by Rachael Roberts | Nov 10, 2020 | Anxiety, Burnout, Habits, Overwhelm, stressed day
‘Flow’, as defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, is that state when we are completely focused on what we are doing. Time seems to either slow down or speed up (both in a good way), and what we are doing feels both effortless and rewarding. The more I work...
by Rachael Roberts | Mar 30, 2020 | Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
Because I specialise in working with teachers and other educational professionals, the majority of my clients and contacts are far from twiddling their thumbs at the moment. For the writers and editors work is mainly carrying on as usual, for now at least. (Though I...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 5, 2020 | Burnout, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, Wellbeing
My 14 year old daughter has just spent a week doing work experience in her old Primary school. And she loved it. She came back saying that she had never seriously considered teaching as a profession before, but that now it was something she would give serious thought....
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 19, 2019 | Burnout, Business, ELT business, Freelance, Overwhelm, Relationships, Saying no
Many of my clients went freelance so they could have more control over their workload and working hours….. And yet they so often end up feeling overloaded and overwhelmed. If that sounds like you, it could be because you’ve taken on too much work. When you’re...
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...
