How to Talk About Feelings in English: Belonging, Trust, and Connection

There's a feeling that says, "Yes, this is my place. These are my people." And there's the opposite, when everyone is kind to you but you're still standing on the outside of the conversation. This lesson is about how to talk about feelings like these in English: belonging, trust, connection, and what it's like to be left out.

Here's what you'll learn:

You'll get the phrases English speakers use to welcome someone in, like to make room at the table and to bring someone in. You'll learn the language of trust, including to let your guard down and to let someone in. And you'll get the words for the other side of the experience, when you feel shut out: to be on the outside looking in, to freeze someone out, to give someone the cold shoulder, and to put your walls up.

Near the end, I'll give you a moment to stop and think about your own life: where you feel like you're on the inside, and whose circle you're in.

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Once you have these words, you'll start hearing them everywhere. In a friend's story, a colleague's frustration after a meeting, a podcast, a song.

Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Why Belonging & Trust?

03:28 Welcoming Others

06:18 Feeling Trust

08:30 Feeling Connected

11:59 Feeling Distance

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