Be Inspired to Live the Life You Love
New Insights On Life is the official blog for New Insights Life Coach Training, international specialists in life coaching, life coach training and personal development.
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Our intention with this blog – and related podcasts – is to offer thought provoking articles to stimulate discussion on a variety of personal development related topics. Many are derived from life coaching and the life coach training we provide.
We hope to motivate and inspire you to live the life you love.
Personal growth can only come from change and to embrace change we need to be aware of – and to be skilled at adapting – the type of conversations we have. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”The character of a man is known from his conversations.\” – Menander [/box]
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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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With the Easter holidays offering an opportunity for families to share time together, the \’family dynamic\’ is something that readily comes into sharp focus. If, like many others, you believe that your own family dynamic is challenging, hugely frustrating or even downright dysfunctional, it could be that you are struggling
The thing I love about being in the life coaching industry is the regular exposure to individuals who are making a real difference in the world helping others to lead more authentic and fulfilling lives. That\’s inspiring. When such people also just happen to have scaled their own personal Everests
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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One thing I love about being in the people industry, working with life coaches, trainee life coaches and members of the public with an interest in self development, is that I never stop learning about life. Someone I don\’t know wrote me a heartfelt message not long ago, asking whether
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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I want to take this opportunity to wish readers a very special, exciting and successful year ahead. 2013 has a good ring about it! With all the speculation about what might happen at the end of 2012 which marked the end of the Mayan calendar, I\’m surprised at the lack
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What you believe in will determine the actions you take and the consequences you expect – and will most likely get – from those actions. It follows then, that the beliefs you hold are pivotal in determining whether a life of abundance is attainable for you. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”Believe me, you
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The festive season is almost upon us and as things wind down towards the end of another year I would like to offer thanks to all you wonderful readers of this blog … [box type=\”shadow\”]\”Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that
There’s no getting away from it … the level of happiness and fulfillment you experience is directly linked to your ability to communicate effectively with those you interact with. It is true that life coaching focuses on helping people to ‘go within’ to connect with their special talents, strengths and
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If you\’re in employment are you truly doing what you love? Probably not, if numerous recent surveys are to be believed. In one global survey of 30 000 workers, between 28% and 56% said they wanted to find new work. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”If you do what you love, you\’ll never work
Your values are the ideas, principles, traits, beliefs, philosophies and/or qualities that you hold as most dear and special in your life. Simply put, they are the things that mean the most to you. But did you know that, like everyone else, you have certain rules for when and how
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Lack of self confidence is a debilitating affliction that bedevils a great many people. And yet, it\’s a simple state of mind that separates those who live life tentatively, with uncertainty, and those who live life boldly and to the very fullest. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”Remember that, ultimately, it\’s not about how
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Sometimes a short poem can carry a more powerful message than a lengthy article. We\’re proud to be associated with a lady called Georgina Laros, a New Insights trained coach, who is also a regular contributor to our blog – and an up and coming poet to boot! Here, courtesy
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In my opinion a great deal of what is wrong with the world we live in can be laid at the door of the approach that some people choose to adopt to exchange. As Robert Louis Stevenson once said: \”Everybody lives by selling something.\” We all survive and try to
