by Rachel Anderson | Nov 14, 2016 | Change
This is a guest post from Gayle Johnson – a freelance writer who works with businesses and causes that create positive change around personal wellbeing and community. www.redtreewriting.com When I ditched employment and set up my writing business a year ago, it...
by Rachel Anderson | Oct 31, 2016 | Change
We’re just back from a lovely family holiday – just the 5 of us away for a week in Tuscany, staying in Florence, and also visiting Siena, Pisa and Lucca. We all took lots of pictures. When we ‘pooled’ them to show to friends and relatives back...
by Rachel Anderson | Oct 10, 2016 | Change
Change is hard. Often really really hard. We may start out with huge levels of determination and enthusiasm, but after a while the resistance we encounter, both internally and externally, can just feel too much and we return to ‘normal’. For change to...
by Rachel Anderson | Oct 4, 2016 | Change
Please don’t be hurt that once again I turned down your warm invitation; I know it’s hard for you to understand. I love you dearly, but we’re very different, you and I. I know at times I can be the life and soul of the party, bright, vivacious and...
by Rachel Anderson | Sep 6, 2016 | Change
I’m definitely a big picture person – I too easily get lost and frustrated in the detail, whilst I’m inspired and engaged with the vision. I’m also an optimist, which is very helpful much of the time, but can also mean that I often bite off...
by Rachel Anderson | Aug 2, 2016 | Change
As an introvert, there are times when I just feel over-stimulated, and I need to find some peace, quiet, stillness, calm. If I can’t, I start to feel exhausted and fractured. I can’t think straight or concentrate. Sometimes I manage to self-soothe a little...