<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Walter Freiberg, articles</title><description>Writing on identity, belonging and becoming yourself across languages.</description><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Is Chat Doing the Talking?</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/is-chat-doing-the-talking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/is-chat-doing-the-talking/</guid><description>When AI translates every message, who is doing the talking? On love, belonging and the language you haven&apos;t learned yet.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Becoming Yourself Anywhere</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/becoming-yourself-anywhere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/becoming-yourself-anywhere/</guid><description>You don&apos;t find yourself by moving. You find yourself first, and then you can take that with you wherever you go.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Argentine Yes, Chamuyero No</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/argentine-yes-chamuyero-no/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/argentine-yes-chamuyero-no/</guid><description>Identity isn&apos;t a package you accept or reject in its entirety. It is discernment, both ways.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dejar de ser una versión pasada para otros</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/dejar-de-ser-una-version-pasada-para-otros/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/dejar-de-ser-una-version-pasada-para-otros/</guid><description>A veces los demás le siguen hablando a una versión tuya que ya dejaste atrás. Y a veces sos vos quien lo hace con otros.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Buddhist Way to Rebuild Your Identity Abroad</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/the-buddhist-way-to-rebuild-your-identity-abroad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/the-buddhist-way-to-rebuild-your-identity-abroad/</guid><description>Build something real first. Then setting the old identity down means something.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nunca es tarde para equivocarse de carrera</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/nunca-es-tarde-para-equivocarse-de-carrera/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/nunca-es-tarde-para-equivocarse-de-carrera/</guid><description>Cambiar de carrera, de país y de idioma puede ser el mismo acto: elegir una versión nueva de vos sin destruir la anterior.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four Types of Happiness</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/four-types-of-happiness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/four-types-of-happiness/</guid><description>Pleasure, mastery and meaning: Seligman&apos;s four orientations, and the one you may be leaving out.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recrear tu identidad en otro idioma y país</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/recrear-tu-identidad-en-otro-idioma-y-pais/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/recrear-tu-identidad-en-otro-idioma-y-pais/</guid><description>La identidad se construye de adentro hacia afuera. Identidad, Voz y Acciones: tres capas para habitar otro idioma.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Acceptance and Aspiration</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/acceptance-and-aspiration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/acceptance-and-aspiration/</guid><description>Gratitude for what is, and a reach for what could be. You don&apos;t have to choose.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Don’t Talk to Strangers”: A Belief That Still Holds Too Many Adults Back</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/dont-talk-to-strangers-a-belief-that-still-holds-too-many-adults-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/dont-talk-to-strangers-a-belief-that-still-holds-too-many-adults-back/</guid><description>A belief taught with love can still hold an adult back. Sometimes real change begins with a hello.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Habit-based Language Learning</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/habit-based-language-learning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/habit-based-language-learning/</guid><description>This year, I&apos;ve started a new way of helping people learn languages. My language coaching processes are now about building habits and routines.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai Learning: One-Year Update</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/thai-learning-one-year-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/thai-learning-one-year-update/</guid><description>It’s been more than a year since I (re)started learning Thai in October 2022. Last April, I finished my 6-Month Update with this text:</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My Experience Taking Language Lessons on italki</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/my-experience-taking-language-lessons-on-italki/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/my-experience-taking-language-lessons-on-italki/</guid><description>Between January 2020 and September 2022, I took a total of 162 classes on italki, diving into languages such as German, Italian, Portuguese, and English.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Polyglot Gathering in 2023</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/polyglot-gathering-in-2023/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/polyglot-gathering-in-2023/</guid><description>Between June 13th and June 19th of this year, I took part in the Polyglot Gathering held in Teresin, Poland. This was my first time participating in the gathering.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Speaking German and Italian Abroad</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/speaking-german-and-italian-abroad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/speaking-german-and-italian-abroad/</guid><description>Common wisdom dictates that one of the best ways to learn a foreign language is to move to the country where it&apos;s spoken.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Training in Immersion Learning with Refold</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/training-in-immersion-learning-with-refold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/training-in-immersion-learning-with-refold/</guid><description>YouTube and Netflix have been game-changers for language learners.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess Practice with Aimchess</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-practice-with-aimchess/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-practice-with-aimchess/</guid><description>Last April, I resumed my chess practice. This time, I decided to try Aimchess . It’s an impressive app that tailors exercises and training to your online games.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning Thai: January-April 2023</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/learning-thai-january-april-2023/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/learning-thai-january-april-2023/</guid><description>This is what I wrote here four months ago (December 2022):</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Training in Neurolanguage Coaching®</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/training-in-neurolanguage-coaching/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/training-in-neurolanguage-coaching/</guid><description>In December 2022 I decided to undertake a language coaching certification to continue learning and adding new tools as a coach.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your Language Learning Preferences</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/your-language-learning-preferences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/your-language-learning-preferences/</guid><description>As language learners, we all have our own unique ways of learning and acquiring foreign languages.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Performance-based Language Goals</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/performance-based-language-goals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/performance-based-language-goals/</guid><description>The start of the year is our favorite time to set new language learning goals. After reflecting on the past year, we plan ahead for the next twelve months.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning Thai: My Second Attempt</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/learning-thai-my-second-attempt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/learning-thai-my-second-attempt/</guid><description>I always prefer to learn skills on the first try. But, sometimes, it doesn’t work like that. I may need a second, third, or even fourth attempt.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 12) - We Sing As We Train</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-12-we-sing-as-we-train/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-12-we-sing-as-we-train/</guid><description>This may sound like something extremely obvious, but many times we forget completely about it: we sing as we train, as we practice.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 13) - Wrap-up of the Project</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-13-wrap-up-of-the-project/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-13-wrap-up-of-the-project/</guid><description>During the last week of December (and the first one of January), I further explored the voice preparation with the spaghetti exercise described in the Week 11 article .</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 11) - Taking the Larynx Down</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-11-taking-the-larynx-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-11-taking-the-larynx-down/</guid><description>As I mentioned before in this series, many of the exercises with do in class with Patrick exert an indirect influence on certain parts of the vocal tract.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 10) - The Unseen in Singing Training</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-10-the-unseen-in-singing-training/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-10-the-unseen-in-singing-training/</guid><description>I heard about the importance of good breathing support ( appoggio ) since the first time I started learning how to sing, more than 10 years ago.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 9) - Falsetto (part 2)</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-9-falsetto-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-9-falsetto-part-2/</guid><description>This week I continued practicing the falsetto with and without last week&apos;s song .</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 8) - Falsetto Practice with Songs</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-8-falsetto-practice-with-songs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-8-falsetto-practice-with-songs/</guid><description>One of the side benefits of taking singing lessons is that you start noticing new things in the music you listen to.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 7) - Vocalization Routine</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-7-vocalization-routine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-7-vocalization-routine/</guid><description>Now that I have a repertoire of vocalization exercises, I thought it could be a good idea to put them all together and create sort of a daily routine.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 6) - Vowel Transformation</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-6-vowel-transformation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-6-vowel-transformation/</guid><description>One of the recent challenges I faced during this week of practice was connected with singing &apos;A&apos; vowels in the high register.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 4) - Falsetto Voice</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-4-falsetto-voice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-4-falsetto-voice/</guid><description>This week I had my fourth singing lesson. The practice goes well, even though I had a couple of days when I didn&apos;t do any vocalization or singing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 5) - Der Neugierige</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-5-der-neugierige/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-5-der-neugierige/</guid><description>One of my favorite teaching devices is using analogies and similes to explain something. I appreciate that a lot also as a student.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 3) - Wenn ich in deine Augen seh&apos;</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-3-wenn-ich-in-deine-augen-seh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-3-wenn-ich-in-deine-augen-seh/</guid><description>On October 18th I had my third singing lesson. At the beginning of the lesson, I usually share with Patrick the challenges I encountered during the last week of…</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singing in German (Week 2) - Morgen</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-2-morgen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/singing-in-german-week-2-morgen/</guid><description>This week I had my second singing lesson. I feel quite comfortable learning and practicing in German. As I expected, one of the challenges is the technical vocabulary.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skill Building Project #4: Singing in German (Week 1)</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-4-singing-in-german-week-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-4-singing-in-german-week-1/</guid><description>Singing in German will be the last skill building project of 2021. The idea of taking lessons of something in German was appealing to me from the get-go.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 10) - Pixeliges Pixel</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-10-pixeliges-pixel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-10-pixeliges-pixel/</guid><description>Before trying the pixel art projects of this week, I would have never imagined they could be so much fun.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 11) - Pixelkunst trifft Hollywood-Ikonen</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-11-pixelkunst-trifft-hollywood-ikonen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-11-pixelkunst-trifft-hollywood-ikonen/</guid><description>The pixel-art project was by far one of the most entertaining drawings up to this point. It&apos;s like drawing and painting at the same time.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 12) - Kritzeliges</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-12-kritzeliges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-12-kritzeliges/</guid><description>What&apos;s the best way to trace an image? Before trying the method I used in the Shakira image, I thought the only way was getting tracing paper.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 13) - Bleibende Erinnerung</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-13-bleibende-erinnerung/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-13-bleibende-erinnerung/</guid><description>After my Elvis pixelated portrait of Week 10 and Week 11 (yes, I like to think of him as Elvis, even if it&apos;s someone else!), I wanted to try my hand at a second one.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 9) - Eine Ruine wird zum Fantasy-Palast</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-9-eine-ruine-wird-zum-fantasy-palast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-9-eine-ruine-wird-zum-fantasy-palast/</guid><description>This week was all about perspective, buildings, and architecture.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 8) - Fantastische Welten</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-8-fantastische-welten/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-8-fantastische-welten/</guid><description>As a fan of dystopias and sci-fi stories, I looked forward to the futuristic projects in the Kuli Kunst book I&apos;m using in this project.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 7) - Surreale Welten</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-7-surreale-welten/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-7-surreale-welten/</guid><description>What makes a drawing surreal? What is the difference between comics/cartoons and surreal designs? These are some of the questions I asked myself during this week.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 5) - Comic, die ersten Schritte</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-5-comic-die-ersten-schritte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-5-comic-die-ersten-schritte/</guid><description>This week I got started with comic characters, doodles, and other fun figures. The idea was to create something out of very simple shapes, like circles.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 6) - Comic Artwork</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-6-comic-artwork/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-6-comic-artwork/</guid><description>This was another week when I dealt mostly with comic artwork. I enjoyed the patience challenge of working on a single drawing for many days, making slow progress towards…</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 2) - Abstrakten Kunst</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-2-abstrakten-kunst/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-2-abstrakten-kunst/</guid><description>During this second week, I started using the different textures learned in the first seven days to create more detailed drawings.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 3) - Der Mikrowahnsinn</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-3-der-mikrowahnsinn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-3-der-mikrowahnsinn/</guid><description>I always loved doodles and icons. I have a thing for hand-drawn icons. In fact, one of my websites uses a WordPress Theme named &apos;Doodles&apos; 🙃.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pen Drawing in German (Week 4) - Typografisches</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-4-typografisches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/pen-drawing-in-german-week-4-typografisches/</guid><description>This week was all about fonts and typographies. Small fonts, big fonts, some bold, others light.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skill Building Project #3: Pen Drawing in German (Week 1)</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-3-pen-drawing-in-german-week-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-3-pen-drawing-in-german-week-1/</guid><description>For this third skill building project, I wanted to do something manual (not so intellectual). This time I chose a skill where I don&apos;t have much previous experience.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 12) Salame di Cioccolato</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-12-salame-di-cioccolato/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-12-salame-di-cioccolato/</guid><description>I have to admit that in the beginning, I thought this was a very strange recipe. A sweet salame? Made of chocolate?</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 11) Risotto allo Zafferano</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-11-risotto-allo-zafferano/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-11-risotto-allo-zafferano/</guid><description>In Argentine, we know this dish as &quot;arroz con azafrán&quot;. It&apos;s not exactly the same, but I would say it&apos;s pretty close.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 10) Torta tenerina</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-10-torta-tenerina/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-10-torta-tenerina/</guid><description>To choose this recipe I didn&apos;t have to look further into its ingredients. I didn&apos;t even need to see a picture. It was love at first sight.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 9) Ragù di Soia</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-9-ragu-di-soia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-9-ragu-di-soia/</guid><description>I got to know about ragù just last year, in 2020. One of my favorite sources to learn Italian, were the comedy videos I found on YouTube (for example, Casa Surace ).</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 8) Sbrisolona</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-8-sbrisolona/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-8-sbrisolona/</guid><description>How did I pick the recipes for this project? First I searched online for the most popular (or representative?) Italian dishes. I started from there.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 7) Lasagne</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-7-lasagne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-7-lasagne/</guid><description>One thing I wasn&apos;t sure about before preparing this recipe was the pasta part. Would I have to make the lasagna sheets myself?</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 5) Sfogliatelle</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-5-sfogliatelle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-5-sfogliatelle/</guid><description>Have I already mention how much I like pastry and bakery? I love that stuff! Last year I tried doing my first cinnamon rolls at home.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 6) Gnocchi alla Sorrentina</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-6-gnocchi-alla-sorrentina/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-6-gnocchi-alla-sorrentina/</guid><description>Did you know that you don&apos;t need to put eggs in your gnocchi? It turns out that gnocchi is one of the easiest recipes to veganize.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 3) Pizza Napoletana</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-3-pizza-napoletana/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-3-pizza-napoletana/</guid><description>When I was a child we used to buy pizza at a place that made it with a wood-fired clay oven. The pizza was very thin in the middle and had wide borders.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 4) Cannoli Siciliani</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-4-cannoli-siciliani/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-4-cannoli-siciliani/</guid><description>I have to say I hadn&apos;t never heard of the cannoli siciliani before attempting this cooking project.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooking in Italian (Week 2) Spaghetti alla Carbonara</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-2-spaghetti-alla-carbonara/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/cooking-in-italian-week-2-spaghetti-alla-carbonara/</guid><description>There are many theories on the origin of the Carbonara . Some people claim that it was created many centuries ago, others say that&apos;s a recent invention.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 12) Playing Blindfold Chess</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-12-playing-blindfold-chess/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-12-playing-blindfold-chess/</guid><description>This was the last week of the chess skill building project. The initial idea for my last lesson with Andrea was to play a couple of blitz games and then analyze them…</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skill Building Project #2: Cooking in Italian (Week 1) Tiramisù</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-cooking-in-italian-week-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-cooking-in-italian-week-1/</guid><description>I started cooking my own meals in 2010. In October 2010, I took part in a plant-based cooking course for beginners. That&apos;s how I got started.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 11) Deep Dive in the French Defense</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-11-deep-dive-in-the-french-defense/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-11-deep-dive-in-the-french-defense/</guid><description>At the beginning of this skill building project, Andrea (my chess coach during these months) suggested I picked one opening to play with Black versus e4 and one against…</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 10) Humor in Chess</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-10-humor-in-chess/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-10-humor-in-chess/</guid><description>Perhaps the most important trait a player needs is a warped sense of humor. GM Tony Miles</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 9) The Art of Unlearning</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-9-the-art-of-unlearning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-9-the-art-of-unlearning/</guid><description>A good part of how to learn something is unlearning our old ways.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 8) Talking to Your Pieces</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-8-talking-to-your-pieces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-8-talking-to-your-pieces/</guid><description>How do we know what to play next in a chess game? How can we tell which ones are the good movements?</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 7) Emotional Thinking in Chess</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-7-emotional-thinking-in-chess/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-7-emotional-thinking-in-chess/</guid><description>I always knew that chess is not a purely intellectual game, even though it looks like that: patterns, positions, variants, technical skills, etc.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 5) Self-image &amp; Lichess Tactics</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-5-self-image-lichess-tactics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-5-self-image-lichess-tactics/</guid><description>One of the topics I find especially fascinating is how our self-identity influences our performance in different skills.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 6) Chess Psychology &amp; Dvoretsky Endings</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-6-chess-psychology-dvoretsky-endings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-6-chess-psychology-dvoretsky-endings/</guid><description>A couple weeks ago Andrea recommended me the book &apos;The Seven Deadly Chess Sins&apos; , by Jonathan Rowson. It&apos;s mostly about chess psychology.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 3) Puzzle Rush &amp; Endings</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-3-puzzle-rush-endings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-3-puzzle-rush-endings/</guid><description>During this week I started to focus more on a few endings. I noticed that I was getting good positions out of the opening and the middle game.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 4) Handling the Unexpected</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-4-handling-the-unexpected/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-4-handling-the-unexpected/</guid><description>This week was atypical. Due to an emergency, I had to take care of a family member and wasn&apos;t able to keep my one-hour sessions every day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess in Italian (Week 2) Chess Expertise &amp; Vocabulary</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-2-chess-expertise-vocabulary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/chess-in-italian-week-2-chess-expertise-vocabulary/</guid><description>It&apos;s been already two weeks since I started studying chess. During this period my rating on Lichess went up and down but stayed pretty much the same (around 2190).</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skill Building Project #1: Chess in Italian (Week 1)</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-chess-in-italian/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/skill-building-project-chess-in-italian/</guid><description>I started learning chess seriously around 20 years ago. During high school, I read a few chess books and went over hundreds and hundreds of games played by chess…</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Owning Your Own Learning</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/owning-your-own-learning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/owning-your-own-learning/</guid><description>I remember the first time I felt I owned my own learning. It was almost 10 years ago.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Goals &amp; Social Circles</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/goals-social-circles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/goals-social-circles/</guid><description>Your goals are deeply connected to your social circles. All of us get inspiration and motivation by the example set by our friends, family, and other important people in…</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attitude and Learning</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/attitude-and-learning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/attitude-and-learning/</guid><description>The state of our mind has a lot to do with the results we see in the world. It&apos;s not that our actions come from nowhere. They originate from our thoughts.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Long-term Skill Investments</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/long-term-skill-investments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/long-term-skill-investments/</guid><description>When we think about financial investments, long-term is usually better than short-term.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Active and Passive Idleness</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/active-and-passive-idlesness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/active-and-passive-idlesness/</guid><description>The pleasures of urban populations have become mainly passive: seeing cinemas, watching football matches, listening to the radio, and so on.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Online Learning Is Here to Stay</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/online-learning-is-here-to-stay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/online-learning-is-here-to-stay/</guid><description>In this post, I&apos;ll try to answer these questions and share my position in favor of this new way of learning.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Become a Genius</title><link>https://www.walterfreiberg.com/how-to-become-a-genius/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.walterfreiberg.com/how-to-become-a-genius/</guid><description>Imagine you had a superpower to learn and master anything you want: a language, a musical instrument or any other skill. What would you choose? Think for a moment.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>