The workplace is a very demanding, quick-paced and increasingly uncertain place in which we operate on a day-to-day basis, but does it always have to be a stressful place?.
Pressure to meet deadlines, deliverables and working with difficult people, among other factors, puts modern employees under unreasonable amounts of stress.
In fact, being constantly stressed out is so universal that many people have accepted it as unpleasant, but a way of life – it has become the norm.
While a certain amount of stress is acceptable and can actually be beneficial for you—keeping you alert and focused, helping you cope well with challenges—beyond a certain acceptable limit, stress is nothing but bad for you, if it is not channelled and managed.
Not only does it affect your mental stability but also your health, relationships, productivity at work, and overall quality of life.
People are different, so we all react differently to the same set of circumstances; something that one person may find stressful, another may regard as only mildly challenging or even normal.
How you tolerate and respond to stress depends not only on the particularities of your situation but also on what type of person you are; your natural inclinations, beliefs and behaviors.
In this podcast we look at some of the ways that workplace stress impacts people and we look at :
A great podcast that everyone can relate to…… safety on our streets.
The murder of Sarah Everard, a young women walking home in London, provoked an enormous reaction as hundreds of thousands of women in the UK and indeed  across the world came together to demand that not only do governments improve street safety but also that threatening attitudes towards women and girls change. Â
We caught up with Victoria from Reading, London who explains why in the wake of this outpouring of emotion she set up an Instagram account which aims to highlight this issue and also bring likeminded people together.Â
Bucket lists, bucket lists, bucket lists, it seems that everyone’s got one. There are hundreds and hundreds of bucket list suggestions on the internet.Â
Are these lists inspiring or disheartening ? Are they a great way to broaden your horizons or the fastest way to hate your everyday life?Â
Do you have a list of things you would like to do, places you would like to visit and experiences that would make your life complete ?Â
Or do you think it’s just a shallow invention of social media sites, a way of showing off and deep down they make us dissatisfied with our everyday life ?
In this podcast Sue tries to convince Chris that bucket lists are unnecessary, unrealistic and predictable. Listen carefully to the reasons she gives.Â
What’s your opinion ?
If you are making a bucket list try this personality quiz to see what should be on your list…. just don’t tell Sue !!
Everyone is talking about Bucket Lists ! Â But just what is a Bucket List ?
What should be top of your Bucket List? Quite simply it’s a wish list of things you would like to do ! These “things” can involve travel, culture, sport and even personal development. In fact anything that you dream of doing !Â
The standard internet Bucket List usually contains 100 activities…… that’s mind boggling !  So try this quiz which will guide you in the right direction to make a list best suited to your personality, and also give you an opportunity to learn some new vocabulary along the way…..but, hey, isn’t that already on your Bucket List ? 🙂
 SPEAKING: As a language learner these expressions could be useful:
I’ve already done that ….. I did it 3 years ago.
I could never do that….I would be afraid, I would be bored.Â
That sounds fascinating, exciting, amazing, wonderful, terrifying, boring, mundane.Â
 LISTENING: Don’t forget to practice your listening skills too.Â
Click here to listen to Chris and Sue discussing their Buckets List.
Click here to hear what Etienne has to say about his Bucket List.
Click here here to hear what Henri, a new English learner, dreams of doing and see how Chris helps him to express his ideas.
But first, start here with the quiz.
What should be on your bucket list?
Are you sporty, cultural, an adrenalin addict, a romantic, a fun person, a
traveller or do you prefer to stay in your comfort zone?
This quiz may inspire you start ticking off items on your own personal
Bucket List.
On this special day learn the words to this global, romantic song, it has been downloaded, bought and used at weddings millions of times all over the word.
You can listen to the song before or after the quiz, alone, in class or with your sweetheart 🙂
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 SPEAKING: As a language learner these expressions could be useful:
