Humans; when they succeed, we succeed

A theme in the Olympics, is that of being a "cheer" leader. We find ourselves encouraging some of the most unlikely heroes. Empowering others who may even question their self esteem?! Who seemingly came to the games with overwhelming confidence, only to stretch themselves and their abilities to reach their life long goal, yet still needing that inner voice at the most unlikely moment, as the dream is within (0r just out of) reach.

Whether it is the crowd, the event or the individual themselves that encourages them to achieve their ultimate goal or not, it is not the actual achievement of the goal, but being there at the Olympics that makes them a "winner". They have found within themselves the inner "cheer" leader, to have made it to the Olympics, much less "win" their event.

So here's a YEAH YEAH Out Loud to all of the athletes, and their support systems. Let's hope the inner "cheer" leader takes over at just the right time, to help them achieve their goals.

But remember, being a "winner" isn't always about coming in FIRST.

Congratulations Olympic participants!

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Tonya Ramsey is the host and provides one-on-one coaching, group coaching and offers classes on the principle of prosperity through a strong healthy foundation of self.
She is a team leader for Digital Moms, providing training and support to team members as they work together to prosper by working from home. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Women's Studies.

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Thanks for being a "cheer" leader!

A YEAH YEAH Out Loud Moment

My adopted cousin's wife (mother of 6) recently found her mother's family.

Her loving birth mother sent Bernadette to another loving mother and father who could have no other children. Attending the best schools, well cultured, Bernadette eventually married into "our" family in MN after finishing college.

Mother of her own 6 children, now back in the Bahamas after her adoptive parent's death, she ventured out with her oldest daughter and granddaughter to another island. Knowing this was the "home" island of her birth mother, she said to me, "I pulled a Kathy" and stood up and said OUT LOUD; I'm looking for " " family. Someone in the restaurant said; "WHY" and with her plea to find her birth family, the respondent said; I'm your cousin.

And so it began. It turns out her "mother" had 5 children, including one "sister" who currently lives on the same island as Bernadette.

This weekend, her sister will take her to another island to meet the rest of the "family". So, I'm proud to be part of the family Bernadette found who gave her the "YEAH YEAH" to listen to her inner "cheer" leader to be brave to say Out Loud, she wanted to find her family. And so she did.

YEAH YEAH
Love "your cousin"

YYOL to participate in "Self Esteem in Schools" Campaign

Anke Otto-Wolf and YYOL's Kathy Carpenter will join to bring campaign alive.

Senator Obama requested the Self-Esteem project information from Anke Otto-Wolf and said that “Our kids deserve a better chance at every level –from preschool and summer school, to high school and college. Last year, he introduced the Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act, which provides grants to school systems that draft detailed plans for broad reforms at the district level.”

Anke Otto-Wolf is the creator of Self-Esteem Tools for Teachers and the initiator of the Self-Esteem in Schools campaign to be launched mid August.

Bringing awareness of the need for self-esteem in shools is the project's main focus.

More information about this project will be posted on YYOL web site and Self Esteem Tools for Teachers.

YYOL® text message acronym for positive self esteem

GTG, BRB, LOL; well here's a new text messaging acronym; AND it stands for empowering kids to discover their inner cheerleader! YEAH YEAH Out Loud©!

(if you want to know some more visit http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm)

It's the vision of YYOL® to be a key, recognizable symbol for positive self-esteem.

To help them reach their full potential by demonstrating that collectively and individually they are capable of doing more than they thought possible, leading to lifelong successes.

Develop fun and inspiring solid foundation programs that foster positive self esteem while fulfilling national and state educational requirements.

Provide and support a web site that communicates clear and effective strategies and techniques to achieve sharing of positive self esteem methods and applications.

This is all achieved through the story of Hur-Ray© and Kiddazy® who's faces are made up of the letters Y Y O L.

Visit http://www.yeahyeahoutloud.com/ and see how your community can become YYOL and find a new awareness of POSITIVE acronyms!

Nationality Face

When our oldest (Adele-26) was little, she taught me a lesson I'd keep forever!
Off she went to Kindergarten (after some pre-school experience) and happily returned home with the words "I have a new friend".
Their name would not give an indication of gender, and she would then say, "and they have a nationality face!"; which to her meant, this person (I still didn't know if they were boy or girl), looked "different" than her.
Her description came from her question the year before; "why does so-and-so look different than me?"; to which I would answer: their family is from a different part of the world. We would go to the atlas or globe and find that spot-in relation to where we lived at the time. I would also explain our ancestry and show her those countries. Now the answer would be, they are a different NATIONALITY.

So now, when I created YYOL, the characters of Hur-Ray© and Kiddazy® have no "nationality" or gender and are designed to be universal yet have their own "identity" as "cheer" leaders.

Adele is now living in northern California, and is a social worker. Guess I should have known that from her youthful "people loving" phrase, "nationality face"!

With all I've done in the past 49+ years; I still say: "Being a mom, is the BEST job I ever had!"

(From June issue"Fishful Thinking"-A Beautiful Start to Summer)

YYOL recommends this site to parents and educators alike to find some more great tips on 'Empowering kids to discover their inner "cheer" leader! YEAH YEAH

As a parent and psychologist, I am concerned by how our kids are barraged by negative messages and ugly images of despair. Back when I was 10, if I saw the news I would see ugliness (crime, suffering, danger) that happened in my own community. Today, with the advent of the 24-hour news networks, our children can turn on the TV and see ugliness in every community around the world.

Fortunately, there is something we can do about it. Beauty is the antidote to ugliness. I'm not talking about supermodel beauty. I'm talking about the everyday beauty that surrounds us—dogwood trees in full bloom, lilies standing tall, the color of the sky as the last ribbon of the sun sets on the horizon or the red color of the bricks that make up the building across the street. June is a wonderful month to take notice of the beauty around you!

You can help your children stay positive and appreciate the goodness in the world by taking five minutes every day to go on a "Beauty Detour." Challenge your family to devote this time to simply stop, notice and name what is beautiful around you—no matter where you are. For example, if you are running errands, pull the car over and ask your children to name what they see that is beautiful—the colors of the cars as they race by, the way the light reflects on a puddle of water, the symmetry of the white lines in the parking lot.

By making it a practice to recognize what is beautiful as a family, you will be helping your children to see that they have the ability to pay attention to what makes their surroundings glorious, no matter how many messages they receive to the contrary!

Sincerely,Dr. Karen Reivich On behalf of the Goldfish® Team