by Rachael Roberts | Jul 7, 2020 | Anxiety, Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Monkey Mind, Personal Development
You are not your thoughts. This is such a simple sentence, but believe me when I tell you that it’s pretty much the key to everything. How can your thoughts not be you? They appear in your head, and it sounds like your voice. Stop and listen to that voice for a...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Inner Troll
Last week I asked the question, ‘What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’ on social media. It got a really big response as many of my friends and colleagues started thinking about things they would really love to do, but for whatever reason, hadn’t or...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 9, 2020 | Inner Troll, Personal Development, stressed day, Uncategorized
It might seem that always being right is something to aim for, but in fact it’s both paralysing and dangerous. Paralysing because the need to always be right means that we can’t ever risk getting anything wrong. Dangerous because it means that we are likely to ignore...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 2, 2020 | Burnout, Emotions, Meditation, MIndfulness, Monkey Mind, Overwhelm, Stress
‘‘Even when I’m watching TV, I’m thinking about what I’m going to do next, or running through a list of things that need doing. I’m not even sure that my mind stops doing when I’m asleep!’’ Does this description by a client sound at all like you? Do you feel almost...
by Rachael Roberts | May 26, 2020 | Emotions, Overwhelm, Stress
Decision making isn’t easy at the best of times, and this isn’t the best of times. In this respect, when most of us were under strict or fairly strict lockdown, life was a bit simpler. We pretty much knew what we could and couldn’t do, and there weren’t many important...