AEE 2648: Tough Love for Your English
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is an all ears English podcast episode 2648 tough love for your English
Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl. coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe. Do you ever have to show someone in your life tough love?
How can tough love be applied in everyday situations?
Find out what situations this term applies to and how to talk about it when it comes to this universal topic.
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Hey, Lindsay, how are you?
I'm good, Michelle. How are you? How's it going?
Everything's good. Lindsay, have you ever had to give someone you care about tough love?
Yes. I remember in college, I had a roommate and a good friend who was struggling with some emotional issues. And we asked her to go to like the school psychologist. And we kind of, we said, we want you to go get evaluated for something. We kind of had to put our foot down. And ask her to get help with stuff. Right. So that was kind of tough love. I think. What about you, Michelle? Any examples?
Um, any examples? Um, if, if Dan is trying to eat healthy and I catch him snacking a lot and I might be like, Oh, something, something cute. It's more like that. Like, you know, and he'll be like, Oh yeah, you're right. Like, Not that I'm not like that all the time or anything, but he's particularly he's like on a health kick. So I might just be like, you know, tough love can be like a very serious thing or not so serious.
Yeah, exactly. As we just showed our listeners, it can range from something as serious as mental health. Yeah. Right. Asking someone to seek help for mental health issues up to just, you know, kind of like teasing someone for having snacks or helping them stay on their path of nutrition. Right. Right. Right. Right, right. Exactly.
So, yeah, this can happen in life, this tough love. So, this is about, you know, you have to tell someone that it's something they need to hear, but they might not want to hear. And today's episode is actually inspired by a Business English episode. Yeah. So definitely check out that episode. We'll give it to you later on. And so, yeah. But first, we want to also say thank you so much to our reviewers.
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What common mistakes do English learners make?
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Yes. Thank you so much. So, Lindsay, do you use this expression?
I do. Yeah. I think absolutely this is useful because the reality is we really love someone and we know what's good for them. They usually it's something that they know is good for them, too. We want to help them achieve those goals, even if it's not the easiest thing in that moment. Yeah.
Yeah, that's why it's good. So, I mean, yeah, we explained the meaning, but yeah, it's like when you have to be firm or tough with someone for a purpose, right?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:55
2
How can tough love be applied in everyday situations?
0:55–4:07
3
What common mistakes do English learners make?
4:07–9:25
4
How does tough love differ across various relationships?
9:25–18:54
5
What are some examples of tough love in family dynamics?
18:54–19:17
6
When is tough love necessary in professional settings?
19:17–19:59
Speakers
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