by Rachael Roberts | Sep 24, 2019 | Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Wellbeing
This week I asked a lot of teachers, coaches and educational professionals, ‘What stresses you out about your job, and how do you deal with it?’ Some of the recurring themes were: working too many hours or having too many students. being unfairly criticised by parents...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 17, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, Relationships, Stress, stressed day
It is completely obvious that when loading the dishwasher the cutlery basket needs to be at the front, so that you can pop stuff in easily later on, without having to pull out the whole drawer. My husband, however, disagrees. When he stacks the dishwasher, I very...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 10, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, Self-sabotage, stressed day
If you often feel stressed, anxious or resentful it’s probably a sign that you care too much about other people’s judgements of you. Because you care, you find yourself keeping quiet about your true feelings, doing things you really don’t want to do and imagining that...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 3, 2019 | Emotions, Meditation, MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, stressed day
A couple of years ago I wrote a short book aimed at novice teachers taking the four week course to learn the basics of teaching English, CELTA. Based on many years experience as a tutor on this course, it aimed to help with the key classroom teaching skills needed,...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 25, 2019 | Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
Find out if you’re addicted to being busy. How many of these statements are true for you? (be honest) 1 I tend to believe that I’m the only one who can get things done, or do them the right way. 2 While trying to get something done, I am often distracted...
by Rachael Roberts | Apr 10, 2019 | Burnout, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, WEll-being
I was brought up by a single parent mother who raised me to believe I could ‘have it all’, but what I didn’t really understand for many years was that I couldn’t have it all at the same time. The four burners theory I recently came across the ‘four burners theory’...
