by Rachael Roberts | Mar 16, 2021 | Business, Career, Happiness, Personal Development
Some people teach that developing self confidence is about learning to pretend to be self confident until eventually you are. ‘Fake it ‘til you make it’. While I think there can be a benefit in acting ‘as if’- in other words choosing to do things before you feel...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 23, 2021 | Burnout, Business, Negativity, Overwhelm, Stress
People sometimes confuse being aggressive with being assertive, and worry that in speaking up about things that make them unhappy, saying no, or asking for what they want or need, they will stop being likeable. In fact, the two things are very different. Assertiveness...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 5, 2021 | Business, Career, Habits, Overwhelm, Stress
I think most of us are glad to see the back of 2020, but before I shake the dust from my feet (and there was a lot of dust), I wanted to share my annual review for 2020. Ever since I started working with a business coach, I’ve been carrying out monthly, 90 day, annual...
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...
