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,...
by Rachael Roberts | Dec 3, 2019 | MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Personal Development, Wellbeing
It’s a time of year when many of us break the budget and spend too much money. If you’ve planned for this, a bit of indulgence won’t hurt, but if you ever have a sick feeling in your stomach about how much you’ve spent, read on. It is estimated that 40-80% of...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 26, 2019 | MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, Stress
According to Dr Steve Peters, in The Chimp Paradox, as well as the Chimp and the Human, the brain has a third ‘part’: the Computer- which is actually many different parts of the brain. Both the Chimp and the Human can ‘programme’ the Computer, and most of us are...
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 | 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...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 15, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, Meditation, MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Personal Development
You know how sometimes it feels that your mind is full of contradictory thoughts? (Not just me I hope). Part of you wants to go to the gym, and part wants to stay in bed. Part of you is furious with your partner, and part of you recognises that they’re just having a...
