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 | Apr 7, 2020 | Emotions, Negativity, Overwhelm, Personal Development, Stress, Wellbeing
I recently saw a heartfelt post from a fellow educator which began like this: ‘’I’ve had a tough 2 weeks and I’ve tried to stay positive. Staying positive is exhausting, though. At the best of times. Now it’s completely draining. I spend all my energy telling myself...
by Rachael Roberts | Mar 17, 2020 | Emotions, Meditation, Negativity, Overwhelm, Stress, Wellbeing
Fear is a natural and necessary reaction to threat. In these difficult times if you’re feeling fearful, that’s simply your body’s way of telling you to watch out. However, as the coronavirus crisis mounts, you may be finding it difficult not to become overwhelmed with...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 18, 2020 | Habits, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Wellbeing
This isn’t just second conditional practice, but a genuine question- what would you do if you had more time? For many of us, time is always in short supply, or at least time to do things we really want to. So, what would you do? Travel more, read more, learn a...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 5, 2020 | Burnout, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, Wellbeing
My 14 year old daughter has just spent a week doing work experience in her old Primary school. And she loved it. She came back saying that she had never seriously considered teaching as a profession before, but that now it was something she would give serious thought....
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 29, 2019 | Burnout, Emotions, Inner Troll, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Wellbeing
‘A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast’ Groucho Marx. Personally I just don’t ‘get’ the Marx Brothers, but I completely agree that laughter is powerful medicine. It may sound trite, but more and more research shows that laughing can protect you from the...
