Hi there, welcome to Radio Headspace.

My name is Kaisanga and it's Tuesday.

This week I'm once again revisiting my segment called Mindful Moments.

Those good times in my life where I felt fully present and the hope in sharing these stories

is that throughout your day maybe you will be able to notice your own mindful moment

or two.

Today is all about feeling a sense of connection to yourself through consistent practice.

So as I stated yesterday, my oldest daughter was studying abroad in Paris for four weeks.

She's determined to be fluent in French so this trip was very valuable in moving towards

this goal.

While in Paris she was staying with a host mom who mainly spoke French to her.

She also took French language classes every single day and then they would have excursions

out into the community to practice what they learned.

They would go to museums, markets and grocery stores and of course cafes and restaurants.

So with all of this experience my daughter had ample time to practice the French language

and that's really how true fluency is obtained by thoroughly immersing yourself in the culture

and being forced to speak the language.

But that's not all because you won't become fluent if you're only immersed for let's

say three days or even a week.

It's that consistency that plays a major role in becoming fluent.

So this is what my daughter was able to gain for four straight weeks and then we came across

upon to visit and totally disrupt her learning.

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