by Rachael Roberts | Jan 21, 2020 | Habits, MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development
Have you ever played the game, ‘Fortunately, unfortunately’? You take it in turn to tell a story, prefacing each twist and turn with either ‘fortunately,’ or ‘unfortunately’. I made a trip to London not long ago which felt just like that: Unfortunately there were...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 14, 2020 | Habits, Mindfulness practice, Personal Development
Why don’t I have more willpower? Statistics show that less than 25% of people are still committed to their New Year Resolutions after 30 days. If you have abandoned yours already, you are definitely not alone. Is willpower overrated? You may be bemoaning your lack of...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 7, 2020 | Habits, Personal Development
The internet seems to be full of posts about what we have all achieved in the last decade. I’ve achieved a few things I’m proud of, but I think it’s more valuable to focus on my key lessons from the last decade- and often I’ve learnt the most when things have not gone...
by Rachael Roberts | Dec 17, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Personal Development, Stress
The spiritual leader Ram Dass once said, ‘If you think you’re enlightened, spend a week with your family.’ Most of us immediately know what he means. For many of us this is a time of year for family, and the TV is full of adverts showing happy families gathered round...
by Rachael Roberts | Dec 10, 2019 | MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, stressed day
Every day tens of thousands of thoughts flit through your brain. Most of them are thoughts you’ve had many times before. And a certain percentage are complete bull. I heard someone in the hospital car park the other day saying, ‘These machines never work for me.’ No,...
