About Me English Communication Coach

Mindful Speaking Tip 1 – Breathing 🗣️✨ 
This might sound obvious, but it’s often overlooked—breathing is key to good communication 💨. If you don’t take measured breaths when you need them, your speech can sound rushed 🏃‍♂️ and your message becomes less effective. Taking time to breathe gives us more time to think of what we want to say. 
Pauses are natural and nothing to fear ⏸️. Take a moment to breathe 🌬️, and you’ll feel more in control of what you’re saying. Try it and see the difference! 👌 #speechtherapy #speakingofwords #speechtherapyuk #slt #confidentcommunication #stammeringsupport #communicationcoaching #speechandlanguage

Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) is an innovative approach that helps people with aphasia communicate more effectively after a stroke or brain injury. 🧠✨ By engaging the brain’s right hemisphere – the side that processes melody and rhythm 🎵 – MIT helps create new pathways for language. In my experience, it’s been amazing to see how incorporating melody into therapy can make such a tangible difference. 🗣️ I’ve worked with people who’ve struggled to get words out, and through MIT, they’ve been able to produce phrases they thought they’d never say again. It’s a powerful tool. 🎥 Watch the video to learn more about how music is used in speech therapy. #speechtherapy #aphasia #aphasiaawareness #aphasiatherapy #speechtherapyuk #speakingofwords #speechandlanguage

🎥 Speech Therapy v Communication Coaching: What’s the Difference? In this quick video, I explain the difference between adult speech therapy and communication coaching, based on my experience working with adults. 🧠 Speech therapy supports people with specific speech or language challenges. This can include difficulties caused by medical conditions, neurological changes, or challenges like stammering—which may develop in childhood, arise later in life, or appear for no clear reason. 🎤 Communication coaching focuses on building confidence and skills in professional or social communication, like speaking in meetings or presenting with impact. 👉 This is my perspective, tailored to my work with adults. I don’t cover paediatric therapy here (big respect to colleagues who do amazing work in this area!). Speech therapists work in so many fields, which is what makes our profession so diverse and rewarding! #speechtherapy #slt #speakingofwords #speechtherapyuk #stammeringsupport #confidentcommunication #confidentcommunication #communicationcoaching #communication #communicationskills

Apologies for the re-upload, I assure you my intention is not to spam anyone’s feed but I’m just not very good at using instagram yet. We are Speaking of Words, an online Speech Therapy and Communication Coaching service. I use “we” as a majestic plural, it’s really just myself (George) but apparently it sounds better when companies pluralise their marketing. “What’s the point of this page” I hear you yell. First and foremost I enjoy my job and I want to share insights into what I do and ways I can help people who might be experiencing communication difficulties. I have thought about what content I’ll post - I definitely don’t want it to be generic or boring. I want it to be useful to people who are experiencing communication difficulties, alongside being of interest for people who are curious about learning more. An added bonus of this foray into social media is that I get to improve my Instagram game, which my social media savvy sister would probably agree is pretty “mid” which is gen z speak for “average”. Please follow for more content and don’t forget to hit the like button!! #speechtherapy #slt #speakingofwords #speechtherapyuk