Learn English Vocabulary: SELF-HELP... life is hard!

Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video  I'm going to teach you about vocabulary,  

and also a little bit about Western culture.  So, there are some words that people are using  

a lot these days; you see these words in the  news, you see them in... if you go to school,  

you see them even at your doctor's office, and so  we're going to talk about some of these words. So,  

a lot of these words are about problems people are  having in their life, so I'm going to teach you  

about these problem words and also solution words  that you hear a lot. So, let's get started.  

The first word I hear a lot is the word  "swamped". You hear people in conversation say:  

"Oh, I'm so swamped. I have so much to do; I'm  swamped." So, what does it mean "to be swamped"?  

If you are swamped, it means you have too much  going on; you have too much work to do. So,  

imagine you have a lot of work, and somebody  calls you and says: "Do you want to go see a  

movie?" You might hear someone say: "I can't; I'm  swamped", meaning: "I have too much to do."  

Another word people are hearing a lot these  days is the word "burn out", "burn out". So,  

you'll hear people say: "I burned out at my  last job" or "Mary is suffering from burnout",  

"People are burning out nowadays more than in the  past." We hear people say things like this. So,  

what does it mean "to burn out"? "Burn out" means  when you are working too much, so you have too  

much work, and you have a lot of stress, and you  feel this every single day to the point that your  

health starts to be affected. So, work is making  you sick. We call that "burn out" because there's  

too much stress at work and too many expectations  at work, so that's known as "burn out".  

Okay, another word you hear people saying a lot  these days is: "I'm stressed out. Stressed out".  

So, "stress" is a type of anxiety or worry.  When you feel stress, you feel pressure. I'll  

give you an example. Think about before an exam  or a big presentation: Your heart is beating,  

you're very nervous, you might feel sick in  your stomach - those are feelings of stress. So,  

people who feel a lot of anxiety, they can  say: "I'm stressed out." And here's my example:  

"I'm stressed out because I have an exam",  "I'm stressed out because my boss is not  

nice." So, again, the words that... Oh, and there's... sorry, there's one more.  

"Overworked". So, I hear this word a lot nowadays  as well. "Over" means too much, and then we have  

the word "worked", which means work; you're doing  work. So, "overworked" means too much work. So,  

maybe somebody is working 80 hours a week - we can  say: "They are overworked." They work too much.  

So, you hear these words a lot in our culture.  People frequently talk about being swamped,  

they talk about burning out, they talk about  being stressed out, and they talk about being  

overworked. So, I also wanted to talk about some  things we talk a lot about in our culture, and  

that's what the solution is to these problems. So, when I talk about solution, I'm talking about  

what people in the media, in the news,  maybe what some doctors are saying,  

what journalists are saying are the solutions  to being swamped, burnt out, stressed,  

or overworked. So, a question people might  ask you is: "How do you cope with stress?" So,  

"cope" is an important word; it means: "How do you  handle stress? How do you deal with stress?" So,  

for example, some people cope with stress by  breathing; taking deep breaths. So, I can say:  

"I cope with stress by breathing deeply." Some  people might cope with stress by writing down  

their feelings. These are different ways to  cope. So, my question to you is: How do you  

cope with stress? Now let's look at some other  common vocabulary people are saying nowadays  

about how to solve problems with stress. So, another word you will hear a lot in the  

culture right now is the word "mindfulness".  Maybe you've seen this word before:  

"mind-ful-ness". What is "mindfulness"? Well,  it means different things to different people,  

but in general, it's the idea of where to  focus. You focus your mind on the present. So,  

the idea is that some people focus too much on the  past, some people focus too much on the future;  

but according to mindfulness, it's very healthy to  think about what's happening now and to be focused  

on the present. So, this might be thinking about  your senses, you know: "What are you seeing right  

now? What are you hearing? You know, how do you  feel at this moment?" and not worrying about the  

future and not worrying about the past, but just  being in the present; in the here and now.  

So, I see this word a lot nowadays. I  see it in newspapers, I see it online,  

I see it even walking down the street; I see  posters of mindfulness seminars or, you know,  

things to do with mindfulness, so I think it's  a very important word to know. And, again,  

here is one aspect of mindfulness: People might  recommend you focus on your senses, like your  

sense of hearing or your sense of smell. So, this  word is a noun. The way we use it is often... or  

it can actually be an adjective, too. We might  talk about a mindfulness seminar. You know,  

we might tell somebody to be more mindful if  we're using it more in an adjective sense.  

Another word we use a lot nowadays is  "resilience". So, this might be hard  

for some people to pronounce, so let me say it  slowly: "re-sil-ience". "Resilience". Okay? So,  

what is "resilience"? Well, "resilience"  is one of the solutions to burn out,  

to having... being overworked, to feeling stressed  and swamped all the time. Some people believe that  

it's good to become resilient. "Resilient" means  when you have bad things happen in your life,  

you learn how to be strong and you are strong. So, I'll give you an example of a very resilient  

person I know: My grandmother. My grandmother  broke both her hips and she also had a stroke,  

but she's very resilient. So, this means  that even though bad things happened to her,  

every day she wakes up and she is able to  smile, and live her day, and... and even  

though she has challenges, she's very strong.  So that's what I mean by "resilient".  

Do you know anyone who is resilient; someone who  is able to be strong when bad things happen? Maybe  

it's a family member, maybe it's you, or  maybe it's a friend. So, nowadays we talk  

a lot about the word "resilient", which is how  we describe a person: "She is resilient", "He is  

resilient". And we have the word "resilience",  which is the noun. So, here are two examples:  

"I want to be resilient", "I want to build  resilience." So, in this case, "resilience"  

is the noun; "resilient" is the adjective. So, all of these words I've talked about today  

you will probably see on social media, online,  in... on news sites. So, they're very good  

to know and to understand because these words  really are telling us a lot about our culture  

today. People feel very stressed and burnt out,  and people want solutions. So, this is what  

the culture looks like, and these are the words  people are using to talk about these issues.  

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thank you so much for watching. I hope you  are not swamped, I hope you're not overworked,  

and I hope you have the most amazing day. So,  thank you for watching and take care.