2018. It has a good ring to it don’t you think? The number eight has something of an exciting quality to it, shaped, as it is, like a vertical rendition of the mathematical symbol for infinity. Infinity denotes an infinitely large number. You could also think of it as the […]
2018. Year of Suppressed Dreams or Infinite Possibility? Read More »
Wow! It’s almost time to wave goodbye to yet another year. As I look forward to a few weeks break from writing, I offer you a final post for the year – one that could honestly change your life. 🙂 Depending on your hemisphere, you may be preparing for the
If you’re like most people, you would probably love to be able to change your life for the better … but it just seems so hard, right? Actually, though it may seem hard, it’s really rather easy once you understand and can apply a few simple yet powerful concepts. “You
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Recently, we had cause to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the launch of New Insights in South Africa (and fourteen years since the brand was originally established in the UK). A good friend asked me about how the business had changed over the years. He looked curious when I explained
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Life coaching is particularly effective for those people who, though mentally well and fully functional, are simply \’stuck in a rut\’! Let’s face it, we all have that stuck feeling at some stage of other in our lives. But that’s not to say that it isn’t hugely frustrating and debilitating
It seems like just a few days ago that I was writing a brief review of 2016 and looking forward to a few weeks break. And now, here we are, well into a brand new year! Well, they say time flies while you’re having fun! How true. Welcome to another
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No matter who you are you deserve to live your dream. At New Insights dreams are very much our business – that’s making them a reality, of course. Our methodology is a simple yet powerful one. We train those people – who are passionate about helping other people – to
In today’s hurly burly world where there never seems to be enough time for everything that needs to be done, what would you give to increase your effectiveness, or perhaps even double it? We often hear how efficient people are but we don’t often talk about personal effectiveness. What’s the
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I’m sure that at some point in your life, if not right now, you have experienced a feeling of being stuck, or what a colleague of mine calls ‘stuckness’. It’s a common affliction and one that has a simple solution. Just recently, and quite uncharacteristically, I have been experiencing muscle
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The inspiration for this article comes from one of our trainee life coaches who posted a question on our Forum about how to deal with a client of his who was struggling to make changes in her life … and who claimed to be suffering from a mental illness. Let
Sometimes life seems patently unfair, doesn’t it. It seems that, out of the blue things can happen that you feel you just don’t deserve. A string of unfortunate events can make you feel that life has ‘got it in for you.’ There’s no question that life is full of challenges
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My thanks go to everyone who commented on the ‘Dream Big’ post written while on holiday in China – and to those trainees and coaches who put up with slight delays in support over the past two weeks or so. Now it\’s back to business as usual again … except
Change is as Good as a Holiday Read More »
Posting while on holiday was not part of the plan … but I am excited to share with you my experience of Beijing thus far as I feel it has relevance in this Blog on human motivation. Let me start by being completely honest with you. China is not a
It is the choices we make and the actions we take – not where we start out – that determines where we will end up. The above is a quote from my book, “A Boerewors Roll for the Soul – awaken to the magic of the life you love” and
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It’s easy to get despondent when you embark on a major positive change in your life only to find you slip back into old ways before you achieve what you set out to. For some, this regression can spell the end of the road as far as pursuing change goes.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Over the last two weeks I have also learnt that crisis is the mother of reinvention! Don’t be alarmed. It’s not as if I have been beset by any affliction or tragedy. No, fortunately nothing like that. But I have spent the
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
As the year slowly draws to a close, I appreciate that reading personal development style blogs starts to slip down the priority listing for many people. And yet, as we prepare for a temporary interruption in our day-to-day routines, this is without doubt the very best time to sow the
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
Listen to your inner voice Read More »
