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 | 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,...
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...
