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.
We are truly proud to welcome you here!
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.
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titled ‘The World’s Broken Workplace’, Jim Clifton, the Chairman of Gallup, put this staggering statistic down to outdated management practices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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I love being in the people industry. Working with life coaches, trainee life coaches, and members of the public with an interest in self-development, ensures that I am constantly learning about people. And it’s people that make the world go around! Some time ago a teacher, and avid reader of
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At New Insights, we are committed to the pursuit of life coaching excellence and promoting life coaching that works to bring about genuine personal transformation and foster a clear sense of purpose. But why is that so important … and what exactly does this mean? An unregulated profession First off,
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We all know the old idiom: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!” But many of us never get to embrace this sage advice because we are too fearful of failing. ‘Success’ is overhyped as the ultimate goal that we humans are expected to pursue in life. We
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In the previous post I wrote about five compelling reasons to become a life coach. In this article I change tack and look at the subject of life coaching from the perspective of a potential client. Life coaching is widely misunderstood to be some form of counselling or mentoring and,
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If you love working with people, have a thoroughly ethical disposition, and share a passion for – and open mind about – personal development, don’t overlook life coaching as a fantastic, potential new full– or part-time career. Life coaching is one of the fastest growing industries in the world at
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Every now and again a new book graces the personal development scene that makes one sit up and take notice. Becoming Flawesome is one of those. The book is written by Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani, co-founder of the Mindvalley life transformation platform, and published by Hay House. I had the privilege to
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As loyal readers will know, and as the name implies, the purpose of this Blog is to offer insights into personal development and self improvement within the overall context of life coaching. Whereas we take great delight when it provides the motivation for readers to enrol in our life coach
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Ask any life coach what they do and the chances are high that the word change will crop up in the description they choose to share. At New Insights we like to think of life coaches as agents for change. Helping people bring about the changes that they desire in
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Life coaching is one of the most fulfilling professions around. As a life coach you get involved in helping your clients achieve their goals and dreams and, more generally, improve their self awareness and overall quality of life. What could be more relevant or important in this very challenging world
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Developing a healthy level of self esteem is a crucial step towards achieving success and happiness in life. Self esteem can be thought of as the overall sense of self worth and confidence that one has in one’s own abilities, qualities, and value as a person. It is an essential
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We are living in paradoxical times. We frequently read of the increasingly dramatic strides that are being made in our scientific understanding of physical and mental wellness, and of new drugs being developed to treat related ailments. And yet, it seems very clear that there is an equally dramatic increase
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I start today’s post with an acknowledgement of the source of my inspiration. I had to travel for a meeting this morning and chose to tune the car radio to my favourite talk station. The programme host was in discussion with a Malawian gentleman by the name of Namon Abe
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I’m just lacking motivation! We’ve all said it and we’ve all experienced the listless feeling that comes with a lack of motivation. Motivation and staying motivated is a much bigger issue for some than it is for others. What exactly is motivation? Why do some struggle more than others? And
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