“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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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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What’s the point of life and living?
It’s surprising – perhaps shocking is a better word – that this is not a question that occupies our minds more frequently.
In this article, Bill discusses how, to our detriment, the distractions of the world around us serve to prevent introspection and a sound connection with our ‘core vital’ – our reason for being.
By 2025 the number of mobile devices in use worldwide is expected to reach more than 18bn. That’s more than two for every person on this planet!
Mobile technology has become indispensable for certain day-to-day applications … but some keep us ‘heads down’ with features that are highly addictive but with questionable value when it comes to promoting our quality of life.
In this post, Bill considers the emergent heads-down culture and suggests that we should try to resist being victims of its insidious effects.
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Life sometimes conspires to rob us of a sense of how powerful we are and what is truly possible in our lives. This post features Shayla’s story about how she was able to make the impossible possible with the help of life coaching.
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When life gets on top of you and you are confronted with what seems like insurmountable problems, turning your life around may seem like an impossible dream … but kickstarting that process is far easier than you may think.
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The power of the collective to bring about change is seldom questioned and often clearly demonstrated during democratic election times such as that we are witnessing in 2024.
But the power of the individual is given less attention, with many doubting their ability to impact the world in any meaningful way.
In today’s post, Bill explains why this is doubt is so misplaced.
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Life lessons are there to be had in many corners of our troubled, yet special world.
For Bill, one place in particular stands out for his experience of the authentic love, respect and care shown for humanity.
In this blog post, he advocates that we should expect the unexpected in this mystical land.
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The pressures and demands of the modern day world are such that many of us find our lives are trained on trying to meet the expectations of others. In the process we become further slowly more disconnected from who we are and what it is that is important to us.
If you find yourself constantly wrestling with what you feel you should do versus what you inwardly feel you need to do, Be True to Yourself is written for you!
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In this post Bill presents seven generic life stages.
He puts life, as many of us experience it, into context, and suggests that finding and living our purpose at a younger age would be beneficial, generating greater overall meaning and joy.
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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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Levels of chronic stress are unprecedented in today’s world. Ironically, technological advancements that promised to give us more time for leisure and enjoyment are at the root of this problem.
In this post, Bill suggests eight ways in which stress can be dealt with.
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We live in an unpredictable and uncertain world. As we witness the magnitude of the events unfolding around us it is all too easy to take on feelings of powerlessness. Such feelings can cause us to start doubting our own significance, or relevance in the world.
And yet, we each have an important role in the growth and evolution of the planet and the universe. Each one of us is leaving an indelible mark on the course that that evolution takes.
In this podcast episode, Bill encourages listeners to recognise this and celebrate their undoubted significance!
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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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Time seems like it is feeding on steroids lately. I remember back to my youth when two weeks seemed like an age. Now it seems more like a heartbeat! I had to double-check the date of my last post as I could have sworn that only one week had passed
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In the New Insights Life Coach Training and Certification Programme, we devote an entire module to the topic of communication. Deservedly so, I might add. That’s because the way we communicate has a fundamental impact on our ability to live more meaningful and fulfilling lives. It’s worth letting that statement
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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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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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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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