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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This week I\’d like to continue with the theme of making this a better year for you. Last week I suggested that there are two main reasons why we humans like to make new year\’s resolutions only to fail dismally when it comes to seeing them out. In Part 1,
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It\’s February, the holidays are long gone and if you\’re like most, you\’ll be back into the routine you\’ve become accustomed to, with the shine rapidly disappearing from the New Year\’s resolutions you made a month ago. This is the time of the year when doubts start to creep in
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I am Jenny Volkwyn and I would dearly like to become a life coach. Why? Because, through my experience, I have come to appreciate just how very special life is and why it is a precious commodity that should neither be taken for granted nor wasted. I love to motivate
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As life coaches we hold the imagination in very high regard as a powerful tool for creation. Our thoughts are like little rockets of creative energy in and of themselves. But most thoughts are fleeting, disjointed and insufficiently focused to bring about significant effects. The imagination, however is different. It
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I felt compelled to put \’pen to paper\’ (perhaps \’finger to keyboard\’ is more appropriate) about the Paralympic Games opening in London today. The recent London Olympics was a thrilling, entertaining and spectacular showcase of the world\’s finest athletes and sportspeople. But, in terms of sheer inspiration, the Paralympics –
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Do you desperately want to experience change in one or more areas of your life? Then let me ask you this: \”What are you doing to bring it about?\” Many people crave change … Sadly, many of those who do will sabotage their own chances of living the lives they
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There can surely be nothing in this life quite as debilitating as the feeling of fear. I’m not talking about the kind of adrenaline rush brought on when you find yourself in sudden and immediate danger – and which can often result in heroic deeds of courage. I’m talking about
Bodies at rest tend to stay at rest! This is what my school PT instructor (with ambitions to be a physics teacher) used to bark at us as we sat in the change room contemplating an energy sapping session of star jumps and burpees outside in the cold winter weather.
The Law of Attraction was at it again yesterday … I spent Saturday night at a reunion with people from my era who had grown up and been schooled in the Helderberg basin. What fun it was to reconnect with friends and colleagues after so many years. It was a
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A number of you commented positively on the \’hall of mirrors\’ parable in last week\’s post. That spurred me to write about the effect that one\’s mindset or attitude has upon one\’s ability to enjoy life. This week\’s post utilizes an extract from my book, \’A Boerewors Roll for the
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The reality that we perceive to exist is totally dependent on the perspective from which we choose to perceive it. I was reminded of this in dramatic fashion this week… [box type=\”shadow\”]\”Only rarely is a situation itself the problem. Mostly the real problem is how we think about the situation.\”
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You cannot properly appreciate the external world if your internal world is not in order. For me, this simple statement explains why so many people underperform against their true potential. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person
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I have been watching and responding to entries on Journal@New Insights, our online journalling facility, for some three years now. One thing that fascinates me is the degree to which people \’live in hope\’. By this I mean they put their faith in finding some \’magic bullet\’ solution to the
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Do you ever go into a bookshop and find one book in particular that ‘jumps out’ at you – a book that you feel compelled to buy? It’s happened to me on a number of occasions, to the extent that I think we have some inbuilt radar system that guides
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We all know, deep in our hearts, that we are responsible… We are responsible for our lives. The good, the bad and even the ugly bits that go to make up the totality of our experiences. “Happiness comes from within!” “Money can’t buy happiness!” And on the clichés go… [box
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In 1960 Harold Macmillan, then British Prime Minister, made a speech to the Parliament of South Africa in which he referred to the \”wind of change blowing through this continent.\” Some claim that this now historic speech was a contributing factor to the formation of the Republic of South Africa
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There are, give or take a few, some 7 billion people living on this planet right now. That’s a staggering number if you stop to think about it. Even more staggering, for me, is the knowledge that each and every one of us is unique. There are no two identical
You\’ve probably heard it before but it\’s true. What you consistently focus on is, essentially, what you will get. So you\’re probably tempted to say: \”Then why aren\’t we all living lives characterized by never ending joy, abundance and prosperity?\” The answer is because most of us are, unwittingly, constantly
