by Rachael Roberts | Mar 23, 2023 | Business, Confidence, Inner Troll, marketing, Mindset, Social media marketing
People talk about ‘shameless self-promotion’, which gives the idea that we should be ashamed to promote ourselves and what we do. But if you are your business- which you are if you offer a personalized service, such as teaching or coaching- then surely you need to be...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 24, 2023 | Confidence, Inner Troll, Mindset
Are you an expert? Now, if I know my audience, I’m willing to bet a significant proportion of you felt uncomfortable about saying yes…But here’s the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary definition of an expert: ‘a person with special...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 26, 2022 | Confidence, ELT business, Mindset
The whole idea of ‘money blocks’ might strike you as a bit too ‘woo’? Isn’t it just a convenient excuse to say that what’s stopping us from making more money is our subconscious beliefs? Fairly obviously, I’d say, our beliefs...
by Rachael Roberts | Aug 16, 2022 | ELT business, Freelance, Mindset, motivation, Productivity
Building a business is rarely about creating an overnight success. And, even when it is, we still then need to sustain that success day in and day out. So, it’s perhaps not surprising that our enthusiasm to work on our business can falter from time to time, and...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 1, 2020 | Confidence, ELT business, Mindset, Saying no
Helping people with mindset is a big part of what I do as a business coach for ELT Freelancers. I know that more often than not, what is holding us back is not so much lack of practical business knowledge (important though that is), but confidence, fear of failure (or...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 26, 2019 | Habits, Mindset, Personal Development, Stress
Have you ever felt that different parts of your brain or personality were warring against each other? Part of you really wants to make a change to your business, and another part keeps avoiding or even sabotaging that? Maybe you really want to start offering a...
