by Rachael Roberts | Oct 8, 2019 | Emotions, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
What causes burnout? For many people the causes seem clear: no work-life balance, too many things to do, a boss that puts too much pressure on, unhelpful or even bullying colleagues, responsibility without sufficient power to actually influence outcomes. All of these...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 1, 2019 | Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
If you can’t find things on your desk, or you constantly forget to do things, or you can’t keep on top of your email inbox you are getting in your own way. Of course there’s a reality to being really busy and overloaded, but if we are often or...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 24, 2019 | Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Wellbeing
This week I asked a lot of teachers, coaches and educational professionals, ‘What stresses you out about your job, and how do you deal with it?’ Some of the recurring themes were: working too many hours or having too many students. being unfairly criticised by parents...
by Rachael Roberts | Apr 10, 2019 | Burnout, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, WEll-being
I was brought up by a single parent mother who raised me to believe I could ‘have it all’, but what I didn’t really understand for many years was that I couldn’t have it all at the same time. The four burners theory I recently came across the ‘four burners theory’...
