Ageing Gracefully!
This week, we take a little time out to celebrate our longevity and give thanks where it is due!
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Switch Off Your Autopilot — and Wake Up to Your Life
So many of us are quietly drifting through our days on autopilot, following a formula for a successful life that no longer works. This post explores why meaning seems to be leaking out of modern life — and how a single act of courage can let it back in.
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Life Coaching: From Desperation to Inspiration
Desperation is rarely about the problem in front of us — it is about how stuck we feel in relation to it.
This article explores how life coaching helps flip the coin from problem to opportunity, recognising how the shift from desperation to inspiration so often has its roots in simple conversation.
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The Courage to Leave Your Comfort Zone
As the years roll by, most of us quietly settle into a routine that feels safe — and asks little of us in return. We call it our comfort zone.
But comfort and fulfilment are not the same thing. So how do we find the courage to step beyond the cosy and into a life we truly want and love?
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How to Navigate Turbulent Times
The pace and volatility of change is increasing rapidly.
The inevitable ‘downs’ that the rollercoaster of life presents us with are less predictable and more difficult to manage, causing our levels of anxiety to rise steadily.
So, what can we do to navigate increasingly turbulent times?
In this post, Bill shares six key reflections from his own life experience.
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How Virtual Living is Killing Self-Awareness
With modern-day living, we are witnessing a diminishing focus on the real world around us and—driven by commercial interests—a rapidly increasing focus on the virtual world we access via our TVs, computers and handheld devices.
But ‘virtual living’ with its cultivated scenes and sound bites, promotes inauthenticity and individual ego stroking, at the expense of growth in self-awareness and a purpose-driven life characterised by the desire to give back.
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Problem and Opportunity: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Much of the power of life coaching lies in its ability to promote conscious awareness that every problem is really an opportunity in disguise.
A relatively simple shift in perspective, coupled with decisive action, can resolve the problem before the effects become too traumatic.
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The Meaning of Life in Life Coaching
Life coaching is a much misunderstood concept. Part of the reason for that can be attributed to the generic nature of the term itself.
So what exactly is meant by the word ‘life’ in the context of understanding life coaching, what life coaching is, and what life coaches do?
In this post, we will unpack this intriguing topic.
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The Diminishing Art of Generous Listening
When last did you feel really, really listened to?
Listening, that vital tool for getting to understand and relate to others, has diminished in integrity and relevance as communications become increasingly remote, sound bite-like and self-serving in nature.
Fortunately, there is one discipline where listening—and specifically, listening generously—remains a crucially important art form.
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A Perfect Time for Change
As the year races toward its close, many of us find ourselves navigating packed schedules, tight deadlines and the familiar end-of-year rush.
Yet even in the busiest seasons, there’s an opportunity to pause—however briefly—and consider the changes we want to carry into the future.
This poem invites you to reflect, re-align and begin the process of personal transformation right here in the midst of the year-end whirlwind.
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What Does a Life Coach Do? 20 Brief Explanations
“What does a life coach do?”
It’s a common question that demonstrates the level of public misunderstanding that exists. In this post, we offer 20 brief, yet informative responses life coaches can give to provoke interest in a more in-depth discussion.
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A Tribute to YOU!
In this post, we take a little time to pay tribute to the amazing, unique individual that is YOU!
Plus—from the heart—there’s a FREE GIFT for all our loyal Blog subscribers.
Unleash Your Superpowers
Have you ever stopped to consider that you possess a set of superpowers – real, profound, and life-changing? I’m not referring to the ability to fly, become elastic, or turn invisible, but powers that are far more down to earth: free will and the power of choice. These are remarkable
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Summoning the Courage to Change
Most of us feel the desire to bring about significant change in one or more areas of our lives. But taking action to bring about change takes surprising amounts of courage, with the result that many of us fail to do so. We stay stuck where we are and resentment and frustration builds.
This post unpacks the cause of this phenomenon and offers simple solutions for those who are serious about wanting change.
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Clarity of Intention: Lifting the Fog
The answer to the question of what we want to achieve from life is as clear as crystal for some … and as clear as mud for others.
Why is this?
And how can life coaches help those who fall into the camp of the confused and directionless?
This post explores this fascinating subject – with just a little inspiration from Alice in Wonderland!
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Life Coaching and Responsibility: A Case Study
It’s easy for inexperienced life coaches, wanting to please their clients by seemingly putting their interests first, to forget the true nature of their role and responsibility in the coaching interaction.
Let’s explore a real example.
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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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