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• A life of meaning
• An Introduction to NLP (My thoughts)
• Hypnosis - what is it?
• Losing Weight and finding you
• Will you choose to carry on smoking?
• You can’t attract financial abundance, can you?

Yet another knife crime – Causes and Solutions

Everyday we seem to be hearing more and more news on knife crimes, with deaths on the rise.

It really saddens me, as I am sure it does you.

First of all for the victims and their loss of life

Secondly, for their families who lose a child to violence and how they have to try and cope without their child, brother, sister or grandchild.

And thirdly, for the youths responsible for the horrible crime.

Many people would just want to throw away the key to those responsible. And I feel if caught with a knife or weapon there should be a punishment rather than the petty warnings some may receive. However we must also address the cause.

Why do they do it?

There are always reasons and those reasons are varied.

From feeling isolated from the community, therefore joining gangs for ‘family’ and ‘belonging’, to not being able to see a way out or they feel it’s the only thing they do.

Although it may be hard to imagine, imagine looking through their eyes and see, hear and feel the world they live in.

Maybe you see you have no way or options to progress in live.

Maybe you don’t feel cared, appreciated or loved.

No sense of belonging.

Potentially having grown up in poverty and abuse.

Maybe feeling targeted and condemned by society.

And countless other circumstances

If you had a few or all of those things how may you react in life?

By no means does it EVER condone those horrible actions and crimes. However it does make us take a hard look at ourselves. What are WE doing to change and cure the causes of the vicious crimes? Are we in a way turning a blind eye and continuing to isolate and label them as no hopers and the disease of society? Or are we going to take a stand and educate troubled youths.

Give them options and progress, Give them an opportunity to direct their energy to something positive. Help resolve their hurts, negative emotions and beliefs of caused by childhood trauma, neglect or circumstance. Educate them that there is more they can have out of life.

I think everyone is doing everything they can given the choices and resources they have. Like someone who is depressed, phobic, anxious or addicted; they feel that it’s out of their control – although the answers are always hidden within them.

So you maybe thinking “What are YOU going to do Joseph”

That’s something I have thought about a lot recently. And I am searching and working on opportunities to create change. What ideas can you think of?

One way is that I am targeting youth charities to come along on a FREE one day seminar, where I truly belief I can help them use all their energy to create unlimited possibilities, to educate them to be their potential and that there are things they can do to change their situation.

So if you are interested in coming along, if you’re a charity who wishes to make a positive changes e-mail me at info@josephclough.com

I wasn't a bad child, but I was labelled as 'not clever' or 'not good enough'. Many big money makers today who create change in the world were labelled the same way i.e Sir Richard Branson.

I managed to turn my life around at a young age and have big dreams to fulfil and one is teaching others the secret of a fulfilling and abundant life.

What would you do to help? And what stops you? Our only limitations are those that we put on ourselves.

Your Friend

Joseph Clough
Inspirational Coach and Trainer
www.josephclough.com
www.empoweringsounds.com