Updated 2025

|| 🕊️ A Letter That Carried Me Back to Myself ||

Dear Kim,

How are you? I just want to say thank you for your updates in regards to Celban. I am overwhelmed that you choose me to be an example on your page. 

I would like to tell you something who I am… I am currently residing in Canada for 4 months now. I had been working in Saudi Arabia as a Staff Nurse since 2011 up to 2017. I came to Canada in order to find a greener pasture and to pursue my career if God’s permit.

I am currently working as a caregiver. I believed that this is just a stepping stone to come to Canada.

I had taken my IELTS twice under General Training but I never met the required score of 7. I’d never attempted to do the Academic IELTS too.I am lacking of self confidence in my English. The reason why is because I have difficulty in hearing… English is my second language.

Do you recommend something to do in order to solve my problem? Thank you so much for your kind help.

May God bless you.

Warm Wishes,

S

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🜄 Return to Self (Heart)

Dear S,
I chose you as an example on my page because you carry a kind of quiet courage that deserves to be seen. Even in your questions, your heart shines… through the vulnerability you share, through the trust you offer.

It means so much to hear from you so soon after your arrival in Canada. I can feel how much you’ve already given of yourself, and how deeply this move matters to you. It takes a strong heart to begin again. And yours is luminous.

🜁 Fog to Clarity

Your journey through IELTS, and your concern about your English, are deeply valid. Listening (especially in a new language and in a new culture) is more than a test skill. It’s a whole nervous system experience.

Let me assure you: you are not alone in this. Many others have struggled where you are now standing. What matters is not perfection, but practice… and trusting that clarity grows slowly, gently, over time.

You are already doing the work by asking the right questions, seeking support, and staying curious. That’s the mindset that creates transformation.

🜃 Rooted in Enoughness

Be gentle with your body. You are adapting to a new climate, new sounds, new structures of daily life: while also holding the labor of caregiving. That is a lot.

And yet, here you are… still learning, still reaching, still writing. You are enough as you are, even as you grow.

You mentioned your hearing. That awareness is already wisdom. From that place, strategies can be adapted. This is why CELBANPrep was created: not to force one method on all learners, but to meet you where you are.

🜂 Rekindling the Inner Fire

It’s clear your spirit is determined. Even in the face of loss, uncertainty, and limitation, you’ve chosen to believe that your caregiving job is a stepping stone.. and that faith is a fire.

That fire is your gift. It lights the path forward not just for you, but for others who will one day read your words and recognize themselves in your story.

Trust that you are guided. Trust that your path is not blocked; it is simply unfolding.

🜀 Standing at Zenith

You asked what to do to solve your problem. The truth is: you are not a problem to be solved. You are a person to be supported.

With time, practice, and the right resources (like CELBANPrep), now available through books and videos internationally; you will find not only improvement in your skills, but a return to the confidence that was always yours.

You are already becoming the nurse you were meant to be: right now, with every brave breath you take.

With reverence and faith,
Kim

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✉️ Message from S

Dear Kim,
Once again, I just want to say thank you for the encouragement on my upcoming exam. Listening is one of most difficult exam which I need to pass.
I came from Saudi Arabia with strict rules. I didn’t have any freedom because everything were strict. Living in Canada is tough and moving to Canada is a challenge for me to upgrade my profession. All professionals who came to Canada need to go back to blue collar jobs.
I am currently working as a live in caregiver in Calgary, Alberta. I have been here for 4 months now. I have been borrowing books in the library but I couldn’t find any Celban books.
Thank you that I found your page on the Internet. I hope that this will work. I will strive hard to pass the exam. I believed that Celban is easier than IELTS. That’s what I heard from other people. Full of determination and hope will aid me on my exam. I just trust God who allows me to come to Canada.
May God bless you on your future endeavors!
It’s Me,
S

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💌 Response from Kim

🜄 Return to Self (Heart)

Dearest S,
Every time I hear your voice through your writing, I feel the ache and the hope together. You’ve left behind a world of restrictions… and entered a world of responsibilities that ask so much of you. Your honesty is a mirror for so many who have made similar sacrifices.

Your heart is deeply present in all you do. Let that be enough, even on days when doubt speaks louder than faith.

🜁 Fog to Clarity (Mind)

You are navigating a great deal: new rules, a new job, unfamiliar systems… and still your mind stays open, receptive, searching for the right path.

You did not find CELBANPrep by accident. You were led here. What you’re learning now isn’t just academic: it’s resilience, pattern recognition, and linguistic self-trust.

Let that mindset guide you toward clarity. This is more than test preparation. It’s mind-reclamation.

🜃 Rooted in Enoughness (Body)

Working as a live-in caregiver while preparing for a professional exam is no small feat. That is physical, emotional, and cognitive labor layered on top of one another. Please give your body the grace it needs.

Your commitment to going to the library, seeking books (even when there were none) shows just how serious you are. Now, with CELBANPrep textbooks and online learning becoming more accessible, your body can study at your pace, from wherever you are.

🜂 Rekindling the Inner Fire (Spirit)

Your words carry faith like a steady flame. “Full of determination and hope will aid me on my exam.” Yes. That is the fire.

You trust that you are here for a reason, and I trust that too. You are not just passing through this country; you are planting something. And what you are planting will bloom.

That inner fire is your compass. Keep it lit with rest, reflection, and gentle encouragement.

🜀 Standing at Zenith (Wholeness)

You are part of a lineage of internationally educated professionals who have faced this transition: with trembling hands and steady hearts.

And while it may seem like others are teaching the CELBAN now, or preparing resources, what I have always held sacred in CELBANPrep is not just the what, but the how. With dignity. With integrity. With soul.

That same essence now guides me forward… not only with nurses but with seekers across all professions. Because what we are really doing is offering sanctuary.

You have not just found a method. You have found a mirror. And I will continue to be here: not as a brand, not as competition, but as companion.

May the path ahead rise to meet you.

In reverence,
Kim

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