Abraham Maslow developed what is now commonly known as ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs’. He postulated that human needs are arranged in a hierarchy starting with our most basic physiological needs for food, water and air, to safety, to love, to esteem and finally to our highest need, namely self actualisation. […]
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Those of us in the industry are regularly confronted with the question: “Why life coaching?” The reason why people hold such different – and often poorly informed – views about what life coaching really is, no doubt has much to do with the rather generic and non descriptive nature of
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Loyal readers of Life Coaching Insights may have read the many previous blog posts dealing with different aspects of life coaching and been left wondering exactly what qualities are required to be a really good life coach? When asked what the prerequisite qualities are for becoming a life coach, my
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If stress and frustration are regular visitors of yours it may be that you are struggling to live life authentically. Before you take offence, let me explain that this is something most of us battle with in these days and times. It is a natural outcome of what I call
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At a specific stage in the New Insights life coaching process coaches will introduce their clients to the concept of RAK – or random acts of kindness. These are selfless and spontaneous acts and gestures that brighten the day for others. They generally require very little effort but the joy
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Have you ever kept a Journal? If not – and it’s not something you feel inclined to try, I can empathise because that describes how I once felt. I was somewhat sceptical, too, about the value of life coaching, until I agreed to try it … and look at me
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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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In last week’s post, Know Your Values, I talked about the positive and liberating effect that knowing your values – and bringing them into your conscious awareness – can have. This week I’d like to talk about how you can really feel your values on a regular basis. [box
How often have you thought, I mean seriously thought, about what it is you truly value in life? Back in my corporate employment days the issue of considering and defining corporate or team values was something that came to the fore quite regularly in meetings. A fair amount of time
My nineteen year old son bade us goodbye at the airport on Monday as he embarked on a five month trip to China where he will be teaching English as part of an internship arrangement during his post school gap year. Just over two months ago my daughter, who chose
As you might well imagine, one of the important roles that I am accustomed to playing as the head of New Insights, is to promote the advantages of life coaching and becoming a life coach. The problem, of course, is that that’s what people expect to hear from me so
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The Commonwealth Games have come and gone leaving us with some wonderful memories of the skill, bravery, endurance and sheer determination of those involved. Athletes of the calibre of those competing in the Games are all highly motivated individuals, spurred on as they are by the lure of medals, world
Are you one of those whose life looks good on the outside … but doesn’t feel too great on the inside? It’s a sad fact that a great number of us have come to accept that our lives are only as good as we think they look to other people.
The Internet has undoubtedly revolutionised our lives. Yet it is only in the last sixty years that it has become a possibility (with the development of computers in the 1950s) and in the last twenty that the world wide web has become a reality! The idea of being able to
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School holidays are about to start in the UK and are entering their final week in South Africa, so for many of you, there will be a little more time to think of something other than work and the daily routine! This week’s article, Thoughts create reality, is inspired by
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Have you every stopped to consider that the type of questions you ask yourself can have a significant impact on your life? Your first reaction to this may be that your questions are reserved for other people … but take some time to reflect on this and you might be
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
Those of you who have read my book will remember the important point that I made early on in Part One: “If free will is the ultimate gift to enable self development and growth, then an open mind is the ultimate tool to unlock the treasure chest in which that
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Last week I posted a fascinating article by a young New York life coach who shared her 30 life lessons. It got me thinking about the most important lessons that my involvement with life coaching has taught me. I have to admit, there are a LOT but I’ve chosen what
