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How to use your holiday to wake up.

by Rachael Roberts | Jul 30, 2019 | MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Uncategorized

Holidays are about switching off from your daily life and resting and recuperating. However, they can also be an opportunity to switch on and wake up to the present moment. Automatic pilot Most of us spend much of our lives on automatic pilot. Have you ever had the...

Is patience a virtue?

by Rachael Roberts | Jul 16, 2019 | Breathing, Emotions, Meditation, Mindfulness practice, Wellbeing

It sounds a bit old fashioned in this super fast-moving world, where everything is seemingly available at the click of a mouse, to say that patience is a virtue. Is there really something to be said for waiting patiently- isn’t that a bit too passive? Shouldn’t...

Can you trust your gut instincts?

by Rachael Roberts | Jul 9, 2019 | Emotions, Meditation, Mindfulness practice, Personal Development

Whenever there is a disaster reported, there are always people telling the story of how they somehow ‘knew’ not to get on that plane, or go to that place. They followed their ‘gut instincts’ which kept them safe. What science has to say about gut...

Why does mindfulness seem so hard?

by Rachael Roberts | Jun 11, 2019 | MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Monkey Mind, Negativity, Overwhelm

You know all about the benefits of mindfulness, and it seems like a good idea, but you either can’t get started, or you don’t keep it up. Why? I don’t have time This is a common one. We all have busy lives, but just 5 minutes a day of focused practice can...

Imposter Syndrome, or feeling like a fraud.

by Rachael Roberts | Mar 26, 2019 | MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Personal Development

Imposter syndrome is a pervasive and often crippling belief that, despite appearing competent or even successful, you are actually a fraud, who is likely to be unmasked at any time to devastating effect. I recently shared a link to a TED talk about imposter syndrome...

How mindfulness helps us deal with negative emotions

by Rachael Roberts | Mar 7, 2019 | MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Negativity, Stress, WEll-being

I recently came across a great post on Facebook, which referred to a ‘Mindfulness 101’ poster created by Kate Alan, in which a cute little bunny talks us through how to use mindfulness to deal with emotions. I’ll give you the link at the end. I loved it because it was...