by Rachael Roberts | Sep 22, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Negativity, Personal Development, Relationships, stressed day
Human beings are hard-wired to worry and care about what other people think of them. No matter how much we tell ourselves to stop taking things so personally, it can be difficult, especially if our upbringing and life experiences have taught us to fear (or even...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 8, 2020 | Emotions, Happiness, Negativity, Personal Development
Negative emotions don’t feel good. That’s kind of the point, because we have negative emotions to tell us that something is wrong, and to alert us to our need to protect ourselves, grieve, or change our situation in some way. But they feel bad, and so there’s often a...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 1, 2020 | Emotions, Happiness, Negativity, Personal Development, Saying no
I hate the term self-improvement. Even the term personal development is slightly dodgy, though I use it for want of anything better. Why do I resist these terms? Because you don’t ever need to improve yourself. You are just fine. Any problems you are encountering are...
by Rachael Roberts | Aug 25, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, stressed day
A few years ago a funny thing happened… I say funny, but at the time I didn’t see the funny side. I had invited my Dad and my step mum up to Leamington (from Hampshire) to go and see A Christmas Carol at the RSC in Stratford. We had just settled into our seats when...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 30, 2020 | Emotions, Habits, Inner Troll, Negativity, Overwhelm, procrastination
Are you prone to procrastination, or putting things off until the last minute (or not doing them at all?). If this is a common pattern for you, you have probably considered the underlying reasons why you keep doing this, despite the obvious negative impacts on your...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Inner Troll
Last week I asked the question, ‘What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’ on social media. It got a really big response as many of my friends and colleagues started thinking about things they would really love to do, but for whatever reason, hadn’t or...
