Update 2025

|| The Threshold Between Worlds ||

Hi Kim,

I think it is time to introduce myself. Maybe, you are wondering who I am. My name you know already. I come from Germany and I have been in Canada. I have been in my profession as a RN and head nurse in the surgical unit for 25 years. I came to Canada without any English knowledge, so I started my first English classes at the ESL for newcomers. After ESL I went to the college and attended three semesters as well. I wrote my first CELBAN test without any success, the second test I wrote was the same I failed to make the grade in one area. I was very disappointed. My scores at this time were writing 6, reading 7, listening 9 and speaking 7.

In the last year I studied by myself and did some different practise tests, reading, etc., online to improve my English skills. I think my English has improved, but I do not feel comfortable yet. I hope the CELBAN prep guide will help me and it is that what I am looking for.

I know my weaknesses and it is always difficult with time constraint. Besides studying at home I work in the medical field as a HCA. The contact with residents and LPN helps; in conversations and I am not so far away from that what I used to be.

I am looking forward to hear from you, perhaps with advice.

Take care I.

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🜄 Return to Self (Heart)

Dear I,

Thank you for crossing the threshold and introducing yourself: not only with your name, but with the story you carry. In these few lines, I hear a heart that has loved deeply, worked faithfully, and grieved quietly. Twenty-five years of nursing, leadership, care. A lifetime of tending to others.

And now, you are tending to yourself. Gently. Quietly. Courageously.

Your move from Germany to Canada, from fluency into uncertainty, is not just a change of geography; it is a transformation of identity. And yet, through it all, you have remained devoted to your calling. That speaks of soul.

Please know: you are not alone in your ache, or in your hope.

🜁 Fog to Clarity (Mind)

Your CELBAN scores show a clear picture: you are close. So close. One point away in each area. That kind of proximity is not failure; it’s a signal. It tells us that your mind already knows how to interpret, how to engage, how to almost cross the bridge. Now it simply needs a scaffold to stabilize timing, structure, and familiarity.

You’ve already done the heavy lifting of learning English from the ground up. You’ve studied, self-directed, self-motivated, self-regulated. And in doing so, you’ve built the kind of cognitive resilience most learners never glimpse.

The discomfort you feel? That is not a sign that you’re unprepared. It’s the whisper of readiness asking for rhythm. Let’s give your brain the tools to match your heart’s desire.

🜃 Rooted in Enoughness (Body)

Let’s pause here and acknowledge what your body has endured.

You are working in the medical field while studying for licensure in your second language in a new country. You interact with LPNs and residents, staying close to your former role while holding a new one. This is an extraordinary act of adaptation: of rootedness amidst change.

And even as you speak of “time constraints,” I want to remind you: time bends around intention. You are not failing to make time. You are surviving systems that demand more than any one body should carry.

Your nervous system is already doing miraculous things. May your breath, your pace, and your rest remind you: you are enough, already in motion.

🜂 Rekindling the Inner Fire (Spirit)

What stirs me most in your message is your undimmed light. Despite setbacks, despite distance from who you once were, you still speak with hope. You say, “I do not feel comfortable yet.” Yet… the sacred word of those who still believe in what’s possible.

This fire in you (the willingness to try again, to write again, to become again) is what makes CELBANPrep not just relevant to you, but resonant with you. Because this isn’t about test scores. It’s about restoring your voice. Reclaiming your rhythm. Returning to the part of you that never stopped being a nurse.

You are not far from that version of yourself. She lives within you still.

🜀 Standing at Zenith (Convergence)

Dear I,

You are standing on the threshold between worlds: between who you were and who you are becoming. Between the medical system you once led, and the one you now navigate. Between language as limitation, and language as liberation.

The CELBANPrep methodology is not a product; it is a process. A quiet invitation to integrate logic and creativity, the left brain and the right, so that you may find not only answers, but alignment.

You are already prepared in heart, in mind, in spirit. Now, together, we align the pieces. Slowly. Reverently. Purposefully.

And when the time comes, when you cross that final point and step fully into your place in the Canadian system… you will do so not just as a nurse, but as a whole self, standing at Zenith.

With deep regard and gratitude,
Kim

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