New Insights On Life with Bill Burridge

New Insights On Life with Bill Burridge

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New Insights On Life with Bill Burridge episodes

  • How Inertia Holds Us Back and What to Do About It

    Inertia. We all experience it to greater or lesser degrees. It’s part and parcel of our make up to resist change but in today’s world that means missing out on so much life has to offer. 

    Fortunately, it doesn’t take much to make a simple habit of overcoming inertia to live life to the full. 

    We'll explore this in today's podcast.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    8 min
  • Fair Exchange, the Key to Abundance

    Fair exchange promotes the natural abundance that exists in our world ... but to practice fair exchange, you must believe in a natural state of abundance.

    Sadly, the opposite is also true. Those with a scarcity mentality practice unfair exchange in the belief that there is only so much to go around and that life is a competition to secure a fair share, or preferably, more.

    In this podcast, Bill narrates a chapter from his book, self-published in 2010: 

    A Boerewors Roll for the Soul - Awaken to the Magic of the Life You Love. 

    He is in the process of extensively editing and updating it, with the aim of releasing it as an ebook before the end of 2026.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    8 min
  • What Do You Stand For?

    If someone who knew you well were asked what you stand for, what would they say?

    It's a question most of us have never actually answered — and in a world that grows noisier by the year, that leaves us drifting: busy, committed, yet carried along by a current we never chose.

    In this episode I share a leadership exercise that has stayed with me for thirty years, unravel the difference between purpose, values and a personal mission, and offer a simple exercise to help you put what you stand for into words — and live by it.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    11 min
  • Embrace Change and Let the Magic Happen

    They say the only constant in life is change. 

    But for most of us, significant change can be scary to contemplate. Few realise that we have an inbuilt self-protection mechanism to thank for this; a mechanism that represents ‘overkill’ when it comes to modern-day living.

    In this podcast, I’ll explain why we are naturally resistant to change and why that often deprives us of opportunities for personal growth and development that come our way.

    I’ll also share simple ways to learn to embrace change and enjoy defining moments that lead us to live to our full potential.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    11 min
  • 15 Insights to Help You Live Life to the Full

    The business of my company, New Insights, is in training people to become certified life coaches, and since life coaches specialise in helping others to live their lives to the full, it stands to reason that our training is packed with tips that promote this.

    On today’s podcast, I’m delighted to share 15 of my favourite insights.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    10 min
  • How to Deal With Life's Challenges? Revisit the Context!

    For so many of us, life is a slog, as we deal, reactively, with one problem after another. That’s because we have fallen into a trap of humanity’s making. 

    To break out of that trap, we need to find purpose, and that starts with an appreciation of the context to life — the incredible grand design of which each of us is an intricate part. 

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    8 min
  • How to Deal With Life's Challenges? Revisit the Context!

    For so many of us, life is a slog, as we deal, reactively, with one problem after another. That’s because we have fallen into a trap of humanity’s making. 

    To break out of that trap, we need to find purpose, and that starts with an appreciation of the context to life — the incredible grand design of which each of us is an intricate part. 

    Let us know what you think!

    8 min
  • Switch Off Your Autopilot – and Wake Up to Your Life

    Have you noticed how easy it is to reach the end of a day and barely remember any of it? 

    So many of us are living on autopilot, following a tried-and-tested formula for success that no longer quite fits the world we now live in. 

    In this article, I explore why meaning is quietly leaking out of modern life — and how the simple courage to question, pause and approach things a little differently can let purpose flood back in.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    9 min
  • Life Coaching: From Desperation to Inspiration

    When a problem has us in its grip, every door ahead looks closed. But desperation  is rarely about the thing in front of us — it is about how stuck we feel in relation to it. 

    In this episode Bill looks at how life coaching helps us flip the coin from problem to opportunity — from desperation to inspiration — and why the magic of that shift so often lies in nothing more mystical than a really good conversation.

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    11 min
  • How to Navigate Turbulent Times

    Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, the pace and volatility of change is increasing. 

    As the inevitable 'downs' that the rollercoaster of life presents us with become less predictable, and more difficult to manage, our levels of anxiety steadily rise.

    So, what can we do to navigate increasingly turbulent times?

    In this podcast episode, Bill shares six key reflections from his own life experience that may help. 

    Let us know what you think!

    Awards for New Insights On Life:

    • Top 10 Life Coaching related Podcasts in the UK by Feedspot.
    • Top 10 personal development podcasts in South Africa by millionpodcasts. 

    New Insights is a Life Coach Training company with websites serving Africa and the UK/International:

    New Insights Africa
    New Insights UK



    10 min

About New Insights On Life with 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 blog by the same name, New Insights On Life. 

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