Hello, Sunshine, I'm Maria.

And my name is Rory. We're the host of the IEL Speaking for Success podcast, the podcast

the podcast is to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.

We started this podcast to give you natural and high-level language you can use in your English life and in your IOT's exam.

We also give you fun, joy and some smiles along the way.

All for free, so take them all!

Rory, look at you. What's up? You look a bit tired.

Thank you, Maria. You're a gorgeous as ever also.

But you are correct. I probably do need a rest.

Let's talk about rest.

It's a coincidence?

It is a coincidence.

What a coincidence.

What a coincidence.

Roy, how often do you take a rest?

God, probably not often enough.

Although I'm getting better at decompressing and taking time off.

Oh, and highlighting that to people and encouraging them to do the same.

For example, in terms of exercise, I used to think it was important to work out every day

and then I realised it's actually important to think it was important to work out every day,

and then I realized it's actually important to have some rest days to promote muscle growth and recovery. So now I have weekends off. What do you do when you take a rest?

A bit of a nerd, actually. I watch videos on YouTube or I'll read comics and chat to my friends.

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