Best Real Deal French Learn French Podcasts (2024)

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Making the Right Lifestyle Choice 32:32

1d ago32:32

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Yes, there's only one lifestyle choice that you need to make - after that you're restructured brain will take you in hand and make all the moment-to-moment choices for you effortlessly. That means you'll start acting - a world away from how we normally only automatically react. That means you will transform every aspect of your life: your health an…

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And Now... It's Time to Forget About the Future 33:32

9d ago33:32

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We've talked about how important it is to forget the past - with a view to living in the present. But what about the future? Surely you need to think your future through, figure it out, have a plan. No! Forget about the future too. Because the only place that you can live your life is in the here and now. Your future will be created by what you do …

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Now... It's Time to Forget the Past 34:51

16d ago34:51

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So many people think that revisiting it will enable unpack who they think they are and, then, move on. So many people want to revisit it but end up reliving it. And, even without the aid of a psychoanalyst, you must understand that the normally-minded way of "operating" means that we are, in effect, reliving our past every single day - every Ground…

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How to Enjoy Real Relationships 28:23

23d ago28:23

28:23

We're moving our conversation along - from how we deal with so-called normal crazy people to how we create and build the kind of relationships that enrich our lives and, indeed, the lives of those around us. We're talking about meaningfully touching other people's lives by discovering our own! This is one of the most joyful parts of the adventure t…

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How to Deal with Other People 34:51

1M ago34:51

34:51

OK, so you're working on yourself (you are, like the rest of us, a work-in-progress) and you're discovering more about your inner power and how presence transforms everything. And, then, you come down out of the little ivory tower in which you were meditating at 7.00am in the morning and are slapped across the face by the simple mathematical fact t…

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How to Do Just What You Need to Do 37:40

1M ago37:40

37:40

Discard your "To Do" List and start doing the important stuff - the stuff that your thinking mind would never conceive putting on a To Do List. Yes, today we're talking about you being the right person, in the right place, at the right time, doing just what you need to do to achieve what you want... and doing no more. In this episode, I explain why…

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How to Stop Trying... Completely 37:55

2M ago37:55

37:55

This episode follow on from last week's - #168. Here, I explain exactly how trying in built-in to our way of normal thinking - it's a fundamental evolutionary flaw. I explain this with practical everyday examples. We then explore how to stop trying. I do this step-by-step - again with practical examples. When you stop trying, you start doing just w…

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Should I Start My Own Company? 15:49

2M ago15:49

15:49

Should you upskill or move off on your own? Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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To Succeed… Stop Trying 27:14

2M ago27:14

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The one thing that will stop you getting what you want is trying too hard. Or we could put it another way: the one thing that will stop you getting what you want is thinking that you have to try hard. Or... thinking at all because, as we all already know, all thinking leads to over-thinking and we end up suffocating the life out of ourselves. So, l…

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How Do I Get My Old Job Back? 16:25

2M ago16:25

16:25

Sometimes, the grass is greener where you came from. Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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How to Develop and Maintain Flow 34:16

2M ago34:16

34:16

Oh yes, this episode is a how to episode! Learn how to make the right choices and right decisions by... learning how to choose in the first place. You see, the normal mind cannot make choices - the choices are made automatically by the brain's Autopilot. The normal mind cannot take action - it's always in automatic reactive mode. So you can't choos…

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My Boss Doesn't Understand Parenting 16:28

2M ago16:28

16:28

Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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How to Work Smarter, Not Harder 33:25

2M ago33:25

33:25

How much easier would life be if you could stop the nonsense of thinking that you need to work hard to be a success? How much more effortless would your daily workload be if you could be in what athletes call "the zone", while you're working? How much more fun would life be if you only did what you needed to do, in the right way, at the right time.…

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Respected By My Friends 15:10

2M ago15:10

15:10

My friends don't seem to respect my opinion - is that my fault? Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi Scanlan…

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Stop Trying to be My Mentor 18:08

2M ago18:08

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Today we tackle the issue of an awkward workplace interaction, where a boss is trying a bit too hard to see themselves in an unwilling employee and take them under their wing. Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitt…

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Change Your Expectations and Everything Changes 32:55

2M ago32:55

32:55

We're off on an adventure in this week's episode... the adventure that you will experience when you change your expectations. We "live" according to our expectations: our expectations of ourselves and how the world works. And, for the normally-minded individual, that means that we always live down to our expectations. And that's not living at all. …

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Who's Helping Who? How Many of You Are There? 36:24

3M ago36:24

36:24

Actually, the title of this week's Episode should be "Who's Hindering Who?" Yes, this week we take a tour into the realms of madness, crushed dreams and lost lives. Seriously. And I don't apologise for the blunt delivery of this week's message - because we're talking about a matter of life and death... your's. We're exploring the fact that there ar…

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Experiencing and Appreciating... You 30:30

3M ago30:30

30:30

This episode covers a multitude! The sad fact that we (normally) miss our own lives and don't even know it; the need to "follow the process" and, indeed, trust that process to deliver, as it has done for so many people. Deliver what? Well, the life you'd love to live. Yes, we explore how to meditate properly so that you experience the moment, so th…

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What Can You Learn from Your Past Mistakes? 29:59

3M ago29:59

29:59

There's a short answer to the question that's the title of this week's episode - but it needs a little explaining. So... there are a number of really important take-aways in this week's episode that, for starters, explore how we should feel about our past or, should I say, our lost years, the years in which our life passed us by because we hadn't t…

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How to Have an Effortless Day (or Life) 33:19

4M ago33:19

33:19

A practical session that explains how we get in our own way. As a result, we're annoyed, frustrated, anxious, stressed, worn down and out. At bottom, we're annoyed and frustrated with ourselves. And it's all because of thinking because... all thinking leads to over-thinking. The alternative is breathtaking - an alternate reality (which happens to b…

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It’s Not Going to Work for You If You Don’t Know Why 38:34

4M ago38:34

38:34

We're going back to basics in this episode - because we all need to remember why we need to meditate. Like anything else in life, if you don't know why you're doing something, what ever you're doing becomes so much more difficult - to the point where you'll give it up as a bad lot! So, we explore the unfortunate side effects of the survival of the …

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You Need Neither Be Brave Nor Courageous 30:42

4M ago30:42

30:42

We're talking about stepping outside your so-called comfort zone in this episode - you know, the one in which you feel safe but you know to be, at the very least, uncomfortable. In fact, without taking control of what's going on between your two ears, without taking responsibility for your state of mind, that comfort zone is more like a prison cell…

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Allowing Your Intuition Flow 28:00

4M ago28:00

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We're in between the Christmas festivities and the New Year - often a time for reflection. So, in this episode, I'm telling you not to reflect! Instead, I have a suggestion for you that is far more interesting, one that will offer you the opportunity to get to know yourself in a way that may just fully jolt you into the realisation of your own inne…

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Peace of Mind - A Brand New Life 31:23

5M ago31:23

31:23

We travel into your inner world in this episode because everything that you think is going on in the so-called real world is created within. That means that you create your own annoyance, frustration, anxiety, loneliness... you name it, you're doing it to yourself - repeatedly. So, if you want to experience peace of mind, that journey starts within…

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How to Let Things Fall into Your Lap 31:02

5M ago31:02

31:02

It's an expression used frequently by my clients and Online Program Owners - "it feels as if things just fall into my lap". In the same vein, they regularly talk about things "occur" to them when they are not thinking about what to do or how to do it, when they are not thinking about worries, problems or challenges, when they're not thinking at all…

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What Does "All Good Things" Mean in Practice? 35:37

5M ago35:37

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Here we have a practical walk-through what it means to have all good things just "fall into your lap", what it means to live the life you'd love to live like "it just happens"; how to be "the best version of you" and how synchronicity actually works... in practice. We can talk about the science (we often do!), we can explore the concepts in detail …

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Growing Up | Doctor Who 9:58

5M ago9:58

9:58

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes" Denis Stranjak and Mashi Scanlan discuss what it means to grow up and how valuable it is to hang on to elements of childhood. #podcast #growingup #maturity Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthear…

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Acting With Confidence | The French Dispatch 11:27

5M ago11:27

11:27

"Try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose." Denis Stranjak and Mashi Scanlan discuss acting with confidence and ignoring the doubts in your head that only you can hear. #podcast #leadership #confidence #fakingit Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthe…

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Allowing Yourself Settle and Accept 29:51

5M ago29:51

29:51

Now, there's an interesting title for this week's episode - words that the normal mind would consider defeatist! And, as we'll discover in this episode, words have power. So, why are we exploring such anti-aspirational language? The answer is, of course, that we're not! Because I'm not using language in the way in with language is normally used. So…

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This Is How It Feels To Be In Control 31:09

6M ago31:09

31:09

There's a wrestling match going on in your brain's cockpit - and the Automatic Pilot needs to be defeated... your life depends upon it!! Yes, this week we're talking about something beyond the scope of the normal crazy mind, beyond the scope of a mind-on-auto: conscious deliberate choice. Conscious deliberate choice leads to the kind of conscious d…

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Focus - What It Is and How to Just Do It 29:48

6M ago29:48

29:48

Generally speaking, people don't know what they're talking about when it comes to focus. I say "generally speaking" because it's 96% true - because normal crazy people cannot focus. Evolution wired the normal brain for something else entirely... survival. That means that your brain is not wired to achieve your goals. It's not wired to enable you li…

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Time Off for Good Behaviour! 33:31

6M ago33:31

33:31

Or, actually, this episode is about liberating yourself from the prison of created by your own thoughts. In this episode we explore right and wrong, good and evil and, when you reflect upon it, you will realise that these are choices with which everyday life confronts us. Say the wrong thing and you throw fuel on the fire, do the wrong thing and di…

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To Succeed You Need to Just Let Go 33:35

6M ago33:35

33:35

Here's the paradox - to just let go you need to take control. So, in this episode, we explore what "taking control" means: scientifically (we explore cognitive psychology, neuroscience and the phenomenon of neuro-plasticity); with real-life examples (I've three important short stories) and with clear instruction (that explain exactly what we're tal…

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This Is All of Your Own Making 33:34

6M ago33:34

33:34

Wherever you are in life right now, however you feel about your life or any part of it... it's all of your own making. Too many people blame someone else for their current perceived predicament: my parents, my siblings, the way I was bullied at school, how I was abused, my boss, "the system". No! If you feel stuck, stressed, frustrated, fat, thin, …

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Explaining and Exploring Flow 31:34

7M ago31:34

31:34

Even though we explore bullying, parenting, peace of mind and success in this episode, all these things (and your ability to do and achieve effortlessly) all boil down to whether or not you are in Flow. We could put that in a variety of different ways, all of which will give you, for startes, some insight into what we're talking about in this episo…

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How to Meditate Properly 28:39

7M ago28:39

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Actually, this episode should be entitled "How and Why to Meditate Properly and What to Expect"... because this conversation covers all that and more. We lay to rest some of the nonsense around meditation - that there's one right way to do it - so many traditions have their "one right way" you could become not just totally confused but disillusione…

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Will This Podcast Change Your Life? 28:51

7M ago28:51

28:51

The answer to that is an obvious "No"... you change your life yourself. But, as people who have worked with me over the last (almost) 28yrs will know, I can provide the signposts! And, if you're ready to follow the signposts, you're going to go on an amazing adventure - one your thinking mind couldn't even begin to imagine. So, as we get together a…

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What Is Real Progress? 12:51

8M ago12:51

12:51

Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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Letting The Past Go 12:51

8M ago12:51

12:51

Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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Oppenheimer | Theory Will Only Get You So Far 13:26

9M ago13:26

13:26

Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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Learning Outside Of School 18:02

9M ago18:02

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Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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There Is No Tomorrow 11:24

9M ago11:24

11:24

Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stranjak Mashi ScanlanBy Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan

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Doing What You Need to Do... and No More! 28:28

10M ago28:28

28:28

Success is effortless when you know how. That's a fact borne out by every single client or Online Program owner with whom I've worked who (to quote many a Program Owner) has "followed the process". When we follow the process, when we make the right choices, we completely alter our experience of the here and now. When we get into the habit of making…

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The Grandeur of Being You 28:18

10M ago28:18

28:18

In this episode, we race through a variety of different strategies that people use to make themselves "sound more interesting" and feel more important... from labels, to stories, to lies - to lies that normal crazy people actually end up believing! There's obviously a grand purpose to this because, as you'll hear, there's a grand purpose to your li…

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Do We Really Know People? | Secret Invasion 15:30

10M ago15:30

15:30

"All we can turn to are the people we care about. But what if those people weren't who we thought they were? What if the ones closest to us, the ones we've trusted our whole lives... ...were someone else entirely?" - Prescod, Secret Invasion Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, seriou…

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Afraid to Step Out of the Shadow 29:04

10M ago29:04

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In this episode, we're talking about fear - because it's hardwired into us! Fear of failure - weird one, really, because normal crazy people are serial failures; fear of being different; fear of change and, indeed, being afraid of your own shadow (you should be!). But, most interestingly, we explore fear of success. I'll say no more, I don't want t…

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It's About The Mileage | Indiana Jones 14:38

10M ago14:38

14:38

"It's not the age - it's the mileage." - Indiana Jones Denis Stranjak and Mashi Scanlan discuss the difference between living a long life and living a good life, and the toll that can take on us. #podcast #content #aging #aginggracefully Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or…

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Changing The Past | The Flash 13:03

10M ago13:03

13:03

"These scars we have make us who we are. We are not meant to go back and fix them." - Bruce Wayne Denis Stranjak and Mashi Scanlan discuss changing the past and how the things we've been through shape the people that we are today. Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighth…

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The Truth It Out There 14:25

11M ago14:25

14:25

Denis and Mashi discuss the dangers (and merits) of seeking truth against all odds, and when it's appropriate to believe the lies. Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis S…

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Resistance Is Futile 14:55

11M ago14:55

14:55

"Resistance is futile." Denis Stranjak and Mashi Scanlan discuss fighting against the odds, even when they seem insurmountable. Denis Stranjak & Mashi Scanlan sit down to offer advice on all things life; personal or professional, serious or lighthearted. Write in with your topics and situations. Twitter: @Stranjak @MashiScanlan LinkedIn: Denis Stra…

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