LCCS Journey With Sameer

How did my journey with Sameer begin?

Sameer*, 22, a youth offender serving his sentence in the Changi Prison, was sitting alone in the room. Tattoos covered almost his entire body. He was waiting to meet me, his ‘My Journey’ facilitator. Upon entering the room, I smiled and shook his hand. After ten minutes into our conversation, he suddenly asked, “What do you think of me?” He paused, concerned if I was affected by his tattoos.

Sensing his discomfort, I replied in a light-hearted tone, “Hey Sameer, I am fine with your tattoos. I am happy to see you today. I’d like to introduce to you this new program called My Journey.” He then nodded his head and began to feel more at ease with me. At that time, I had no inkling that his tattoos were not just merely modern decorative body art, but its designs and symbols were indicative of his past journey with a secret society indulging in drugs and perpetrating violence.

Why was Sameer incarcerated?

Sameer was incarcerated for about two years for drug offences and violence. Early in his life at the age of 17, he was hooked on drugs and soon became a drug addict. He also got himself involved in gang related activities. One day while he was at home, he became violent after consuming some drugs and ended up beating his mother, who later called the police. He also hit one of the police officers when he came to arrest him.

How did Sameer repair harm and restore relationships?

By participating in the My Journey program, Sameer was given the space to talk about his feelings of sadness, anger and shame for causing harm to his loved ones, particularly his mother. As the journey progressed, he began to reflect on how he could restore his relationship and to rebuild trust with them. After Sameer journeyed with me in this program for about two months, a restorative conference/support circle was convened inside the prison.

On this important day of restitution, Sameer had the opportunity to have meaningful engagements with his family members and people who had cared for him over the years. They included his biological and adoptive families, a former school teacher, a befriender, a counsellor and prison staff. As Sameer knelt before his loved ones and apologised to them, participants began to tear as they could feel the sincerity expressed by Sameer to repair harm and restore relationships. The sight of both mothers, biological and adoptive, hugging their son, forgiving and loving one other brought so much comfort and encouragement to the group.

He then began to talk about how he would like to rebuild trust with those affected by his behaviours. He listed some goals to achieve for the next six months, which included getting a job to support his family, having a strategy to remain drug-free, taking up a hobby and volunteering in community work. To help Sameer achieved his goals, participants would act as his community of care and started to express their support by listing the kind of help they would like to provide him to ensure that he would succeed in achieving his goals.

What made the My Journey program a meaningful outcome?

The My Journey program allowed a series of engagements between Sameer and people in his community of care to process their feelings, provide closure on the past and provide their support for Sameer to keep him on track. At LCCS, we advocate administering Restorative Practices (RP) among inmates through the My Journey program. The program aims to break the cycle of hurt, restore relationships and rebuild trust so that every inmate can avoid reoffending and be reintegrated into the community as a responsible citizen who contributes to society and the nation.

Note: Client has given consent to this article. The name has been changed to protect the confidentiality of the client and family. 

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Coin Dealer Inventory on March 14th. Just a quick video of what's in the coin shop today stop in check for your self.

Best coin shop in the Triad with the friendliest coin dealer.

Just going through our inventory for March 14th 2022 incase you see anything your interested on stop by our coin shop. We carry a wide variety of silver rounds, silver bars, 10zt bars, gold coins, gold bullion and so much more. We try to offer the best pricing in Winston Salem and the Triad along with great inventory. Buying gold at a fair market value. Generally speaking we pay 75% of gold value the refinery pays us 95% we make 20% if you feel that’s fair stop in. We buy and sell vintage and luxury watches including Rolex, Longines Omega, Brietling, Waltam, Hamilton, Cartier, along with many more and pocket watches. Our reviews speak for themselves that we are coin dealers you should take a look at. 

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Gallstones And Coffee! Who Would Have Thought?

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Captain Gabriel de Clieu died in Paris in 1774, aged 88. He was eventually honoured with a memorial but never received any financial reward for his efforts and died in poverty. A heaping of organic coffee powder being tossed into your steaming hot milk in the mornings is an experience in itself. A heaping of organic coffee powder being tossed into your steaming hot milk in the mornings is an experience in itself. Thats not knocking traditional coffee, which also turns tired bodies to life in a matter of minutes. Today, many consumers have switched to organic fruits and vegetables in an attempt to fend off pesticides, live healthier, and to stay environmentally conscious. As a result, the more serious coffee enthusiasts have been forced to pay premium prices for organic coffee as a result of Fair Trade and the complexity of its production. Just how is organic coffee produced that justifies this expense? 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Listing Domination Secrets in Real Estate Revealed Pt. 1/7

In this video, Million Dollar agent coach Blake Cory explains and breaks down his 7-Step System for listing domination. Part 1- Building bonding and rapport. So, if you want to learn more about the 7-Step System for Listing Domination in Real Estate, you're in the right place. Here is the full live stream presentation Click here to join ➡️ https://joinblakecory.com/ Connect with me on my other social channels: Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/blake.e.cory/ Instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/blakecoryre/ Twitter ➡️ https://twitter.com/blakecoryre Pinterest ➡️ https://www.pinterest.com/blakecoryre... Linkedin ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakecbir/ Real Estate Specific Links ➡️ https://topagentlive.com/register-bro... Timestamp 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Step 1 introduction 1:00 - Step 1 of the 7-step system 1:37 - Bonding the rapport 4:02 - The importance of having a briefcase and a laptop with you 4:54 - What should you do in a home tour? 5:25 - The importance of taking notes on the description of the house 6:07 - The real purpose of the home tour 7:00 - What is a F.R.O.G.? 7:28 - Understanding the 'Family' 8:03 - 'Recreation': understanding the family's hobbies 8:42 - 'Occupation': letting the sellers talk about themselves 9:43- Understanding their 'Goal' 10:22 - The information you get from F.R.O.G. 10:58 - Letting the conversation to naturally flow to build a relationship 11:59 - Closing remarks #allthingsrealestate #realestateagenttips #realestatecoach #realestatetraining #business #BlakeCory #TopAgent #MillionDollarAgent #marketing #sales #freerealestatecoaching

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Should You Be Concerned About Fluoride Toothpaste?

For years, we have been told that fluoride in our toothpaste, mouthwash, and drinking water is essential for our teeth and health. But is that really true? 

Over the last year, there have been many studies published about the neurotoxicity of fluoride, especially with children. Neurotoxicity is damage to the brain or nervous system caused by exposure to toxic substances. Three of the many studies were funded by the National Institute of health. Harvard University is one of the studies. Fluoride is a key topic that continues to grow and get amplified as we move forward.

While there are some benefits of fluoride such as it can help with strengthening teeth and tooth enamel. However, ORL believes that the costs of adding fluoride to our bodies outweigh the benefits.

Studies have shown fluoride can cause everything from gastrointestinal issues to an impact on the development of the brain, especially with children. If you look at a tube of toothpaste, there is an FDA warning label printed on it to call poison control. This label is required by the FDA. Additionally, the FDA is requiring a warning on anything containing fluoride and toothpaste but starting with children’s products. ORL does not believe that fluoride is safe for children at all.

More and more studies are being done on fluoride and about fluorosis which happens when you have too much fluoride. It leads everything to your teeth to start to discolor and in other issues that happen. It has also been scientifically proven that acute amounts of fluoride, which varies from person to person, can be fatal. While it would take consuming a tremendous amount of fluoride for this to happen, the fact remains that ingesting too much fluoride can be fatal.

Strengthening teeth and enamel is important and fluoride can do that, but there are other factors to think about with ingestion and things getting absorbed in your tongue, in your mouth, even into your bloodstream, it can pose quite an amount of unknown risk.

Additionally, some more recent research that has been published even links fluoride to inhibiting one's insulin secretion and increasing the amount of blood glucose. While this research is still being reviewed, we are confident in saying that more and more health issues continue to arise from the use of fluoride.

Consumers are becoming more mindful and aware of what they are putting into their bodies. There is a growing concern about the amount of fluoride that we take in overall. For example, the amount of fluoride that is added to our drinking water is even a concern. Some of the long-term studies that originally were initiated when fluoride started being added to water in the 1950s are coming into question. And there is a growing concern that fluoride, whether it's in our diets or through our water supply, or certainly in our toothpaste is actually more of a negative thing than a positive one.

Due to all of the questionable and potential ill effects of fluoride, ORL set out to create a safe fluoride free toothpaste and oral care product. Additionally, ORL wanted to create a product that also has the perfect pH balance. By combining and providing the nutrients and the benefits of all the ingredients together it highlights the ORL plant-based essential oils and vitamins and minerals and gets to that state of remineralization and the perfect pH so that fluoride is not even needed. 

ORL’s product offers benefits such as strengthening your teeth, improving your teeth, reducing cavities, it's all in the 7.0 pH balance that is provided in the ORL product line. Having a pH in balance at a perfect 7.0 is not just for fighting the bad bacteria in your mouth, it also aids in maintaining the good bacteria.

With the benefits of fluoride free toothpaste noted the question of does fluoride free toothpaste really cleans your teeth comes to light.

The answer is yes, absolutely. Organic xylitol, which is a natural sugar alcohol that is found in plants, including many fruits and vegetables and one of the ingredients in ORL toothpaste is the answer. Organic xylitol eliminates the sugar and the bad bacteria in your mouth. But how? Bad bacteria need sugar for energy. Essentially what happens in your mouth is a bad bacteria molecule finds that sugar molecule, it consumes it for energy. The byproduct of that action is plaque.

Plaque, which causes tooth decay, is a byproduct of bad bacteria, in your mouth. Organic xylitol resembles sugar. The molecules resemble sugar, but not so that bad bacteria latch onto that xylitol molecule, it attempts to consume it, but it cannot because it cannot digest.  

Ultimately that bad bacteria will starve of itself from spending all of its energy, trying to consume that molecule of “sugar” which in this case it is organic xylitol and it dies off. Xylitol is eliminating bad decay-causing bacteria in your mouth, but it does it in a passive way. Once all of the bad bacteria is gone and out of your mouth and your mouth is at the perfect 7.0 pH balance, your mouth will start remineralizing, so your teeth will start strengthening naturally and without fluoride.

Additionally, when other vitamins such as A, B, C, D, Vitamin K, and minerals, all of which are antimicrobial and antifungal, are included it helps to strengthen your teeth naturally. Essential oils are another key ingredient in ORL products. ORL includes peppermint oil, lemon, and orange peel oil, ylang-ylang oil, and many others each of which offers different benefits to help support your mouth and help strengthen your mouth, freshen your breath, and clean your teeth. 

ORL has carefully selected each ingredient, each vitamin each mineral, each plant-based essential oil, organic xylitol, which work to eliminate bad bacteria and penetrate below the gum line and fresh breath.

ORL products are fluoride-free, harmful chemical-free, gluten-free, GMO and Sodium Laurel Sulfate-free. Additionally, ORL products are certified by PETA for being vegan but also made with certified anti-cruelty-free ingredients. Lastly, ORL products are packed in eco-friendly and recyclable packaging. ORL products are those who are trying to live a healthier, more active lifestyle, for themselves and their family.

To learn more about ORL fluoride free toothpaste, fluoride and alcohol-free mouthwash and mouth sprays, visit our website today. Use our compare tool to see what is in your toothpaste or mouthwash against the ingredients in ORL products. 

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