To what extent do you allow others to dictate how you live your life, either expressly through their influence and/or manipulation, or perhaps through more subtle means including your own thoughts and perceptions? Maybe it\’s time to question just whose life it is you are leading? [box type=\”shadow\”]“How would your […]
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A wise man once said that FEAR means False Evidence Appearing Real. The vast majority of our fears never come to pass. Experts have estimated that around 90% of our fears are based on things that will never happen! That means we waste an awful lot of time and energy
Thanks go to Lindo Morolong, one of our trainee life coaches based in Botswana, who provided the inspiration for this week\’s post. Lindo queried a comment on the subject of choice made in one of our skills training manuals and forwarded me an interesting article he had written about making
A life of abundance would seem to be our birthright as human beings. Spend a little time reflecting on the make up of the universe and, closer to home, the natural environment offered by our planet. It doesn\’t take a great deal of observation and reflection to conclude that abundance
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One thing I love about the life coaching industry is how it is filled with people who are passionate about improving their own lives and those of others. The great majority of people I interact with are authentic, friendly and accommodating. Nonetheless, even in this wonderful business, one comes up
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One of the great things that my exposure to life coaching has taught me is the power of living in the moment – or living for now. If you don’t know what this means, hearing people talk about it may well irritate you. It did me. Being a person more
My son, who is quite a deep thinker for someone who is barely legal, recently drew my attention to the blog of one Nicky Hajal. Now I\’m afraid I\’ve never heard of Nicky but I have to admit to being rather taken by a post that he titled: \’Being Realistic
Laura Gray is a trainee life coach with New Insights in the UK and one with a very special talent. Laura\’s passion for helping to bring about positive change in the lives of others is uniquely showcased in this wonderful poem that she wrote asking for offers of money and
Rod Suskin hosts an entertaining weekly talk radio slot in which he gives personal ‘readings’ using astrological charts. I tuned in the other day to hear him pronouncing on the fact that Jupiter was in an ‘angry phase’. Of late our biggest planet has apparently been occupying a position in
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Is anyone out there? That might sound like the musings of someone involved in the search for extraterrestrial life, or someone stuck after hours between floors in an office lift! But that cry for help is one that’s much closer to home and far more commonly experienced than most of
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Inspiration for this week\’s post comes from a gentleman called Edgar Guest, an American poet born in England in the late nineteenth century, who penned some 11,000 poems and went on to become known as the People\’s Poet. As humans we are often easily dismissive of tough challenges, finding it
Personal growth can only come from change and to embrace change we need to be aware of – and to be skilled at adapting – the type of conversations we have. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”The character of a man is known from his conversations.\” – Menander [/box]
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Let me ask you a question. \”Who is the most successful person you know of?\” Interesting question isn\’t it? My guess is that a whole lot of very famous and talented people spring to your mind? Now try to answer this: \”Why do you regard that person as the most
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With the Easter holidays offering an opportunity for families to share time together, the \’family dynamic\’ is something that readily comes into sharp focus. If, like many others, you believe that your own family dynamic is challenging, hugely frustrating or even downright dysfunctional, it could be that you are struggling
The thing I love about being in the life coaching industry is the regular exposure to individuals who are making a real difference in the world helping others to lead more authentic and fulfilling lives. That\’s inspiring. When such people also just happen to have scaled their own personal Everests
Robert Byrne is credited with saying: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” At New Insights we love to embrace that saying because we firmly believe that life takes on a whole new dimension and meaning once you are living it ‘on purpose’. “You were put on this
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I\’m delighted to have met some truly wonderful and inspiring coaches during the course of the Advanced Coach Training workshop that we ran from Friday to Sunday. One such person was Jacques Gouws who recently gained certification. Jacques is doing great work to espouse the cause of life coaching in
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One thing I love about being in the people industry, working with life coaches, trainee life coaches and members of the public with an interest in self development, is that I never stop learning about life. Someone I don\’t know wrote me a heartfelt message not long ago, asking whether
This week I\’d like to continue with the theme of making this a better year for you. Last week I suggested that there are two main reasons why we humans like to make new year\’s resolutions only to fail dismally when it comes to seeing them out. In Part 1,
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