2 additional events in January 2026 and how they can help you

I’m busy preparing some new interview and group episodes, but I wanted to quickly share the additional events that are happening this month.

You can check all of the current events any time on my events page. This includes the free networking for language professionals, the language meet-up, and the paid memberships for the club and cafe: https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/events

Here are two more events that are happening this month.

Event for translators who want to reactivate their spoken English
It’s not just about doing the work. It’s about building relationships, finding clients, explaining our services…

Some freelancers have been doing this from the beginning. Others are doing more of it these days – maybe because they’re shifting to more direct client work or maybe because they’re offering additional services so that they’re less dependent on one source of income.

It’s one of the topics that comes up at the reactivate your English – English speaking skills for translators sessions too. If the end clients want to communicate in English, it’s important to feel prepared for these conversations in English too. We give some of the time during the 10-week programme so that each participant can explore what this means for them. Thinking about your words, your delivery, and your pitch in advance makes it easier when the real time comes to talk without hesitation and hunting around. You can’t prepare for every question, but you can have a plan and be clear on how you add value …. in English!

Our next groups are starting soon and I’m having an introduction meeting for anyone who wants to find out more:
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7397589043645157376/

This is the link for the event. If you don’t want your contacts to know that you’re coming, just copy the Zoom link and join us on the day. Also, if you can’t make this meeting but you’re interested in the programme, let me know and we can arrange a separate time to chat. You can find out more about the programme here: https://englishwithkirsty.com/english-speaking-skills-for-freelance-translators/


Interactive workshop – how podcasts can help you to learn a language
It’s back – for anyone who missed it the first time or who wasn’t available to attend during the daytime, I’m running this interactive workshop again!

This workshop is for you if you’d like to find the right podcasts to meet your learning needs and then use those podcasts to develop a wide range of language skills – it’s not just about listening!

I work with multilingual professionals who want to develop their English, but these learning strategies will work for other languages too.

Date – 29th January
Time – 18:00 UK/Portugal/19:00 CET
Find out more or buy your ticket here: https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast-workshop/

The idea for this episode came from a conversation that I had on LinkedIn.

Have you ever written something fairly quickly and then took forever deciding whether you actually want to post it? Do people want to read that? Will they understand what you’re trying to get across? If it’s in an additional language, do you check and recheck it, change bits, put it back to how it was, and still wonder whether it’s ready to go?

It’s frustrating!

It’s not about not having ideas or not knowing how to get them down. That’s a different situation. It’s knowing that you’re giving too much time to this thing that should actually not be taking up so much head space.

That’s our topic for today and I’ve got 7 tips for you to stop the procrastination or perfectionism loop and finally get the thing posted!

Find out more on the show notes page: https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode296

Well, this year has been exciting! I’ve met lots of amazing people! I’m becoming better-known for the things on which I want to concentrate! I did most of the things on my 2025-to-do-list and some things that hadn’t even crossed my mind at the beginning of the year!

This episode is a reflection on

• What happened this year
• What’s coming up on the podcast
• What’s happening with the 7 main topics that I mentioned at the beginning of the year – spoiler, they’re all still relevant!
• 5 lessons that I’ve learned this year

Is there anything you’d like to share about what you’ve learned this year? What are you grateful for?

Find out more on the show notes page - https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode295/