by Rachael Roberts | Jan 12, 2021 | Emotions, Habits, Negativity, Personal Development
The New Year is a time when most of us start thinking about habits we’d like to change. Maybe you’d like to drink more water, get up more often from your desk, eat more healthily and so on? These kinds of things are important, but something which is often overlooked...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 17, 2020 | Emotions, Inner Troll, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Relationships
In my work with a client this week I was reminded of a story about the Buddha. In this story, the Buddha is visiting a village and speaking to the people. One young man takes exception to what he is saying, or maybe just to him being there, and starts insulting him....
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Happiness, Negativity, Personal Development
If you look up failure in the dictionary, it’s defined as ‘the fact of someone or something not succeeding’. When you think about it, what does that even mean? How do we define success? Is it about what other people say about what happened? How we feel about it?...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 20, 2020 | Anxiety, Burnout, Inner Troll, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Overwhelm, Personal Development
The ability to see at any one time what hundreds or even thousands of our friends and colleagues are up to on social media is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, how amazing is it that we can all be connected in this way? Imagine navigating lockdown without being able...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Negativity, Overwhelm, stressed day
As it becomes more and more obvious that things are not ‘going back to normal’ any time soon, all of us find ourselves facing an uncertain future. Perhaps the first thing is to recognise that none of us ever have the kind of certainty or control over our lives that we...
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...