by Rachel Anderson | Sep 18, 2017 | Acceptance, Blog, Change
I was awoken by the wave, which dredged me up from the depths of my dreams and cast me gasping and thrashing on the shore of consciousness. Like a fever, the heat pulsed through my body as I threw off the covers, pleading with the remnants of sleep. Despite the... 
by Rachel Anderson | Jan 23, 2017 | Change, Coaching, Fear
Funny what we forget. I’ve been trawling through my old blog posts and articles recently as I’m in the process of rebranding and refocussing the work I do in Tea & Empathy. The blog’s been going nearly 3 years now, and with only a handful of exceptions (most due... 
by Rachel Anderson | Jan 17, 2017 | Acceptance, Change, Happiness
Do you get frustrated that you haven’t achieved what you wanted to achieve, that your fitness isn’t what it should be, that your boss or partner doesn’t treat you right, that you’ve made some bad choices in the past – in short, that you,... 
by Rachel Anderson | Jan 2, 2017 | Change, Happiness
There’s so much hype and pressure surrounding the start of a New Year. These last few days I’ve been bombarded with messages about what I should be doing to make 2017 my ‘best ever year in business’, or to ‘finally achieve my ideal... 
by Rachel Anderson | Dec 14, 2016 | Change
I have a very dear friend and colleague with whom I speak every week. She is one of the rocks in my personal support system and I hugely value our reflection and sharing time together. It’s incredible how often there are parallels in our experiences even though we are... 
by Rachel Anderson | Nov 21, 2016 | Change
I made my daughters proud last week, which in turn makes me feel proud! Their school has been forced into special measures and is being very quickly taken over by a Multi Academy Trust. This has made me very angry, because whatever the Ofsted report may say, it is a... 