Dying to Live
Most of us are dying to live the lives we truly desire.
Many feel frustration, disillusionment and even resentment at their seeming inability to bring this about.
The critical issue is the approach we choose to take.
Freedom, Confidence, Growth
Freedom, Confidence, Growth.
These are the three words that I chose as a strapline for New Insights Life Coach Training when I took over the reins many years ago.
They are as relevant today as they were then. They neatly summarise the enlightening journey of self-discovery. that one goes through in transformational life coaching, such as that promoted by New Insights Life Coach Training.
That journey starts with gaining the freedom of mind and spirit that comes with a profound new level of self-awareness. From that comes a huge boost in self-belief or confidence, which in turn spurs the personal growth and development that provides meaning and leaves one feeling fulfilled.
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Transformational Life Coaching: The Real Deal
Life coaching has proven to be incredibly popular as a means of personal development and transformation.
Although still relatively new, its popularity has encouraged astute marketers, hungry for an edge in the race for commercial gain, to create niche markets through rebranding, reinventing and repositioning life coaching and aspects of life coaching.
Many of these offerings should be viewed with caution by those interested in training to become a life coach
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The Time is Now
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.
The Value of Knowing Your Values
“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!
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As Without So Within
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?
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Does Life Purpose Serve Any Purpose?
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.
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The Authentic Life Coach
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.
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The Edge in Life Coaching
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.
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When Following the Science is Not Enough
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.
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5 Common Mistakes Life Coaches Make
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.
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Life Coaching: Widely Misunderstood and Often Underestimated
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.
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Happy New Year 2024
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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8 Key Assumptions That Underpin Effective Life Coaching
In the early stages of the New Insights Life Coach Training and Certification Programme we cover the key assumptions that we believe form part of the philosophy on which this transformational discipline is based. In the training, we list seventeen life coaching assumptions that we present for aspirant coaches to
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Make Your Passion Work for You
A global Gallup poll conducted pre COVID revealed that, among the more than one billion full-time workers, only 15% felt they were properly engaged in their work. In an article titled ‘The World’s Broken Workplace’, Jim Clifton, the Chairman of Gallup, put this staggering statistic down to outdated management practices
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A New Way to Look at Life
One of the topics we cover in the New Insights Life Coach Training Programme is The Beauty of Balance. I found myself revisiting that subject today after reflecting on the fact that my own personal life has been feeling unusually up and down of late. I’m fortunate that I am
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In Pursuit of Life Coaching Excellence
At New Insights, we are committed to the pursuit of life coaching excellence and promoting life coaching that works to bring about genuine personal transformation and foster a clear sense of purpose. But why is that so important … and what exactly does this mean? An unregulated profession First off,
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5 Compelling Reasons to Become a Life Coach
If you love working with people, have a thoroughly ethical disposition, and share a passion for – and open mind about – personal development, don’t overlook life coaching as a fantastic, potential new full– or part-time career. Life coaching is one of the fastest growing industries in the world at
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20 Years in Business Promoting Freedom, Confidence & Growth
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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