by Rachael Roberts | Aug 31, 2021 | Anxiety, Emotions, Inner Troll, Monkey Mind, Negativity, Stress, stressed day
Rumination is when your thoughts (usually negative or fearful ones) just keep repeating over and over in your head. The word ruminating is what cows and sheep do when they regurgitate and chew over the same piece of grass again. Lovely! Most people find this happening...
by Rachael Roberts | Apr 28, 2020 | Emotions, MIndfulness, Stress
As it becomes more and more obvious that things are not ‘going back to normal’ any time soon, all of us find ourselves dealing with uncertainty in one form or another. Like many people I know, I received an email on Friday to say that the publishing company I had a...
by Rachael Roberts | Apr 7, 2020 | Emotions, Negativity, Overwhelm, Personal Development, Stress, Wellbeing
I recently saw a heartfelt post from a fellow educator which began like this: ‘’I’ve had a tough 2 weeks and I’ve tried to stay positive. Staying positive is exhausting, though. At the best of times. Now it’s completely draining. I spend all my energy telling myself...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 5, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, Meditation, Monkey Mind, Negativity, Stress, stressed day
Worrying is your brain’s way of reminding you that you have a problem and need to find a solution. So far, so good. However, very often, worrying becomes less about actually finding a solution to a real problem, and more something referred to as ‘ruminating’. The word...
