There’s no question that we are weathering difficult times! Some are experiencing unprecedented anxiety over health and wellness issues. Most are having to come to terms with increasing economic stress or hardship. During such times it is natural to scale down the purchase of luxuries and scale up the investment […]
Is Life Coaching a Luxury or a Necessity? Read More »
If you’re more advanced in years like me, chances are the title of this post conjured up a vision of a brightly coloured VW Kombi travelling along a deserted road near the beach with its carefree, long haired occupants, humming along to the strains of Fleetwood Mac! Join in! Okay,
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It seems like an age since we were toasting the advent of 2020 and what many of us hoped would be a bright, shiny new year marked by peace, prosperity and a comforting degree of certainty. Fast forward to today and, I think it fair to say that most of
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With few exceptions, just about anyone can benefit from the services of a good life coach. I’ve said it many times before. I don’t believe we, in the life coaching industry, have done ourselves any favours by coining and promoting the term ‘life coach’. It simply isn’t specific or descriptive
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There’s a saying that I love and that goes to the heart of the rationale for life coaching. “If you’re not living, you’re dying.” It’s rather blunt, I know. However, it speaks perfectly to the fact that we are all imbued with a life force – one that is both
What is Your Reason for Being? Read More »
In my opinion, the most important and most underestimated impact – by far – of the global pandemic we are navigating our way through, is its effect on the general mental health and wellbeing of people everywhere. I was distraught to read in the news about a tour guide and
The Happiness Factors Read More »
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
How Time Flies When You’re Having Fun! Read More »
In a recent post, Living in Interesting Times, I suggested that there is a very important benefit arising from the current global crisis. That benefit is more time to reflect and rethink what we are doing, how we are doing it, why, and what changes might be desirable. For some,
Responding to Your Calling Read More »
The term chaos is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘void’ or ‘chasm’ and is used by astronomers to describe the state of cosmos prior to the formation of orderly matter. In common day-to-day use the term implies a state of confusion and disorder. Many would argue that that is
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How many careers do you know that give you the flexibility to work the hours that suit you – and work from the comfort of home or wherever you choose? There are a few that spring to mind. For example, freelance content writer, proof reader, article translator, web designer, graphic
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American author Robert Byrnes, who died in 2016, is credited with a number of powerful and often quite humorous quotes. “The purpose of life is a life of purpose” is one of my favourites and one that we regularly refer to in the New Insights life coach training and certification
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Happy New Year everyone! May 2020 be a year of plenty for all of you 🙂 For those of you in the southern hemisphere, I do hope you had a lovely long, warm holiday break. And for those in the north, where the break at this time of the year
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In late 2009 I did something I had always wanted to do. I wrote a book. Believe it or not, the idea started out, earlier that same year, as a simple joke. Chicken Soup for the Soul One beautiful summer’s day, Jenni (my wife) and I were lounging around our
The source of inspiration for this week’s post is a New Insights certified coach by the name of Peter Walter. Peter, who is originally from New Zealand, now lives in Letchworth in the UK. He completed our training programme in February this year. I was delighted to hear from him
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Just imagine for a moment watching a game of pinball. Now, think of that game in the context of your very own life. Perhaps you can equate your life to the player of the game? You feel focused, excited, in control and determined to do the very best you can
Five Crucial Questions To Ask Yourself Read More »
Yesterday marked the 12th anniversary of the launch of New Insights in South Africa (some 4 years after its original inception in the UK). I’d like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all of our supporters around the world. Whether you have trained through us
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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
A Coaching Case Study Read More »
In early October last year I briefly broke with the tradition of written blog posts and offered you the opportunity to listen to a podcast of an interview I did with Paul Lowe. Paul, who runs a not for profit enterprise called HEARTS (Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success) is
Human Needs – A Podcast Read More »
At New Insights we believe that the ultimate aim of life coaching is to help people find and live the purpose that they are here on earth to carry out. Our transformational coaching programme is specifically designed to help clients achieve this. But the concept of life purpose is only
Life Purpose – Does It Really Exist? Read More »
