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...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 22, 2019 | Emotions, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Every year I make a point of going to one of the biggest ELT conferences, IATEFL. I absolutely love it, but last year was the first year in several years that I didn’t come home and spend the following week (or two weeks) ill in bed. I did present, but, unlike the...
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 | 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...
by Rachael Roberts | Jul 1, 2019 | MIndfulness, Negativity, Personal Development, Wellbeing
If I could only tell you one thing to help you on your path to being more aware, living a happier, more balanced life, and even having a more successful business, it’s this: going backwards is absolutely part of the process. I’m so familiar with this pattern now...
by Rachael Roberts | May 14, 2019 | Meditation, Overwhelm, Stress, Wellbeing
‘I feel like I’m about to explode inside.’ This is how my son told me he felt in the run up to GCSEs. What he was describing was a massive build up of cortisol. Cortisol is known as a stress hormone. It floods the body when it detects that you may need some help to...
