
run a fever
pull through
be on the mend

Brentoni's English Podcast

020 - Sick and Tired

𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏 ? 𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒏é𝒆 ? (𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 )𝒖𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓 ? 𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏é𝒆 ? (𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚)  
𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 ? 😴𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆🙄

𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 . 🤔

𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒛𝒛 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕✒️

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝑼𝑵 !🙏💓

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗦 ? 😉

☝️𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧 / 𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧é𝐞 / 𝐮𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫 / 𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧é𝐞 ? 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 ?🤔

Two friends catch up over coffee — and one of them has exciting news about BTS's Jimin! Listen in on a natural conversation as they chat about Jimin's record-breaking win on KDOL, a global K-pop idol popularity voting app, plus a fun update on his AI collaboration with Google Gemini. Along the way, pick up natural Korean expressions like "기록을 깨다" (to break a record) and "확인하다" (to check/confirm) — used the way Korean speakers actually talk, in casual 반말 (informal speech) between friends. We'll also take a quick look at Korean fandom culture and the meaning behind "하트를 누르다" (pressing a heart/like). Perfect for learners who want to hear real, casual Korean conversation — not just textbook dialogue.

ACTION KOREAN

Korean Conversation — Jimin's Big News

毎日飲むお茶

私が日常的に飲んでいるのは、紅茶でもコーヒーでもなく、ほうじ茶だ。ほうじ茶とは緑茶の茶葉（ちゃば）を焙（ほう）じて淹（い）れるお茶である。こだわりはなく、スーパーで買うお徳用（とくよう）のパックで十分満足できる。麦茶（むぎちゃ）やウーロン茶も美味しいと思うけど、ほうじ茶の独特の香（こう）ばしさと味わいが一番好き。

izm's room

毎日飲むお茶

A rendition of Charles Baudelaire's poem La Fontaine de sang, from his masterpiece Les Fleurs du Mal (edited by Poulet-Malassis, Paris,1857). It is a sonnet written in alexandrins (the famous french twelve-syllable verse, majestic and slow). The english translation is by William Aggeler (The Flowers of Evil, Academy Library Guild, Fresno, 1954). Enjoy ! 

In the thumbnail : doodled portrait of Jeanne Duval by Baudelaire

Une interprétation du poème La Fontaine de sang de Charles Baudelaire, tiré de son chef-d'œuvre Les Fleurs du Mal (publié par Poulet-Malassis, Paris, 1857). Il s'agit d'un sonnet écrit en alexandrins (le célèbre vers français de douze syllabes, majestueux et lent). La traduction anglaise est de William Aggeler (The Flowers of Evil, Academy Library Guild, Fresno, 1954). Bonne écoute !

Dans la vignette : portrait griffonné de Jeanne Duval par Baudelaire

Hypnose des mots

La Fontaine de sang

It might sound like the worst start to your day — you get into the shower, and it's ice cold. But while you might not enjoy it, a cold shower could actually be good for your health.

Spending time in cold water is not a new idea — the Ancient Greeks used cold water as a form of therapy as early as 3,500 BC. And things like cold water swims and ice baths have become quite popular around the world.

Experts believe there are a few reasons cold showers could be good for us.

Corey Simon, a doctor at Duke School of Medicine in the US, told CNN that having one or two cold showers a week helps him be more mentally present.

He believes the reason for this is that he has to mentally prepare himself for something stressful: the cold water. But once he's in it, he feels like he's in control of that stressor.

In fact, a 2022 study found that participants who showered for a minute in 10- to 14-degree water every day for two weeks had lower stress levels than a control group.

Cold showers could also be good for our immune system. In a study done in the Netherlands in 2016, people who spent 30 to 90 seconds in a cold shower took 29% fewer sick days from work.

Cold water has also been found to improve circulation, and can reduce muscle pain after a workout. Research suggests that taking a cold shower often could increase your metabolism too.

But experts say it's important to speak to your doctor before taking cold showers often, because it could be dangerous — especially for those with certain conditions, like heart or circulatory problems.

