by Rachael Roberts | Feb 11, 2020 | Emotions, Habits, Monkey Mind, Personal Development, Stress
What if I told you one simple trick to transform your life in ten minutes a day? Sounds like clickbait? Well, yes it actually does sound like clickbait, and it’s maybe not THAT simple- it does take a bit of practice- but there is plenty of evidence that meditating...
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 | Nov 12, 2019 | Emotions, MIndfulness, Negativity, Stress, stressed day
If you are prone to catastrophising the answer to that question is ‘everything’. What is catatrophising? Catastrophising is when your boss asks to have a word, and in your mind, you’re already fired and carrying your belongings away in a cardboard box. Or your...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 5, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, Meditation, Monkey Mind, Negativity, Stress, stressed day
Worrying is your brain’s way of reminding you that you have a problem and need to find a solution. So far, so good. However, very often, worrying becomes less about actually finding a solution to a real problem, and more something referred to as ‘ruminating’. The word...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 29, 2019 | Burnout, Emotions, Inner Troll, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Wellbeing
‘A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast’ Groucho Marx. Personally I just don’t ‘get’ the Marx Brothers, but I completely agree that laughter is powerful medicine. It may sound trite, but more and more research shows that laughing can protect you from the...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 22, 2019 | Emotions, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Every year I make a point of going to one of the biggest ELT conferences, IATEFL. I absolutely love it, but last year was the first year in several years that I didn’t come home and spend the following week (or two weeks) ill in bed. I did present, but, unlike the...
