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New Insights On Life with Bill Burridge Bill Burridge
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New Insights on Life, hosted by personal development and life coach training expert, Bill Burridge, is the audio version of the New Insights On Life Blog. The theme is personal development and self improvement within the overall context of life coaching. Topics discussed are wide ranging and will be of interest to life coaches, aspirant life coaches and members of the general public who value personal growth and development advice. The mission of Bill's organisation, New Insights, is to bring greater personal Freedom, self-Confidence and Growth to people from all walks of life. As a specialist life coach training institute, it does so both directly, by training people to become life coaches, and indirectly through the great work of its certified coaches. New Insights distributes Its life coach training and certification programme to people around the world from its sister companies based in the UK and South Africa.
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The Edge in Life Coaching
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At New Insights we encourage our trained life coaches to employ what we call 'The Edge'.
Without giving it away, there are two important facets to effective life coaching that must be used in tandem if life coaching is to be optimally effective.
Listen to this podcast for more on what The Edge is all about and why it is so important in life coaching. -
The Seven Stages of Life
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In today's podcast, Bill takes inspiration from Dr Wayne Dyer, who talked about the four stages of life in his work on life purpose.
Bill refines this and presents seven generic stages of life for consideration.
His aim is to help put life, as many of us experience it, into context and promote a discussion about how we might go about finding and living our purpose at a younger age, thereby generating greater meaning and joy. -
When Following the Science is Not Enough
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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 today's podcast, 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. -
5 Common Mistakes that Life Coaches Make
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Most people who get into life coaching are driven to do so by an authentic passion for people and a genuine desire to be involved in fulfilling and rewarding work that helps inspire a better world.
But even among those with the best intentions and backed by professional training, there are still some who struggle to make an impact.
In this episode, Bill discusses 5 common mistakes that life coaches make. -
Life Coaching: Widely Misunderstood and Often Underestimated
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What's in a name?
When it comes to life coaching, everything ... and nothing really.
On the face of it, the term "life coaching" would seem to say it all but think about it more deeply and you'll appreciate that one's interpretation of what it means is wide open to misunderstanding.
And that, in turn, has resulted in a proliferation of superficial courses that claim to turn people into certified life coaches in a matter of weeks – doing little to help promote its value and importance among sceptics.
Nevertheless, life coaching when practised by properly trained and equipped professionals is nothing short of life-transforming in its effect. The 'real thing' deserves to be celebrated and given the publicity it deserves for helping change our world for the better. -
8 Ways to Deal With Stress
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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 episode, Bill suggests eight ways in which stress can be dealt with.