Dear Dotsie,

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror. -- Brahma Kumaris

I’m excited to share that the NABBW has three new associates who are offering columns and additional benefits for our members. It is with tremendous pleasure that I introduce Natalie Caine, Jennifer Kalita and Cathy Taylor.

• Natalie will write a monthly column and offer support for all the empty nesters. You can visit her at www.emptynestsupport.com to learn more. I’m sure I’ll be hounding her in the fall when my nest empties.
• Jennifer is the founder of www.The KalitaGroup.com and will educate all of us with small businesses who are willing to take big steps. Entrepreneurs and hopeful entrepreneurs, be certain to look for Jennifer’s offer in the Added Benefits section of this newsletter.
• Cathy, the founder of www.EverythingMenopause.com offers hope for perimenopausal and menopausal boomers. She’ll make it easy for us to find up-to-date information regarding the newest trends in treatment, such as bio-identical hormones with her monthly column.

I hope you will take the time to visit their sites and welcome them.

Next month I hope to be able to tell you about a few more discounts the association will offer. Until, make the most of your benefits and enjoy this issue that has articles about all things boomer women.

Onward with grace,
Dotsie
dots@nabbw.com
1-877-bboomer

More exciting news: The National Association of Baby Boomer Women continues to grow.

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FEATURED ASSOCIATE
Diane Schwartz
http://www.eadv.net

Dianne Schwartz: NABBW Domestic Violence Expert - http://www.eadv.net - Educating Against Domestic Violence, an excellent site.

Many words could describe the events in my life with varying opinions. Miracle or fluke? Luck or Divine Intervention? Regardless of what one might believe, a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson stands true in my heart: It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself - Serve and thou shall be served. And this is how I healed from an abusive marriage and set out to be what I so desperately needed at one point in my life–a helping hand that understood.

This is where the value in our life lessons find more importance, in using them to heal the world and allowing them to be something we experienced rather than something that defines us. This is why I created my website www.eadv.net to be a safe sanctuary for battered women to freely share and find sanity and compassion along with referrals for assistance. A community voice of survivors willing to share their past to help a victim of abuse has been a godsend to many women.

Sharing my personal experience in book form has been a continued blessing, even six years after publication. I stand amazed how God has worked to get my message into the world to assist other women. I was an author before I became a writer. Talk about miracles - http:// www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561706388/qid=1149185491/ sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-5334095-8253409? s=books&v=glance&n=283155

FEATURED MEMBER

Beverly Brolus
http://www.abetterboomerlife.com
http://www.betterlivingpublishing.com

I’m excited to share the launch of my husband Tim’s book “Baby Boomers Almanac.” He knew it would a great resource, but to our surprise he sold over 2,000 copies before it was published. One contact was Bob Gillette, owner of American House Senior Living Residence with 29 locations in Michigan. He was so impressed with our pre-release information flyer he immediately bought 1,000 copies and hired Tim to do an hour seminar at the 29 locations in the Metro Detroit area. The fliers have prompted an unbelievable amount of phone calls inquiring about when the book would be released and when they can order a case or more. Thus another 1,000 copies were sold before it was released.

The book is now available and the phones calls are continuing. Word of mouth has been the best advertisement. Doctors are calling to order 500 copies. Financial planners & mortgage advisers have contracted Tim to do seminars as an alliance with them. Health clubs want him to give presentations to their boomer members sharing the importance of exercise. He has received calls from people all over the United States.

The book is a light humorous reading about the serious subjects facing our age group. If you want to laugh one minute and cry the next you have to read his book. What is even more rewarding to Tim is the people that have already read the book have said, “Thank You.”

NABBW MAY TELESEMINAR
Jed Diamond

Irritable Male Syndrome and Male Menopause: What Women Need to Know to Protect Their Relationships and Help Males
www.MenAlive.com

Jed helped us better understand the men in our lives. We received great reviews after his call. He’ll be back in October with more. Members who missed the call can listen to it at their convenience by going to the Members Only section.

Jed is the author of the international best-sellers, Male Menopause, Surviving Male Menopause, and The Irritable Male Syndrome. His books have now been translated into 26 foreign languages. Irritable Male Syndrome and Male Menopause: What Women Need to Know to Protect Their Relationships and Help the Males

NABBW JUNE TELESEMINAR
Dotsie Bregel

Dotsie Bregel shared How to Gain Top of Search Engine Listings. It was our best attended teleseminar ever.

Founder of BoomerWomenSpeak the # 1 site for "baby boomer women" on Google, etc. shared

• How to get a whole lot more traffic on your web site.
• How to get more publicity and promotional exposure for what you do.
• Basics of online networking.

You can hear her one hour teleseminar by visiting the User Friendly Benefits on the Members Only page at www.nabbw.com

NABBW JULY TELESEMINAR
Jennifer Kalita
www.thekalitagroup.com

The Entrepreneurial Boomer Woman: How to Start & Stay in Business
Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 7:00pm EST

Join us in July when NABBW’s own Entrepreneurial Columnist, Jennifer Kalita of The Kalita Group (www.thekalitagroup.com), will uncover the top 5 entrepreneurial challenges that get in the way of boomer women staying in business, and how to overcome them with proven success strategies that will help you convert a creative idea into a sustainable business. Jennifer will help you to determine if entrepreneurship is the best choice for you, and, if it is, she’ll give you advice on how to launch and grow the successful business you know you have within you. Whether you're a boomer woman who has left a longtime career to put your vision and years of experience to work for you, or a seasoned entrepreneur whose business is stagnating, join us for this insightful call and explore the possibilities of being a successful boomer woman in business.

Menopause and Blood Sugar
By Cathy Taylor

As a woman, you go through profound changes during menopause, and this affects your emotional and physical health. At that time, you go through a series of metabolic changes that can lead to blood sugar imbalance, and other serious health associated problems. A study that tracked metabolic changes in women as they progressed through menopause found that one out of six women developed blood sugar imbalance. Estrogen can create blood sugar imbalance and increase in body fat storage, whereas progesterone normalizes blood sugar levels and helps use fat for energy.

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/cathytaylor.html


The Meaning of Menopause
By Karen Baar

As we move toward 50, it’s no wonder that many of us dread the approach of menopause. For many years, analysts and doctors have portrayed menopause as a major psychological event. Grounded in Freudian logic, the theory is that a woman's life loses its purpose once she can no longer bear children.

Not only do we lose our purpose, say others, we aren’t even women any more. In 1969, in Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, Dr. David Reuben called menopause “a defect in the evolution of human beings.” And in the now-infamous Feminine Forever, in which Robert A. Wilson, M.D. promoted heavy doses of estrogen (journalists later revealed that the Wilson Research Foundation relied heavily on money from pharmaceutical companies), it wasn’t enough for him to describe menopause as “a serious, painful and often crippling disease.” No; he went on to say that “castration,” and becoming “the equivalent of a eunuch” were what happened to a woman when her estrogen levels dropped.

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/ karenbaar.html


A Change of Attitude
By Prill Boyle

Attitude might not be everything, but it’s a good place to start if you want something in your life to change. Let me tell you a personal story.

After my youngest son was born, I did not have warm and fuzzy feelings about him. For three months, he had colic and cried all the time. Well into his second year, no matter what my husband and I did, we couldn’t get him to stick to a schedule or listen to adults. If we told him not to whack his friend, he’d get a twinkle in his eye and do it anyway. If we tried reverse psychology, he’d outsmart us.

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/ prillboyle.html


To Relocate or Not to Relocate: That is the Question
By Jan Cullinane

Should you consider moving when you retire? According to a 2005 Pulte survey, more than half of boomers plan to pick up stakes when they retire. Will you be one of them?

Complete the following questionnaire to find out if you could be a candidate for relocating. If you have a significant other, he/ she should also complete this quiz.

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/jancullinane.html


Core Values
By Natalie Caine

How do you feel about these values and how does your partner. How can you help each other?

Learning something new
Staying in touch with your health challenges and successes
Financial security, savings and retirement
Family needs and time together
Having your home the way you like it as far as decorating
inside and outside
Community service

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/nataliecaine.html


Home Buyers: Did You Know You're In The Real Estate Business?
By Patricia McHugh Lambert

When purchasing your first home, you viewed the home, submitted a contract, obtained financing, and attended closing. Four steps and you completed the most significant single acquisition of your life. Would you follow those same steps to acquire another home? With the second-and third-time buyer market consisting of $500,000-$700,000 (and greater) homes, I hope your answer is “No.” Like it or not, with such value, you are now in the “business” of real estate, and residential transactions should be completed with the same thoroughness as the acquisition of commercial property.

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/ patlambert.html


Ancora Imparo
By Nan S. Russell

Ancora imparo, translated as "I am still learning" or "Still, I am learning," is attributed to Michelangelo in his eighty-seventh year. The man who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the Pieta and David, whose very name evokes mastery of his craft, exemplifies a lifelong learning philosophy.

Contrast him with a fifty-two year old executive I read about in the Wall Street Journal touting in an interview that he had never written or sent an email, refused to read staff messages received in email, and was uninterested in learning how to access the internet. He was perfectly content using l980s skills in the 21st century.

Continue reading at this link: http://nabbw.com/columns/ nanrussell.html


Follow the Little Leaders
By Julie Clark Robinson

“I meant to do my work today – But a brown bird sang in the apple tree. And a butterfly flitted across the field, and all the leaves were calling me.” --Richard le Gallienne

Remember that scene in “Big” when Tom Hanks -- the man who woke up one day to find that he was trapped in a boy’s body -- hops on his bike and awkwardly rides it down the street? That image comes to my mind more times than I can count – even all these years after the movie was made. Why? I think it’s the way a grown man was able to so accurately move his adult body with all the enthusiasm of an eight year old as he attacks a fresh new day.

Continue reading at this link: http://www.nabbw.com/columns/ julierobinson.html


Next Stop - Brussels
By Carol Sorgen

Been to Brussels lately? If you routinely bypass this hip, trendy city in favor of that other French-speaking city nearby (oui, I’m talking about Paris), then it’s time to re-think your next itinerary.That’s right - I said hip and trendy. Probably not the first adjectives that would have come to mind, right?

Well, Brussels is no longer the dowdy stepsister. This centrally located European hub is enjoying a Renaissance and, believe it or not, has become a lively cosmopolitan center that draws students, businesspeople, political leaders, and even artists and fashion designers from around the world.

Continue reading at this link: http://nabbw.com/columns/ carolsorgen.html


Thirsty for God
By Donna Shepherd

“Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, "Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." – John 4:10 nkjv The church service began as usual with our singing a few choruses followed by a time called “Select a Hymn” – a favorite with the members of our congregation.

Continue reading at this link: http://nabbw.com/columns/ donnashepherd.html