This Blog, as I trust loyal readers will know, is for people who want to live their best lives. It aims to inspire and to offer new insights on life, living with purpose and experiencing peace and joy. Recent events, highlighted by – but certainly not limited to – the […]
This week, I would like to demonstrate the power of life coaching – when administered by a passionate and caring coach – to transform lives. I am privileged to have received an inspiring and beautiful account from a lady who, just yesterday, we featured on our Facebook page for having
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New Insights offers a free online journaling platform with a 52-week self-guided course that aims to enhance self awareness. Keeping a journal may not be for everybody – I know that I was less than keen when my life coach first suggested it some years ago – but the fact
A very happy new year to all readers of Life Coaching Insights. May it turn out to be a very special one for all of us! Over the weekend that just passed I began thinking about what might be appropriate as the first blog post of the new year when
Life is a Gift … That’s why it is called The Present! As we journey along the path of Life, are we treading on shimmering rose quartz or sharp stones? As we go along, are we gathering “the more” that our Egos are desperate to find and hold onto? “When
It seems like yesterday – but its actually four years ago now – that I wrote and self published my first (and, so far, only) book, “A Boerewors Roll for the Soul – Awaken to the magic of the life you love.” I can honestly say I did it for
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Let’s face it. Most of us have been brought up to believe that the answers to life’s challenges lie ‘out there somewhere’. “Someone out there will have come up with a solution, it’s just a matter of finding it,” is a common way in which most of us respond to
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The inspiration for this week’s post comes from my Father’s Day gift – a fascinating book called Power vs Force by David Hawkins. Let me be frank – the book’s not an easy read. It struck me as a curious and intriguing mix of spirituality, psychology, quantum physics and applied
Does change (or lack of it) leave you feeling anxious or inspired? One of the things that makes life coaching so effective, is the techniques that coaches use to uncover what it is that inspires their clients and to plant seeds in that fertile ground for positive improvement. I use
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Why are we here? I believe that we are all ‘chips off the old block’ so to speak and that each of us has been created with the specific intent to continue the process of creation in our evolving universe. Each of us was born with an inherent purpose (our
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Numerous workforce surveys have shown that only about 20-30% of people are actively engaged in their jobs. The percentage who actually love what they do for a living is smaller still. How about you? Are you doing what you love? Or, are you doing what you’re doing because you see
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It’s that time of the year when the idea of ‘renewal’ is foremost in many people’s minds. After the re-energising holiday period, the advent of the New Year seems the ideal time for re-thinking, re-prioritising and re-growth. Unfortunately if you’re in employment, that’s exactly what your employer will be thinking
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Last night I had the privilege of speaking on teleconference with one of my Personal Mentoring Groups for life coach trainees. I asked the members: \”What\’s holding you back?\” From their responses, I identified two key themes, difficulty prioritising their own stuff, and a lack of self confidence. No surprises
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How often have you struggled with a personal dilemma between taking action to bring about needed change in your life and resisting that action to prevent possible negative consequences? In Make This a Better Year – Part 1 I explained why people find it so difficult to embrace change. A
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One of the questions most frequently asked by those keen to consider life coaching as a career is \”What does it take?\” My answer is always the same. You simply need to have integrity, a real desire – I call it a passion – for working with people, a willingness
Rod Suskin hosts an entertaining weekly talk radio slot in which he gives personal ‘readings’ using astrological charts. I tuned in the other day to hear him pronouncing on the fact that Jupiter was in an ‘angry phase’. Of late our biggest planet has apparently been occupying a position in
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Let me ask you a question. \”Who is the most successful person you know of?\” Interesting question isn\’t it? My guess is that a whole lot of very famous and talented people spring to your mind? Now try to answer this: \”Why do you regard that person as the most
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Robert Byrne is credited with saying: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” At New Insights we love to embrace that saying because we firmly believe that life takes on a whole new dimension and meaning once you are living it ‘on purpose’. “You were put on this
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I\’m delighted to have met some truly wonderful and inspiring coaches during the course of the Advanced Coach Training workshop that we ran from Friday to Sunday. One such person was Jacques Gouws who recently gained certification. Jacques is doing great work to espouse the cause of life coaching in
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