by Rachel Anderson | Apr 19, 2016 | Change
I’ve just come through one of the most emotionally challenging periods I’ve experienced in a long time. Quite frankly I felt like I was coming apart at the seams and all my usual resilience strategies seemed powerless in the face of this overwhelming tidal wave of...
by Rachel Anderson | Mar 21, 2016 | Change
At a recent business event I found myself sat next to a cheerful, friendly young woman – we were asked by the speaker at the event to share why we do what we do with the person next to us, so we had few minutes to chat. I won’t share her story, as it’s not...
by Rachel Anderson | Feb 22, 2016 | Change
After a couple of physically and emotionally stressful weeks, following the death of my father-in-law, it was not a surprise that virtually the whole family, including me, has been ill during half term. Nothing serious, just heavy colds, coughs and running a...
by Rachel Anderson | Feb 11, 2016 | Business news, Change
My last blog post was entitled ‘Stop the World!’ as I was feeling some overwhelm with all the things I was busy trying to do. I got my wish, but not in a good way; only 3 days after publishing that post my Father-in-Law died following some unexpected post-operative...
by Rachel Anderson | Jan 26, 2016 | Change
Ever get that feeling? Where you wish everything and everybody would just go away and leave you alone for a while? Or maybe that’s just me and how I’m feeling at the moment! I’ve got lots of really interesting, exciting, stimulating projects I want to get on with...
by Rachel Anderson | Jan 11, 2016 | Change
I’m generally a very optimistic person, and quite adept at positively ‘reframing’ challenging situations in order to see what may be good, or hopeful in them. But I’d also like to think that I’m practical, pragmatic and realistic too –...
