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.
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Ask any life coach what they do and the chances are high that the word change will crop up in the description they choose to share. At New Insights we like to think of life coaches as agents for change. Helping people bring about the changes that they desire in
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I appreciate that you probably opened this article more out of curiosity than actual belief in finding a recipe for changing the world. And that’s fair enough, given that we live in a world characterised by over hype and under delivery! But I ask you to bear with me. Have
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In Part 1 of this topic, I wrote about the importance of having the courage to bring about change in your life. Change is endemic to life. You can choose to embrace it and make it happen for you, or you can try to ignore it and allow it to
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For the loyal readers out there who have been wondering why the uncharacteristically long delay between posts, let me apologise and assure you there is a good reason. That reason has everything to do with the topic of today’s post, as you will find out. Please read on (or listen
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This will be my final post for 2021. I look forward to taking a modest break from writing during the holiday period and will reconnect with all of you wonderful readers during the second week of January. We’ve reached the end of another tumultuous year. Many of you will breathe
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This week’s article draws inspiration from an issue that often perplexes our trainee life coaches. Helping clients to set inspiring, challenging, yet achievable goals is all part and parcel of the life coaching process. Some clients present with a rather hazy dream or aspiration that they want to crystallise and
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Are you lacking clear direction? Does it feel like a thick fog has descended and you’re struggling to see the path you should follow, never mind visualise the destination? If so, you can take heart from the fact that you are most certainly not alone. Uncertainty and confusion Life coaches
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So, during the holidays you decided to blow away the negativity of 2020 and make a great new start in 2021 with a compelling resolution. And now, you’re well on your way to get it done in 2021, right? Well I’m so sorry to prick your bubble with this –
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This week I’d like to offer a follow up to the original post, A Coaching Case Study, that I presented as a post some weeks ago. The theme of the case study is how ordinary people like you and me can achieve quite extraordinary things with the help of a
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Life coaching is designed to help people achieve desired outcomes that they would not normally be able to do when left to their own devices. Clients are usually surprised – some times spectacularly so – when they look back on what they have been able to accomplish with the services
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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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Lewis Carroll’s rather zany poem, The Walrus and the Carpenter, is the unlikely inspiration for today’s post. And though I happen to love oysters it has nothing to do with the odd duo’s unsuspecting victims! “The time has come,” the Walrus said,“To talk of many things:Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–Of cabbages–and
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A few readers have enquired as to why there was no blog post last week. The reason is that a week ago today, our young son, Casey, left to take up a job opportunity in London. As you might imagine, my wife, Jenni, and I found ourselves otherwise preoccupied, helping
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Perhaps you’ve dreamt of authoring a book or writing a regular blog on a subject or business that you’re really passionate about but the dream has stayed a dream because … well … the whole idea is just too scary? “What should I write about? Am I really good enough
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As an organisation specialising in training people to become life coaches, we are privileged to receive numerous wonderful testimonials from those we train. And when the people that our trainee coaches practice on take the trouble to share with us detailed feedback about their experiences … we really sit up
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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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Recently, we had cause to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the launch of New Insights in South Africa (and fourteen years since the brand was originally established in the UK). A good friend asked me about how the business had changed over the years. He looked curious when I explained
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It seems like just a few days ago that I was writing a brief review of 2016 and looking forward to a few weeks break. And now, here we are, well into a brand new year! Well, they say time flies while you’re having fun! How true. Welcome to another
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