by Rachael Roberts | Aug 6, 2024 | Burnout, Business, ELT business, Freelance
When people go freelance they often worry about not getting enough work, clients or students. But the problem I see far more often isn’t difficulty getting freelance clients, but being completely overloaded and under-charging for your time. Instead, you really want to...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 20, 2024 | Burnout, ELT business, Money mindset
When I started working with language teaching professionals as a coach, my focus was on stress management and burnout. But after a while I realised that it wasn’t possible to manage stress and burnout without solving the major problems that were causing it. Most...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 31, 2023 | Anxiety, Burnout, Overwhelm, Stress
You might think that you have plenty of time off work (or you might not, but that’s another subject!), but do you truly switch off from your business in that time?Technology makes it harder and harder for us to ever truly be ‘off’ as it’s so tempting to just respond...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 17, 2023 | Burnout, ELT business, Productivity
When you’re running a business it can feel like you’re juggling a million things, and that’s before you even start to think about the bigger picture and planning ahead. It seems logical that you should prioritise those tasks which feel most urgent. And, don’t get me...
by Rachael Roberts | May 3, 2022 | Burnout, Inner Troll, Overwhelm, Productivity, Stress
Whenever I talk about stress and overwhelm, I usually mention two main groups of causes:.Firstly, physical, practical causes, like not eating well, not getting enough sleep and so on.Secondly, issues around people pleasing, perfectionism, setting healthy...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 4, 2022 | Anxiety, Burnout, Habits, Overwhelm, stressed day
For many people being busy is a way of life, and a badge of honour.‘If you want something doing ask a busy person.’ We tell ourselves, and other people, that we thrive on being busy, and are even addicted to the buzz of it. We all know that this may actually not be...
