I’m joined by one of my best friends in the world, Colin Gorrie. Or should I say Dr. Colin Gorrie.

Colin is a linguist and lifelong language learner. These days he works on bringing knowledge of language and linguistics to a wider audience online. 

Colin also lives with EDS and experiences a lot of brain fog and fatigue, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to sit down and have a chat about some of the challenges of language learning when your brain doesn’t really retain information in the way that you’d like.

You may know that about a month ago I started learning Yiddish. II honestly don’t think it would be happening or going as well as it is if Colin hadn’t spent hours blowing my mind with how the way we often approach language learning…is not…great.

And that’s exactly what we’ll be discussing:

🌟 How people currently learn languages
🌟 Whether there is a better way (spoiler alert, there is!)
🌟 Figuring out our motivations for language learning and how to get started
🌟 Getting the most bang for your language learning (and energy) buck
🌟 Ways to take some of the pressure off and make language learning fun
🌟 How to think about pacing and retention of information when it comes to language acquisition 

As always, language learning may not be something that you're interested in, or you have the ability to do at the moment. 

This information is here for people who can make use of it!

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BLOG POST: https://natashalipman.com/how-to-learn-a-language-with-a-chronic-illness/

TRANSCRIPT: http://natashalipman.com/how-to-learn-a-language-with-a-chronic-illness-transcript

LINK TO COLIN'S COURSE (10% DISCOUNT): https://hyperlink.academy/discount?discount=02b38cc4-6f47-4d0b-8533-56d2fe92a6f7

Theme music and editing by Amit Rai

How to learn a language with a chronic illness

The Rest Room is a podcast about living well with chronic illness.

I'm Natasha Lipman, an award-winning chronic illness blogger and journalist from London. 

I've been working with experts to bring you evidence-based guides on a whole host of topics like pacing, exercise, and chronic pain. 

I'll also be talking to people who live with chronic illness and disability who are doing awesome things and learning how they make it work, as well as digging deep into the businesses and brands that are focussed on accessibility. 

Think fashion, theatre, film, work, and play - there's a whole lot coming up to explore. So why don't you get cozy, make yourself a cup of tea, and join me in The Rest Room?