racheldoesinterviews

Homelessness and LGBT+ people

Here is a link to a piece about terminology and how people without stable housing refer to their situation:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hildygottlieb_most-homeless-folks-prefer-the-term-homeless-activity-7140427293058826240-DRTp/

Squats-1.16

Living is squats-squatting-taking possession of an empty house.

Sofa surfing-2.08

People who sofa surf whilst looking for accommodation generally crash (use someone’s place to sleep) on someone’s couch as they need a place to sleep. These people are also referred to as being hidden homeless. Hidden homeless is when you don’t have permanent accommodation and you are staying at various locations on a temporary basis.

Beacon cities-4.52

In English a beacon is something which attracts attention. Thus beacon cities have that name because they attract people or certain groups of people.

Soberity-6.48

Not consuming alcohol or drugs.

Chemsex-6.57

Use of drugs during sex to increase pleasure

Asylum-7.22

If someone is seeking asylum they are fleeing prosecution and human rights violation in their home country. If this context if someone is LGBT+ and they leave because it’s illegal to be LGBT+ in their country of origin.

Drop in-8.56

If you can drop in you can come any time when a place is open without specifically booking an appointment.

Outreach service-9.48

Service offered to people in the community who would find it hard to come in on their own.

Neurodiversity-10.20

If someone is neurodiverse they process sensory, social and/or motor information differently than other people in the general population.

Blueprint-20.42

A blueprint is a plan or way of doing things that you can be followed by others.

Front line worker-20.50

Someone who directly works with people involved in a particular situation

Community hub-21.08

Community hub can connect people to different services. A hub in English is a focal point for activity.

Posted April 5th on spotify and today on other platforms.

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racheldoesinterviews

Recovery coach for binge eating; some English phrases

Binge eating-consuming a lot of food in a short period of time

Laundry-2.58
Clothes and bed linen, for example, which needs washing. In British English washing is more commonly used than in American English

Shifterly-3.03
To be acting shifterly is to be acting in a suspicious way

Ingrained-4.28
To be a deeply rooted habit

Let yourself down-7.38
Let down-phrasal verb
In this context, to feel disappointed with oneself

Will power-7.54
Ability to control yourself or stop yourself from doing something

Urge-11.30
Binge urge-an urge to binge that feels hard to control

Disheartened-17.52
To feel disheartened is to feel discouraged or disappointed about something.

Fall short-21.12
Falling short-to feel that you’ve disappointed. In this case, she felt like she’d disappointed herself

Give more slack-21.21
To be less critical about something. So to cut yourself some slack means to be less harsh with yourself, generally to forgive yourself for not doing as well as you think you should

Slip-ups-21.30
In this case, when she goes back to bad habits without thinking

Holding space-21.36
Properly taking note of how it feels mentally.

Get over yourself-23.50
In this case, don’t make a fuss; make everything about yourself, and tell the person to stop complaining—you are minimising someone’s situation.

Open up-24.38
To disclose information and be honest about a subject
Hijack the conversation-26.28
To take over the conversation. If someone hijacks the conversation they might make it about them.

Published on spotify on August the 2nd 2024 and on other platforms on August the 30th.

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