A very happy 2024 to all readers! May this be the year that marks the start of your biggest dreams coming true! We’d like to kick off the new year in simple fashion, by looking back on another successful year of training in 2023. As a tribute to all those […]
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I love being in the people industry. Working with life coaches, trainee life coaches, and members of the public with an interest in self-development, ensures that I am constantly learning about people. And it’s people that make the world go around! Some time ago a teacher, and avid reader of
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As loyal readers will know, and as the name implies, the purpose of this Blog is to offer insights into personal development and self improvement within the overall context of life coaching. Whereas we take great delight when it provides the motivation for readers to enrol in our life coach
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What does it mean to experience true freedom? Is freedom a birthright? Is it something that is bestowed upon you, and if so, by what authority and in what conditions? Is it an individual or collective concept? Does it represent a state of selfishness or selflessness? Is it a way
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The inspiration for today’s post came from a most unlikely place. Li Shang Long is a young Chinese writer and director who has written a book, titled “Bye Stability, Morning My Life.” (This is the English translation). In it, Shang Long (that’s his given name) appeals to younger people to
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So, what’s your take on social media? For many, the question poses an interesting conundrum. The answer could easily fall anywhere in the spectrum from ‘a real blessing’ to ‘a downright curse’, or perhaps some of both! Let’s take a little time to unpack this. A turn of the century
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It’s been a strange old year, not so! But don’t worry, things are about to get a LOT better. How do I know? Thirteen today! … Because New Insights Africa turns thirteen today!! And in doing so, we move beyond the dark perils of our ‘annus superstitious’ and emerge into
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What’s Valentine’s Day got to do with life coaching, you may well ask? Good question! Before I try to answer that, let’s first explore the origins of Valentine’s Day. It’s not nearly as romantic as you might think! The Roman empire The roots of Valentine’s Day can be traced back
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My inspiration for the previous post, Anxiety, the Scourge of Our Time, came from a New Insights certified life coach by the name of Peter Walter. Peter lives in Letchworth in the UK and specialises in transformational coaching for people dealing with anxiety issues. This week, I’m proud to feature
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Power. This is a word that trips easily off the tongue. It has a certain inherent strength – an aura almost – about it. In mechanics or physics power is a simple equation where work is divided by time and the answer is measured in Watts. But when it comes
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Life coaching is becoming increasingly popular as a part– or full time career, as people appreciate the double benefits of having a truly flexible career that can adapt to one’s lifestyle AND one in which the primary aim is to be a catalyst for positive and constructive change in the
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In this, the first blog post for 2019, let me start by wishing all subscribers a very happy and prosperous New Year! Cynics will smirk and say that’s a rather hackneyed phrase that we trot out, ever hopefully, at the commencement of yet another year! The point in the earth’s
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What a year it has been. I can feel the end-of-year writer’s cramp setting in, so it’s nearly time to take what I trust you will agree is a well earned break from posting on this Blog! But before I do let’s put the year, that’s very nearly behind us,
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2018. It has a good ring to it don’t you think? The number eight has something of an exciting quality to it, shaped, as it is, like a vertical rendition of the mathematical symbol for infinity. Infinity denotes an infinitely large number. You could also think of it as the
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Have you ever noticed how these three little words, could, would and should, tend to dominate our language? They all have many important and rather innocuous uses of course, … but they can also be reflective of a life not lived to its full potential. I’m referring, in particular, to
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You just have to read the papers or listen to the news and you’ll probably agree that it\’s one crazy world that we live in! But what if you made a conscious decision not to tune into the media? How would the world seem to you then? The point here
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I write this week’s post from the land of the long white cloud, where Jenni and I are enjoying a brief holiday with family. New Zealand’s weather is notoriously changeable, and after a few days in which we experienced all four seasons in a day, the weather has now given
It would seem that this is a time for milestones! Today I’m truly proud to announce the publishing of the 200th article on this Blog. To recognise this milestone I have selected and summarised the 20 most popular (as judged by the number of your comments). You can read (or
This week my darling wife, Jenni, has gifted me a rare break from writing our regular Life Coaching Insights Blog post. Truth is, she’s probably feeling sorry for me given my advanced years (she’s given the game away below!) Anyway, I’m sure you’ll find reading what she has to say
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