Successful people, happy people, entrepreneurs and creatives write every day. Here's why it helps.

If you are like me, your language learning motivation waxes and wanes, with the weather, with a changing daily workload and social appointments, and with tiredness and stress. These are some tricks I've learned help keep up motivation and progress.

Have you found yourself stuck with boring textbooks? Audio courses? Apps? What things turn you off language learning?

Homework is not just for textbook classes. Drilling new vocabulary and grammar, and writing help conversation skills enormously.

Have you ever sat through a class, been bored out of your mind, and not remembered anything that was covered? Here's how to kick your learning into high gear.

After my sixth laparoscopy for endometriosis, this time a hysterectomy to remove the adenomyosis and cyst-filled cervix, I was meant to go on a 4-5 week endometriosis rehabilitation course. This is what it would have entailed.

This was my first word search puzzle and a hit with every class I have given it to, either as a race within the class or as homework.

You get all fired up and motivated when you start learning a language, but then your motivation vanishes.

People who are trying to get a diagnosis for a wide range of chronic illnesses often have to see 2, 3, or more doctors before one actually believes them. For endometriosis, which 1 in 10 women have, it typically takes 10 years to be diagnosed, in which time you've probably seen 5 or more different specialists who all tell you it's in your head. It's not.

Even beginners are faced with idioms if they travel to an English speaking country for a holiday. That’s why it’s important to include idioms in all levels of language courses.