Why we start with the body, not the book

Dear French Story Listeners,

It’s la rentrée, that particular feeling in the air when September asks us, gently, what we’d like to begin again.

Maybe it’s French, for you. Maybe it’s been a while, or maybe you’ve never quite started at all.

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Your Memory Is Not Fading — It Is Filtering

Dear French Story Listeners,

Let me ask you something.

Have you ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why you went in? Set your glasses down and spent ten minutes looking for them?

These little moments can feel alarming, but they are in fact completely normal,

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You Don’t Need a Good Memory to Learn French

Dear French Story Listeners,

I’ve been a little quiet lately, and I’ve missed you.

After more than a month away from YouTube, My Dear Man (behind the stage) & I are  back!

Not with a story this time, but with something I felt called to share.

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When a French Poem Finds You

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Some of the most beautiful French moments don’t happen at a desk with a textbook.

They happen in an office corridor, by a colleague’s collection of dried garden herbs, when a poem you memorised quietly surfaces, and suddenly you’re having a real conversation in French.

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What Happens When French Shows Up in Real Life

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

This week, Karel, one of our dearest community members, shared something on Telegram that made me smile from the inside out.

Early one morning, he received an urgent call from a close friend. His friend’s son, an agronomy student on internship in France,

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What Francine and Nadya Are Teaching Us About French

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Something wonderful happened on Telegram this week, and I didn’t want you to miss it.

Francine, our dear member from the Netherlands, responded to the Teen Progress question:

“Est-ce que je suis plutôt salée ou sucrée?”

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Understanding Is the Key, The Moment a Word Becomes Yours

Dear French Story Listeners,

There’s a little secret hiding inside the French language, and once you see it, you’ll never think about learning the same way again.

The French word for “to learn” is apprendre. The French word for “to understand” is comprendre.

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