Be Inspired to Live the Life You Love
New Insights On Life is the official blog for New Insights Life Coach Training, international specialists in life coaching, life coach training and personal development.
We are truly proud to welcome you here!
Our intention with this blog – and related podcasts – is to offer thought provoking articles to stimulate discussion on a variety of personal development related topics. Many are derived from life coaching and the life coach training we provide.
We hope to motivate and inspire you to live the life you love.
The advent of a new calendar year provides a welcome psychological boost for many who yearn to change their lives for the better.
What better time for a New Year’s Resolution?
Only, it has been proven that New Year’s Resolutions seldom, if ever, work to deliver the changes desired.
In this post, Bill explores some of the key reasons and offers a far more powerful and effective alternative that is all but guaranteed to bring about lasting change.
“Values.”
We frequently hear the word bandied around by politicians, leaders and sports coaches in reference to collective values.
But, as individuals, how much time and energy do we tend to allocate to deep reflection about what our personal values are, and what priority we assign to them?
Given their critical importance in our lives … shockingly little!
The Value of Knowing Your Values Read More »
Why is our spectacular and awe-inspiring Universe so incredibly difficult to comprehend?
Does it exist as a catalyst to provoke our exploration of the incredible power that exists within each of us?
Are we being invited to consider the possibility that the sheer creative wonder that exists without, also exists within each one of us?
As Without So Within Read More »
Identifying your life purpose is the ultimate aim of transformational coaching as New Insights perceives of it. It is considered the source of meaning, fulfilment, joy and happiness.
So, imagine Bill’s surprise when he heard Sadhguru, one of India’s leading gurus and visionaries, promote the idea that we should stop looking for purpose in life.
This caused him to analyse carefully what Sadhguru was saying and to reevaluate the New Insights approach to life purpose.
Does Life Purpose Serve Any Purpose? Read More »
At some point in life, each of us is called on to step up and be a leader in some shape or form, no matter how insignificant or significant it may seem at the time. And, during the rest of our lives, we stand in judgement of those who are appointed as our leaders, be that in the political, business or societal spheres.
So, it stands to reason that all of us need an understanding of what good, effective leadership is.
Leaders and Leadership Read More »
What’s the point of life and living?
It’s surprising – perhaps shocking is a better word – that this is not a question that occupies our minds more frequently.
In this article, Bill discusses how, to our detriment, the distractions of the world around us serve to prevent introspection and a sound connection with our ‘core vital’ – our reason for being.
There’s a general lack of understanding amongst the public about what life coaching really is and what life coaches really do. Most misguidedly believe it to be some form of mentoring or advice-giving service.
And some life coaches stray from their calling and ‘play to the gallery’ by trying to be problem-solvers.
However, the authentic life coach is one committed to coaching that transforms the client’s thinking and behaviours, such that they find the opportunity that lies masked behind their problems.
The Authentic Life Coach Read More »
By 2025 the number of mobile devices in use worldwide is expected to reach more than 18bn. That’s more than two for every person on this planet!
Mobile technology has become indispensable for certain day-to-day applications … but some keep us ‘heads down’ with features that are highly addictive but with questionable value when it comes to promoting our quality of life.
In this post, Bill considers the emergent heads-down culture and suggests that we should try to resist being victims of its insidious effects.
Heads Up: Great New Life Loading Read More »
Life sometimes conspires to rob us of a sense of how powerful we are and what is truly possible in our lives. This post features Shayla’s story about how she was able to make the impossible possible with the help of life coaching.
Make the Impossible Possible Read More »
When life gets on top of you and you are confronted with what seems like insurmountable problems, turning your life around may seem like an impossible dream … but kickstarting that process is far easier than you may think.
How to Turn Your Life Around Read More »
The power of the collective to bring about change is seldom questioned and often clearly demonstrated during democratic election times such as that we are witnessing in 2024.
But the power of the individual is given less attention, with many doubting their ability to impact the world in any meaningful way.
In today’s post, Bill explains why this is doubt is so misplaced.
The Power of People Read More »
Life lessons are there to be had in many corners of our troubled, yet special world.
For Bill, one place in particular stands out for his experience of the authentic love, respect and care shown for humanity.
In this blog post, he advocates that we should expect the unexpected in this mystical land.
Life Lessons From a Strange Yet Mystical Land Read More »
The pressures and demands of the modern day world are such that many of us find our lives are trained on trying to meet the expectations of others. In the process we become further slowly more disconnected from who we are and what it is that is important to us.
If you find yourself constantly wrestling with what you feel you should do versus what you inwardly feel you need to do, Be True to Yourself is written for you!
Be True to Yourself Read More »
At New Insights we encourage our trained life coaches to employ a technique that we call ‘The Edge’.
There are two important facets to effective life coaching. Both must be used in tandem if coaching is to be optimally effective.
If used as intended by the coach, The Edge can produce results that are quite mind blowing.
The Edge in Life Coaching Read More »
In this post Bill presents seven generic life stages.
He puts life, as many of us experience it, into context, and suggests that finding and living our purpose at a younger age would be beneficial, generating greater overall meaning and joy.
The Seven Stages of Life Read More »
When it comes to the study of human motivation, those who remain fixated on ‘following the science’ are likely to be disappointed.
In this post, Bill argues that the power of life coaching lies in its ability to recognise and harness concepts that cannot be neatly explained in scientific terms. As he implies, the secret to living the life you love requires acceptance that there is a certain ‘magical ‘ element to life.
When Following the Science is Not Enough Read More »
Most people who get into life coaching are driven to do so by an authentic passion for people and a genuine desire to be involved in fulfilling and rewarding work that helps inspire a better world.
But even among those with the best intentions and backed by professional training, there are still some who struggle to make an impact.
This post looks at 5 common mistakes that life coaches make.
5 Common Mistakes Life Coaches Make Read More »
What’s in a name?
When it comes to life coaching, everything … and nothing really.
On the face of it, the term “life coaching” would seem to say it all but think about it more deeply and you’ll appreciate that one’s interpretation of what it means is wide open to misunderstanding.
And that, in turn, has resulted in a proliferation of superficial courses that claim to turn people into certified life coaches in a matter of weeks – doing little to help promote its value and importance among sceptics.
Nevertheless, life coaching when practised by properly trained and equipped professionals is nothing short of life-transforming in its effect. The ‘real thing’ deserves to be celebrated and given the publicity it deserves for helping change our world for the better.
Life Coaching: Widely Misunderstood and Often Underestimated Read More »
Levels of chronic stress are unprecedented in today’s world. Ironically, technological advancements that promised to give us more time for leisure and enjoyment are at the root of this problem.
In this post, Bill suggests eight ways in which stress can be dealt with.
8 Ways to Deal with Stress Read More »
