Just breathe! Whatever it is that you are dealing with and struggling to get
the results you desire - just breathe into the situation! Relax and breathe
and allow your mind to give you the inspirations to bring forth the
solutions to bring about the results

How are you unearthing the 'acres of diamonds' in yourself today? Many of us
go outside of ourselves to find answers and solutions to what we want to be
and have. That also includes seeking approval to be. This was one of my own
downfalls in the past where I looked to others for approval. Looking within
is where the answer is. What are you looking outside of yourself for, that
you probably already have within you?

Read my latest blog on Food and Self Harm Behaviour
www.stepup-international.co.uk

Check out the correlation between FOOD and SELF HARM here
www.stepup-international.co.uk

I've got 91% new visits to my website www.stepup-international.co.uk
yippee! Something must be working!

Listening to Mozart at the moment

This time next week I will be preparing for my next Easy Tiger Parents
Programme in Birmingham

Enjoyed my 06.00am walk this morning!

Interviewing a university graduate today for marketing

My next Easy Tiger Parents Programme starts next week - confirming numbers
end of this week

I'm currently reading 'Being in Balance' by Dr Wayne Dyer. Easy read and
helps you to realign your thoughts with your reality

Hungry but don't know what to eat right about now! Doing my best to stay
well away from WHEAT!

Had a great acquacise session last night! Really good - but the session
always goes much too fast!

"It's fine to celebrate success, but it's more important to heed the lessons
of failure." Bill Gates

I would love to assist in liberating you! Join me on The Psychology of Self
Harm & Behaviour Course, 25 November 2011 here:
http://ping.fm/dCuaI - giving you self harm
help and self harm awareness

Giving to charities: when you give to charities, do you know if the charity
is assisting the recipients to be: responsible, accountable, preserve their
dignity and become productive? Or does the charity assist in derode these
qualities in their recipients thus making them even more dependent? Does the
charities focus on educating its recipients? (Dr Demartini)

We get what we think about whether we want it or not; whether we like it or
not! Why not choose to think about what we really really want?

Your magnificent self is waiting for you to take action to nurture, support
and accelerate it. What actions will you take today?

Had another fantastic day yesterday: 3 new delegates for Psychology of Self
Harm & Behaviour Course 25 November 2011

http://ping.fm/bF1ur - student support
staff; teachers; deputy head teachers - all requiring self harm help

Good morning. How are you nurturing and supporting your magnificence today?

Now that's what I am talking about! A very decisive manager made the
decision, no faffing around, to have Step Up! International in to do some
self harm training and consultancy work on self harming pupils or pupils
self harming as they needed self harm help for teachers and support staff.

Love, peace, inspirational blessings and inner healing for anyone personally
affected by 9/11.

Are you one of those people that are likely to die with your song still left
in you? Still untapped? If yes, what are you going to do about it? When
would today be the right time to start to do something about it and make
that thing happen!?

Good morning world!

What are you waiting for when you have a dream to create? A plan to make? A
goal to achieve? A ball to have? Success to Claim? Jennifer McLeod

UK ministers DOUBLE STANDARDS reign again and again. The UK has an arms fair
at Excel Centre London next week. Defence & Security Equipment International
(DSEi) is one of the world's largest arms fairs and has been held every two
years in the Excel centre in east London's Docklands since 1999. the
government has NOT disclosed the full list of countries (dictators) that it
has invited to this arms fair
http://ping.fm/2jNLI
. The UK government then has a go at dictators that use
these arms against their own people. Arms that they have bought from the UK
government! Read more on this press release www.ekklesia.co.uk

For more of my inspirational Quotes, google 'Jennifer McLeod Quotes'

"Step Up! to the song inside of you. Following through with that thing that
makes your heart sing is likely to help you find your life purpose. Then you
will really have something to sing about!" Jennifer McLeod

"Embrace life as if you really meant it. Treat it like a long-lost very
close friend or family member. Now that you have found it, you will want to
do everything possible to hold onto it, cherish it; do more for it; love it
and make it better." Jennifer McLeod

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something
else is the greatest accomplishment!" Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just finished talking to a hot prospect regarding Self Harm training
consultancy for support staff.

Are You living your ultimate life vision today? If no, do you need some
inspiration to get you started? If yes, grab a discounted copy of my book
here: http://tinyurl.com/kojutv 'Born To Win! Live Your Ultimate Life
Vision Today direct from my publishers. 'Liberating People' - Liberating
You!

Just had another booking for The Psychology of Self Harm & Behaviour Course
25 November 2011. To book your place or forward this info to others, find
more details here:
http://ping.fm/dAG3I

Looking forward to another new Easy Tiger Parents Programme commencing end
of September 2011. Do you know of anyone who would benefit from our Easy
Tiger Parents Programme - in groups or one-to-one? Let us know

I love what I do and I do what I love! I love liberating parents and giving
children back their parents! It's a great feeling to see the difference and
transformation in parents after completing one of my Easy Tiger Parents
Programmes. They have been transformed holistically and their children gain
the benefits straight away. Brilliant!

Eid mubarek!

Ramazan Bayrami kutlu olsun!

Senseless killings of and amongst young people! RIP Shaeem

Last Easy Tiger Parent Programme today! Next programme starts September 2011

Focused on Enabling more educators to manage the self harming situation at
school.

Step Up! International is looking forward to assisting more
schools/teachers/educators manage the self harm situation

http://ping.fm/pwdW7 Last 2 places on The
Psychology of Self Harm & Behaviour Course, 17 June 2011, in Birmingham. Do
you work with young people who self harm? Join us

Happy Bank Holiday to everyone :-)

Had a great week with the Easy Tiger Parents Programme! Some super parents
who've definitely clocked it! You can 'see' their brain cells ticking away -
and a few light bulb moments too! Love it!

Had a great week with the Easy Tiger Parents Programme! Some super parents
who've definitely clocked it! You can 'see' their brain cells ticking away -
and a few light bulb moments too! Love it!

We will be looking at the correlation between food and self harm shortly

Cut a beautiful bright yellow rose yesterday. Brightened up my day even
more!

What are your views? Can You Love Again After An Abusive Relationship?

What are your views? Can You Love Again After An Abusive Relationship?

I have a Radio Interview on the Jonathan Vernon Smith Show, Monday 23 May
2010 at approx 10.30a.m. Tune in to
http://ping.fm/4fI3E BBC Three Counties Radio
95.5FM/103.8FM/104.5FM. Topic: Can You Love Again After An Abusive
Relationship? Special guest will be in the studio who experienced a very
violent and abusive relationship. Join us!

What stops a parent whose child is self harming, from getting help?
www.stepup-international.co.uk

Would you know what to do if your son/daughter was self harming?
http://bit.ly/gD2oFF

Children as young as four are using computers today and can easily access
unsavoury websites. Have you considered the internet to be a dangerous tool
that is readily available to children? http://bit.ly/mpQUNH Do we need to do
more regarding internet safety?

Children as young as four are using computers today and can easily access
unsavoury websites. Have you considered the internet to be a dangerous tool
that is readily available to children? http://bit.ly/mpQUNH Do we need to do
more regarding internet safety?

How safe is your child on the internet? Internet safety for children is
paramount http://bit.ly/mpQUNH

Would you know what to do if your son/daughter was self harming?
http://bit.ly/gD2oFF

Just 3 Places left for Psychology of Self Harm & Behaviour Course Friday 17
June 2011 http://bit.ly/gD2oFF Grab your place now!

One more delegate signed up for Psychology of Self Harm & Behaviour Course
Friday 17 June 2011 http://bit.ly/gD2oFF

Parents Self Harm Help

   Parents Self Harm Help

We have all heard by now of the rise in self harm amongst young people. For some parents this news will have come as a complete shock on hearing that one of those young people is their son or daughter.

Then starts the challenge of knowing which is the best approach to adopt in supporting your child, in supporting yourself  and the rest of the family, and of course, dealing with the self harming activity itself. This is also coupled with the challenge of knowing where to turn for help and which professional to approach!

In addition to the above, there are the added challenges of dealing with a gamut of raw emotions such as fear, guilt, sadness, anxiety, hurt, together with self blame, blaming other family members and/or the person who is self harming, in an attempt to somehow find a way through this situation and wondering why people self harm.

In these circumstances, parents can often feel quite alone, isolated and frustrated. With the stigma attached to self harm and some medical professional’s unhelpful approach to self harm, it is not always an easy situation and condition to deal with or get appropriate support for. The search for real help is made that much harder with websites promoting how to self harm. That said, parents self blame, however, does not help them or the situation, but rather keeps them stuck. There are a myriad of reasons why the self harming activity occurred in the first place. For instance, it can be triggered by simple causes like exam pressure to other complex family related matters. An open flow of information and communication is definitely the key in getting to the root cause of the self harming behaviour and gaining more self harm awareness.

Self harming activities are wide ranging and not just the stereotypical cutting. Hair pulling, alcohol abuse, gang culture, self neglect and head banging are just some other examples of self harm. It is also an activity that transcends all cultures, societies, religion and ages, starting from as young as three or four years old to senior citizens in their eighties. Indeed, some parents are themselves people who self harm and may have concerns about the knock on effect that this will have on their children.

There isn’t a typical person who self harms or a typical family that people who self harm come from.

Given that self harm is generally a cry for help, the situation isn’t just going to go away by itself! Parents require an avenue and means of getting the help and self harm support and open communication to deal with it.

One source of information is seeking advice via your local GP/doctor and another is via local counselling or therapeutic interventions.

The main thing is to acknowledge that there is a situation that needs to be dealt with if the whole family is to move forward.

This article © Jennifer McLeod 2011

All Rights Reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission

What stops a parent whose child is self harming, from getting help?
www.stepup-international.co.uk

Great engaging Easy Tiger Parents Programme today! Parents fired up and
ready to take ACTION!!! to make the necessary changes to move their lives to
the next level and ensure a healthier bond with their children

Looking forward to Easy Tiger Parents Programme Workshop tomorrow! And MORE
parents joining us tomorrow - great!

Where do parents go to get help for their children who are self harming?

www.stepup-international.co.uk

Only a few places left on Psychology of Self Harm & Behaviour Course Friday
17 June 2011 http://bit.ly/gD2oFF

How do parents cope with self harm? www.stepup-international.co.uk

Ugandan politicians have halted the Death Penalty for anyone who is
homosexual thanks to worldwide petitions organised by www.avaaz.org

URGENT - EU ban on herbal remedies. Sign the petition here:
http://bit.ly/j0hOyI

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Happy Easter to all those celebrating it!

Had my first morning walk this morning for nearly a year. Felt absolutely
fantastic and refreshing! Passersby had the pleasure of me singing too :-)

QUESTION: HELP! Anyone know How to send blogs to Wordpress website from your
Microsoft Outlook? I can send them to Blogger but haven't quite worked out
how to do this from wordpress

I contacted one of my best clients today and they've told me that they had
to release 4 staff last week! I've put off asking them about my next
assignment. Cameron you really need to do much better!!!! People losing
their jobs for the government to mop up its own mess is simply not on!!

My son's off on his Duke of Edinburgh camping trip tomorrow. His rucksack is
sure heavy!!!

Last day of one of my Easy Tiger Parents Programmes today! And Certificates
for parents too!

Hope all MUMS celebrating MOTHER'S DAY yesterday had a truly wonderful day,
time and experience. For those of us who no longer have our mums, focus on
the precious moments that they gave you. With love - Jennifer x

Education Inspirational Speech for Parents by Khang Tuong Nguyen - 11 Years
Old. Is this young man off to a great start or what?

http://ping.fm/hAvXW

Education Inspirational Speech for Parents by Khang Tuong Nguyen

Is this young man off to a great start or what?

Share your thoughts here

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for
the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. ~
George Bernard Shaw

What's your favourite parenting tool or strategy that works for you every
time?

TOP TIP: How to help people to untangle their mixed up feelings: - Restate
their problem as a question like this: 'So the Question seems to be: How do
you express that you are feeling unloved at home without self harming?'

A parent being forced to do parenting programmes doesn't necessarily work!
If the parent is not willing to embrace the learning on the programmes, just
like any other course, they are wasting their time. The emphasis for me is
to work with the parent in respect of the ROOT CAUSE of their challenges.
Inadequate or inappropriate parenting is simply a SYMPTOM of what is going
on at the root cause or root level.

As I am making my sales calls for the past couple of days, it appears that
the rise in self harm in young people is increasing to the extent where
staff are both overwhelmed and baffled at the same time, as to what would
lead them to self harm in the way that they do.

The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
- Danish Proverb

Oh Lord, Bless our YOUNG PEOPLE from us 'adults' who can't do, won't do,
should do, shouldn't do, refuse to do, that which we expect and tell our
young people to do!, BUT wish we (adults) could do!

Oh and yeah, help us adults to develop the COURAGE to do that which we
expect our young to do.

Often adults talk about young people not taking responsibility for their
actions. Often adults haven't shown young people HOW to take responsibility!
That is, adults haven't lead the way or been a good role model for young
people to learn how to take responsibility. Adults? = parents, teachers,
society as a whole

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what
their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day
toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. Brian Tracy

Question: If you were to do just one thing that, if you did it consistently
it would make a difference in your business or your life, what would that
one thing be?

As parents, sometimes we make mistakes. What challenges me sometimes
however, are some parents who would rather focus ALL their attention on
'fixing' their child than on perhaps seeking how they could make some
changes tooo. Hey we're humans - parents or otherwise. Let's face it - we
will mess up! It's ok to make mistakes providing we acknowledge and learn
from them!

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure. It is
our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most...We were born to make
manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others. - Marianne Williamson, American
author and lecturer

To celebrate 100 Years of International Women's Day, vote for the most
'Divine Woman' in the UK www.stepup-international.co.uk

Happy Happy International Women's Day to all women across the world

Off to another Easy Tiger Parents Programme on this sunny day. Some parents
on this particular programme thought that there were only a couple ways of
disciplining their children. Thankfully, as a result of this Programme they
are wiser about the many choices they have including looking at ALTERNATIVES
to punishment

There are no bad parents! Only parents performing the parenting role with
the resources they have at that given time

Had a frosty start to the morning but now It's an absolutely glorious sunny
morning here in Birmingham UK

I have updated my website. Take a look www.borntowin-book.com

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can
do something; And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. ~ Edward Everett Hale

Comparison website states that New European Court ruling on insurance is
effectively a gender tax on women. Read more here

http://bit.ly/hIrfEB

"After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done" ~ :-)

On my way to my Easy Tiger Parents' Programme. Looking forward to Liberating
more parents!

"If we never faced adversity, our well-being wouldn't be as sweet" ~ Terry
Kellog