by Rachael Roberts | Oct 27, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
For those of you too young to remember the 70s, Weebles were egg shaped people, with a weight in the bottom. You could push them right over, and they would wobble about and then regain their upright position. The catchy little song went, ‘Weebles wobble but they...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 13, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Happiness, MIndfulness, Personal Development, Saying no, Stress
If there’s one word that should come with a big flashing neon light around it, it’s ‘should’. The German psychoanalyst Karen Horney perceptively talked about “the tyranny of the should.” What does it mean if we say that we should do something? It...
by Rachael Roberts | Aug 25, 2020 | Anxiety, Emotions, Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, stressed day
A few years ago a funny thing happened… I say funny, but at the time I didn’t see the funny side. I had invited my Dad and my step mum up to Leamington (from Hampshire) to go and see A Christmas Carol at the RSC in Stratford. We had just settled into our seats when...
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 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 | 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...
