Welcome to our website!
We are specialists in the field of training people to become life coaches. That's all we do! Our sole purpose is to train people like you to be confident, skilled and successful life coaches.
So if you have a genuine interest – not just in becoming a life coach – but in becoming the best life coach you can be, then congratulations, you've found your 'perfect home' :-)
In this brief video a handful of trained and certified coaches summarise their views on the New Insights Life Coach Training and Certification Programme. For a bigger selection of detailed testimonials click here.
Please note: We also have a company in the UK that serves the UK and international markets outside of Africa. To visit our sister website please click here.
"If you want life coach training that is world-class, comprehensive and professional, in a super-convenient and affordable home study package, look no further than New Insights!"
Internationally accredited, endorsed and quality assessed by local and international professional bodies
In the US, life coaching is currently a $1bn industry that is growing rapidly. In South Africa and elsewhere in Africa it is an emerging profession that is just beginning to see explosive growth.
But perhaps even more important is the fact that life coaching, unlike many other careers, can be so hugely meaningful and rewarding. Using a wide range of simple yet incredibly powerful personal development tools and techniques. life coaches help their clients turn aspirations and dreams into reality.
At New Insights we offer life coach training that goes above and beyond
that offered in most other courses. As a trainee life coach you will be
exposed to a truly life changing experience that will equip you to
bring about similarly amazing results for your future clients.
The New Insights Life Coach Training and Certification Programme will change your life and your outlook on life forever! It will give you the self awareness, knowledge, confidence, skill and experience to coach professionally and successfully here in South Africa or anywhere in the world you choose.
We have a lot to share with you. Keep reading on this page to find out how New Insights can help you turn a passion for people into a lucrative and wonderfully rewarding career, making a real and positive difference in the world.
Or, if you're in a hurry and/or you prefer to read offline, why not request our ...
We have prepared two comprehensive and completely free 30-page ebooks for you to download. These are presented in easy to read Q&A format and aim to answer all the questions you may have about life coaching, becoming a life coach and the life coach training and certification programme that New Insights offers.
Our home learning approach means you get the very best value for your investment in training:
Our certification programme is oriented towards home learning.
This is perhaps more commonly known as 'distance' or
'remote' learning but we dislike any implication that we may be
disconnected from our trainees. We pride ourselves in warm, caring and
responsive support :-)
Our Life Coach Training and Certification Programme is underpinned by extensive printed study material that is courier delivered, upfront, when you enrol with us. The printed matter is backed up by an array of online resources including audio and video material.
We have no fixed 'intakes'. You can enrol in the Programme whenever it suits you. Then you train and complete the practice coaching in your own time, at your own pace, with caring and attentive support on hand whenever you need it, for up to two full years, if required.
Based on results from past trainees, you can expect to take, on average, some 9 to 15 months to complete the certification training, which involves some 300 - 350 hours to study the theory and complete the practice coaching requirements.
We have the greatest respect for academia.
But let's face it, life
coaching is all about working with down-to-earth people, helping them
live to their strengths, achieve their goals and dreams and connect with
their purposes in life.
Our life coach training is designed to be highly effective and easy to apply. To this end, the skills training material is written and presented in a
non-academic way and is replete with examples, exercises, quotes and other real life insights.
In addition, we provide a detailed guide on how to run practice sessions, with or without our System (see below), with your volunteer practice clients.
Because of the extensive practice coaching required, we
choose to refer to those enrolled in our Programme, not as 'students' but as Trainee Life
Coaches. This is a small but important example of what makes
New Insights life coach training different from the rest!
Some training institutes believe their job is done once they've imparted the theory and a bit of classroom practice.
At
New Insights we go well beyond that. Our life coach training programme
includes access to the well-researched and cleverly structured New Insights Life Coaching System for practice coaching purposes.
This tried, tested and trusted transformational coaching system comprises 15 sessions that span everything from an eye-opening session on life appraisal to an emotive session on life finding purpose.
An extensive set of beautifully designed coaching and client notes is made available for practice coaching purposes and can, optionally, be licensed for professional use by coaches once they have gained certification.
Our life coach training also includes exposure to free-form coaching using one of the many generic models that exist in the market, thus giving our trained coaches the flexibility to offer their clients more structured transformational coaching or needs based transactional coaching.
At New Insights we like to say that we "live, eat and breathe life coaching"!
Seriously ... our entire business focuses around training individuals like you to become quality life coaches ... coaches who will help us deliver on our mission to bring greater Freedom, Confidence and Growth to people from all walks of life.
At New Insights life coach training is not one of many types of training we offer, or an 'add-on' service. It is our sole business and one we are both passionate about and dedicated to!
At New Insights we want nothing more than to see our trainees become certified life coaches with the level of self awareness, knowledge, skill and experience to be truly successful.
Not only is this important in achieving our mission but, quite frankly, our reputation hinges on how effective our training is perceived to be. At the end of the day, the clients of the coaches we train are the judge of that. :-)
Completing high quality life coach training is one thing.
But to be a successful life coach you have to know how to plan, establish, market, sustain and expand your own life coaching practice.
Our Programme includes a wealth of material, drawn from many years of experience, to help you do just that.
New Insights certified life coaches also have the option to subscribe to our exclusive and dedicated life coach directory.
We don't wave good bye to you once you've completed our training. We offer you a special place in our hearts for the long term because we know that ...
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If you prefer to read offline, request our complimentary 30-page ebooks for a summary of everything you'll find on this website. These ebooks are presented in convenient Q&A format.
Perhaps you want to apply to your employer or someone else to sponsor your training and you want an 'executive summary' of who we are and what we offer. Our no-frills Prospectus is what you need. Download this 6-page document here.
Find out what it takes to become a life coach (and answers to other questions you are likely to have about becoming a life coach).
Find out more about New Insights Africa, the company behind New Insights in South and southern Africa.
Read about Bill Burridge, the Managing Director of New Insights Africa and New Insights Life Coaching UK.
Read about why becoming a New Insights certified life coach is one of the best home based business opportunities you could consider.
Find out more about the New Insights Life Coach Training and Certification Programme – for those who want life coach training without compromise but with convenience, affordability and flexibility.
Read about our Introductory course, New Insights Life Coaching 101, perfect for those starting out, wanting to know more or needing help to understand if life coaching is a fit for them.
Why not take a look at some of the wonderful Testimonials we have received from trainee life coaches and certified life coaches over the years.
If you're looking for a well trained and certified professional Life Coach, visit our Life Coach Directory.