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Social Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker/Trainer, Activist for Women related Health issues, Mentor, Mother, Wife, and a true Friend – so many faces of a single woman who is named Azeeza Jalaludeen.

When you meet her for the first time her eye color attracts your attention to complement her. You chat with her; you find her inner spark and radiance on her face inviting again to interact with her. You become her friend, her charm and honest persona compels you to be in touch with her forever in life!

This is Azeeza Jalaludeen, Co-Founder of SHINE- A Social Enterprise & its various platforms. SHINE is Self-Help International Network Enterprise. She is a Social Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker & Trainer & Personal/Business Coach.  

A Housewife, & mother of 4, turned Professional Trainer & Business Coach, she started her self-discovery journey in 2002, learning from business & spiritual gurus, from US, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, China, etc, on the various aspects of life enhancement. She began her human development journey, in 2003. Since then, she has touched the lives of thousands of people in Singapore & Malaysia.  She has vast experience & exposure in numerous industries, communicating with people of different cultures. This has made her a highly proficient communicator, business networker, & an effective trainer in Human Skills Development.

She is effectively Multi-Lingual in Mandarin, Tamil, Malay & English for almost 30 years now. With Tamil-Speaking Parents, who migrated from India in the 1970s, this Singapore-born, took up Chinese as a 2nd language, throughout her primary (Ai Tong), secondary & college education in Singapore. She continued to excel in speaking the Mandarin language fluently, while at work & in business. She discovered the business viability of knowing & speaking Mandarin & her passion to share this unique talent with the non-chinese speaking community. Thus, she has developed the Course – Conversation in Mandarin in 2002 & renamed “SHINE Key to Conversation Mandarin” in 2004. 

Her sincere, passionate & enthusiastic disposition, with sharing of her refreshing personal experiences & ideas, makes her connect with her audience & participants almost instantly. Azeeza is always successful in uplifting learners’ self-confidence & inspiring them to overcome self-limitations & cultural barriers, helping them enhance and coaching them to advance in their Career & Life!

SHINE Endometriosis Awareness & Support – SEAS, one of the other efforts of Azeeza, started in November 2007, is the Non-Profit Global Organisation of the social enterprise, SHINE (Self-Help International Network Enterprise) Group, dedicated to educating & supporting on Endometriosis & Menstrual Health issues. As a non-profit support group operating from S’pore, they provide holistic approaches to this condition, as they are constantly updated through collaboration with Endometriosis Organisations, Specialists & Support Groups, globally. Azeeza is a sufferer of endometriosis (one of the least understood & talked about condition of our time). So she is very well aware of the problems this disease. Her mission for SEAS is in creating awareness for this condition in Asia/World & empowering women to “Conquer this Endo Dis-ease”.

Highlights of some of her achievements continue…
Money and You Graduate, Competent Toastmaster, BNI Certified Networker, etc.  She has recently also started contributing actively in the WIN-Women Executive Committee in Sengkang.
She has been featured and interviewed in Singapore’s Tamil, Chinese, English & Malay media since 1985.
It’s mentionable that she is one of the FIRST few Professional Human Skills Development Trainers in Singapore/ Asia, to conduct transformational trainings that include “walking on broken glass”. 

Azeeza’s vision is ONE World of Abundance, where everyone has peace & prosperity. She is doing this by reaching out to womenfolk & aspiring individuals, helping them discover the spirit of social entrepreneurship & also through career development in the Professional Speaking & Training Industry. She says that our world around is full of abundance in everything, and it’s in everybody’s reach. She is working with global network of organisations in changing the scarcity mentality of individual’s to mentality of abundance so that every individual progress’s towards a life of happiness and fulfillment. Hats off to her endeavors!www.shineworldwide.com/about_shine.html   

 
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Internet has become a good source of guidance for this generation parents. There are various sites which guide you how to look after your kid at different stages. What to do or not to do, how to deal with your kid, how to tackle the growing phases, what diet to give, there are so manu issues which are discussed on such sites.

I came across one very informative site www.youandyourchildshealth.org
Its a living book which teaches you how to look after your kid’s health, how to create healthier environment in your home. Articles are really informative and cover all spheres of parenting. Its interesting to read about topics like Importance of Warmth and Feeling of Illness.
Susan R. Johnson is the person who is behind this site. He is a Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrician in Unites States.His views regarding parenting are quite interesting. Under category of spiritual life of you kid in his talks he guides parents how to help your kid visualize, dream and have out of box thinking. All articles are real mind-opener to new age parents, particularly who are pressurizing their kids to achieve academic excellence at very young age!

“One is not born Woman, one becomes one.”
Indeed!
To celebrate this spirit of womanhood on the eve of International women’s day, event Fiesta was organized by SHINE – Self-Help International Network Enterprise. A Social Enterprise in Singapore. Their forte is in training Int’l Professional Speakers/Trainers & Social Entrepreneurs. They also organize charitable events & Outreach Programs for the community.

International Women’s day is one particular date in the whole year on which women is acknowledged for her achievements in different fields. Efforts are made globally, to work towards the improvement of women’s status in society and her empowerment.
Woman acts as a wife, mother, sister, daughter and maybe also a professional. Multi tasking all her jobs with credibility is in itself an achievement. As a professional she delivers all her responsibilities with diligence, as a family person she plays all roles with affection and perfection. Definitely she deserves admiration for her performance.
Womankind has always been known for her courage, determination, diligence, integrity, softness, confidence, charm and so many more attributes. Its time for her to enjoy all her attributes, enhance her knowledge regarding her advancement, pamper herself, and most importantly ENJOY! Celebrating womanhood…The ‘Fiesta’ gave a platform to womenfolk to do all they wanted and longed to do. Packaged with variety of workshops, dance performances, music performances, lucky draws, and stalls for health screening, makeovers, foot and shoulder massages, henna, painting, and lots more activities, Fiesta gave a reason to womenfolk to party, enhance knowledge, and appreciate their worth!
Opening of the event was done by keynote delivered by Dr Ramesh Nambiar Hon. PhD Founder of SHINE – Self-Help International Network Enterprise. It was followed by a programme Women Shining around the World, where ladies representing different countries attired in particular countries costume ramped around the stage. Dance performances Hip Hop by G30 Group, Indian Dance by Madhavi, Fusion Dance by Meenu and Belly Dance by Stephanie were appreciated a lot.
Celebrity Performance by” Live Your Dream” fame Alan Sandosham was a real crowd puller..

Beauty, good health and a strong personality defines the essence of womanhood around. Keeping this in mind all workshops were designed to enhance their knowledge regarding these aspects. This will help them to become healthier, confident and beautiful. The first workshop Creating a Healthy You was remarkable in the sense as it talked about women menstrual issues, healthy diet tips & how to exercise effectively, even using a mop & pail. Speaker’s profiles reflect their expertise in their particular field- Ms Angela Lee – Health Specialist with many years experience in Holistic Health Management, Ms Ketki Vinayachandra – Head of Fertility Centre in Natural Therapies Centre, Singapore. Australian trained Naturopath, Herbalist Dave – Certified Physical Trainer & Instructor who conducts health & fitness classes for women, to exercise in the comfort of their home. Ladies were benefitted by the discussion about the health management.
Workshop on Creating a Beautiful You was carried by Mrs. Lena Lee who is the Beauty & Wellness personal Grooming & Make-up Specialist with many years of experience. .Ladies got a chance to learn exciting tips to DIY Anti-Aging, Skin-Care. Also Got Hands-on Make-up / Grooming ideas. Participants also got a chance to get on the spot make-over.
Creating an Avant-Garde You workshop was carried by Dr. Ramesh Nambiar Hon. PhD. – Int’l Professional Empowerment Coach with more than 25 years experience in Mind Energizing. The workshop was about discovering your passion to stand out in current scenario. The idea of the workshop was to motivate the audience to ponder about their dreams so that they can come out from their comfort zone and work hard in creating a niche for themselves.
The highlight of the event was dialogue session with 4 achieving Women who had inspiring success stories to share on their work/ business & personal lives. It was inspiring to listen to Ms Angela Lee, Spirit of Enterprise 2005 Award Winner, who shared on her 19 years business experience in the Property Industry, & how she pursued her dreams based on her “inner voice”. She is also a Socio-prenuer, creating awareness on women health issues.

The other Achieving woman in the Dialogue session was Ms Azeeza Jalaludeen, Co-Founder of SHINE. She’s a Full-time Home-maker, turned Professional Speaker & Trainer. She touched on how she derives her inspiration from within, & the women around her, including from her mother.
Ms Moon Loh and Ms Murshidah were the other speakers. Ms Moon Loh introduced the audience to interesting word Mompreneur. Mompreneur is moms who establish businesses at home while also acting as the parent of their children. In Canada, they define Mompreneur as “A woman started the business because she’s been inspired by being a mother”. This information was quite new and inspiring to ladies. Doing business from home sounds good to all mothers. Ms Moon shares tips on her blog how to enhance business by internet marketing.
Ms Murshidah is related to Accelerated Learning Centre for people passionate in enhancing education and training systems. She has been doing lots of corporate and public workshops now in areas of personal enhancement. She shared her experiences with the audience to how to overcome your fears and obstacles and come out a winner. The Message of the Fiesta was “Lady, You Are Doing The Best You Can; I appreciate You for your efforts!”
If nobody’s telling you this, its time you stop & tell yourself & feel the essence of worthiness in yourself, accept it, enjoy it & grow stronger with this feeling!”

The Chairperson of the Fiesta Organizing Committee, Ms Azeeza Jalaludeen was very appreciative of the efforts of the volunteer team of ladies made up of multi-ethnic group in Singapore.

First of its kind in Singapore, this Fiesta is going to be a yearly event. Hats off to Organizing Team!

It was interesting to come across the news http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US-clinic-promises-designer-babies/rssarticleshow/4214980.cms
that you can literally design your baby according to your choice!

Time has gone when you have to wait for 9 months to see your baby exact looks. Its Tech world afterall. Why not to do experiments with babies also? You get what you pay!
“Steinberg’s clinic, the world’s largest provider of the process of gender choice, has received “five or six” requests from couples for the new service which involves embryo selection, not genetic modification. He expects the first trait selection baby to be born next year and the cost for the process to be $18,000. ”

The science is based on a procedure which is known as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) that for years has allowed doctors to identify potentially lethal diseases and conditions in embryos.

I wonder if we are going in right direction!

Why not we leave some happenings to happen in a natural way. We never know with passage of time how many things we will have for which we can really depend upon God.When Motherhood can be achieved artificially then why not babies. If you want long , straight nose you can really place order and pay for it. Isn’t it something odd. Then you will find babies with perfect features and when you see some baby who is not having so called features of choice, he will be classified under the needy section of the society.
My vote is strictly against such happenings. We should never play with nature. Disturbing the natural happening can lead to harmful consequences. If we play with genetics of the baby then his natural set up of the body will be disturbed and this can lead to some problems in future.

Babies are God’s messenger to spread love around. Please leave them the way they come into this world!

International Women’s Day celebrations started with spark in Singapore by launching of GRACE pro gram me by People’s Association Women’s Integration Network (WIN) council, an umbrella body for the grassroots Women’s Executive Committees. GRACE has 52 women mentors in their 20s to their 50s from fields as diverse as advertising, engineering, and teaching. They will play mentor for at least two years to 20 girls from families with monthly incomes of $18, 00 or less.

“Under GRACE, THE GIRLS GET TUTORING, ARE ENROLLED IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND IF NEEDED GIVEN UPTO $500 A YEAR. In 1967, when WECs were first formed, many females were home-makers. WECs therefore provided opportunities for women in the heartlands to learn life-skills, such as sewing and cooking. Besides giving them basic employment skills, the WECs also engaged them in meaningful social activities that allowed them to form bonds outside of their families as well as increased their self-confidence. 10But times and the profile of women have changed. Currently, under the charge of the Women’s Integration Network (WIN) Council, there are 104 WECs with more than 2,000 executive members and nearly 5,000 WEC Associates. Some 36% of Women Executive Members are Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians, up from 27% a decade ago. 11To cater to changing needs and interests, the diverse activities and programmes organized by the WECs now range from seminars on career and financial planning, to classes on holistic spa therapy and hip hop dance. Last year alone, the WECs collectively organized nearly 7,000 programmes that attracted close to 700,000 participants. WECs have kept in pace to remain relevant for today’s women from all walks of life. 12WECs are also increasingly becoming a focal point to galvanize women into action for a range of social issues which include community bonding, nurturing the young and helping the less fortunate. 13One example of this is Admiral Garden WEC, who not only collaborate with schools and community organizations to raise funds for the School Pocket Money Fund, but also organize health screenings like mobile mammograms and pap smears, which they bring to the women in their constituency. They also organize talks on financial management to empower women, especially those from poorer families to better manage their households.”

I felt so motivated while observing all these facts when mentioned in the event! Committee work from the grassroots level can help a lot when women themselves are involved. Many stalls were set up from different organizations like Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation, Heart Foundation of Singapore, Healthy Times Magazine and others. Breast Cancer Foundation created awareness regarding how to do self test at home to locate the lump.

Its time to outreach to society. Every Independent woman should come out to outreach the needy in society for the benefit of womenfolk only!