In this episode I interview Italian national Marina Puviani a university student, aspiring journalist and writer of short, powerful poems about the human experience.

We talk about Marina's love of ballet, but then the disappointment as she came to the self-realisation that this was a career in which she could not excel, despite her passion and love of the discipline.

Following this - as a trigger warning - Marina talks openly about her experiences of bullying and of how she overcame the opinions and taunts of others to build her own positive self-worth, self-esteem and identity.

Marina's love of learning foreign languages has led her to study 3 languages at university: English, German and Spanish. She hopes to use these languages in her future career as a journalist.

Recently, Marina has turned to writing her own poems as a powerful means of self-expression and she shares 4 of these poems with us on the podcast.

The four poems are:

'Just Me':

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marina-puviani-b1b119309_poetry-life-englishspeaking-activity-7205679484237164545-sRdV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

'To All the Lonely Girls':

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marina-puviani-b1b119309_english-literature-poetry-activity-7205858642204524545-IsDh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

'Unrequited Love'

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marina-puviani-b1b119309_poetry-english-literature-activity-7205809497859112960-Pz0_?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

'Life is a Tricky Game':

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marina-puviani-b1b119309_poetry-literature-english-activity-7206010552500826112-HiF9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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