by Rachael Roberts | May 12, 2020 | Burnout, Overwhelm, Saying no, Stress
For many people, working from home has gone from a temporary fix in an emergency to something longer term, and which may even become permanent, at least some of the time. The potential benefits are obvious. It’s cheaper for employers, and for employees there’s less...
by Rachael Roberts | May 5, 2020 | Habits, Personal Development, Self-sabotage
It seems that a lot of people I know are using lockdown to try and achieve something new, such as learning a language, getting fit(ter), or even writing a book. If you have more time, and you feel like doing something like this, then why not? (Equally, if you don’t...
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 | Mar 19, 2019 | Burnout, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, Wellbeing
‘Yes, that’s’ fine.’ But what if it isn’t? What if the minute you said those words, or even before you said them you started to feel resentful or overwhelmed, and knew you should be saying no? This happens to a lot of us. Maybe we were brought up to be nice and kind...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 27, 2019 | MIndfulness, Mindfulness practice, Overwhelm, Stress, WEll-being, Wellbeing
Life’s been pretty full on for me recently. I’ve got a lot on at work, one of my kids is doing GCSEs and under a lot of pressure, a close friend is going through an awful divorce. So, I’ve been thinking a great deal about how to avoid getting completely stressed and...
