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 | Dec 15, 2020 | Anxiety, Habits, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
Have you been finding it hard to focus on work, or that it’s more difficult than usual to think clearly? If so, you are not alone. This has been a difficult and stressful year, and this can be one of the impacts of stress on the brain. In small and irregular amounts...
by Rachael Roberts | Dec 1, 2020 | Habits, Inner Troll, MIndfulness
We’ve probably all been there. You start a great new habit of running every day, or meditating regularly, or eating more healthily, and you’re so pleased about the change, but then you start back-sliding. Maybe this sneaky little Troll voice starts to point out that...
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 | Aug 11, 2020 | Habits, Happiness, Negativity, Personal Development, Wellbeing
‘Once I get this new job, earn more money, find a partner, lose a stone, move house…I’ll be so much happier.’ And you are, for a while at least. But somehow the extra happiness doesn’t last, and we start looking for the next thing that will bring us happiness. That’s...
by Rachael Roberts | May 5, 2020 | Habits, Personal Development, Self-sabotage
It seems that a lot of people I know are using lockdown to try and achieve something new, such as learning a language, getting fit(ter), or even writing a book. If you have more time, and you feel like doing something like this, then why not? (Equally, if you don’t...