by Rachel Anderson | Sep 12, 2017 | Acceptance, Blog, Fear
She was furious. He’d let her down again and made her look a fool. He’d not even had the decency to drop her a text or email to let her know. So she dashed off an email, telling him in no uncertain terms what she thought of him. That’ll show him. He...
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 | Oct 24, 2016 | Fear
I wrote about being really angry when things went wrong for me in this blog last week. Having got over it now, and being able to re-channel my anger into something more productive, on reflection it’s very clear to me now that it was myself I was angry with. All...
by Rachel Anderson | Sep 29, 2016 | Fear
I have three wonderful daughters, whom I’m very proud of. They are growing into independent, strong, intelligent and caring young women – all I’ve ever wanted. But, as any parent of teenagers will tell you, it ain’t always easy! In fact,...
by Rachel Anderson | Jul 25, 2016 | Fear
I have a confession. It feels like an awful one to make, given that I work as a coach and it’s my job to provide a place of safety and ‘unconditional positive regard’, but sometimes I can take an instant dislike to someone. And when I do, then I make...
by Rachel Anderson | Oct 12, 2015 | Fear
I’ve just had a horrible weekend in the very worst of company – my own internal critic and martyr. And it was an unexpected visit – the previous week had been quite good; I was feeling on top of things and looking forward to a weekend of getting things...