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In Writing 'Embrace of the Wild,' Linda Ballou Hopes to Turn Covid-19's Lemons to Zesty Limoncello
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate In writing Embrace of the Wild I hope to have turned the lemons of Covid-19 into limoncello—a zesty elixir that excites and satisfies the...
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Adventure Traveler Linda Ballou Sees COVID-Generated Silver Linings for Those Seeking to Travel Again in 2021
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate It is hard to think good has come from the virus that has forced all of us to isolate ourselves and not be able to move freely in the world....
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List Making and Chronic Illness -- How I've Finally Learned to Turn My Daily List-Making Habit From "Foe" to "Friend"
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW: I have always been a list maker. That is how I, as a dyslexic, had learned to accomplish the things that had to be done. I would start my day by listing what I...
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Linda Ballou Shares Her Recent 'Wander to the Edge' Podcast Interview with NABBW
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate It’s a wrap! 2020 is coming to a close. Adventure Travel Writer, Linda Ballou, shares highlights of her year in this interview with Adam...
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Whether or Not You've Been Diagnosed, It's Important to Take A Closer Look At The Effects of Type 2 Diabetes On Us Boomer-Aged Women
Diabetes in us older women can have negative effects as we age and experience menopause, making it crucial for us to know the warning signs and steps we need to take to live with it...
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Shirley Meerson Shares 5 Quick Tips To Relax and Comfort Your Body
By Shirley Meerson, CHWC ~ NABBW's Ageless Wellness Lifestyle Associate Learn to relax with these 5 quick tips to comfort your body and then your mind will take the pressure off and allow you to...
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Wings COVID-Clipped, Linda Ballou Shares How She's Experiencing Jubilation in the Year of the Virus
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate The Mexican people call retired persons “Jubilants.” I was so busy I never thought much about retirement, but suddenly, due to COVID, here...
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How and When to Sign Up for Medicare: Breaking down the enrollment periods and eligibility
Provided to the NABBW by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC, BFA, MBA and NABBW's Retirement Planning Associate Medicare enrollment is automatic for some. For those receiving Social Security benefits, the...
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Five Critical Facts Boomers Need in Order to Travel Again
By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW's Group Travel Associate Most Boomers are being told we cannot travel during this time of COVID, as we are in an especially dangerous situation: our age. Of...
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Have You Budgeted for Retirement? Here's Why You Need to Create a Strategy for Success.
Provided to the NABBW by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC, BFA, MBA, NABBW's Retirement Planning Associate Run the numbers. There is a rule of thumb for retirees suggesting that retirement income has a...
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In the year of the virus: Nature Can Be Our Salvation.
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate In the words of Edward Abbey…"I am not an atheist, I am an Earthiest!" Earthiests are people who literally need to plug into the planet to...
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August 31st, The 2020 RMD Income Tax Relief Deadline Is Almost Here: Important Facts You Must Be Aware Of
Provided by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC©, BFA™ and NABBW's Retirement Planning Associate Are you one of the many retirement account holders who took a mandatory distribution this year? If so, you may...
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Pam Sams On "What’s the Deal with Social Security for Women?"
Provided by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC®️ BFA™️ MBA – NABBW’s Retirement Planning Associate In my position as principal of Jackson Sams Wealth Strategies, in Herndon, Virginia, I often find...
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Linda Ballou Shares Why Australia's Sydney Opera House, Located on Bennelong Point; Is Named in Honor of an Aboriginal Warrior and Peacemaker, the First Native Australian to Visit Europe and Return
"We belong to the earth. It does not belong to us." Aboriginal saying Since time immemorial Tubowgule, the tidal island on which the Sydney Opera House stands, has been a place of gathering for...
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Are You Wearily Dozing Through the Day But Sleeplessly Suffering at Night? Shirley Meerson Recommends Daytime Habits to Help You Succeed
By Shirley Meerson, CHWC ~ NABBW's Ageless Wellness Lifestyle Associate Sleep is a top priority for your ageless wellness lifestyle. You may not realize that some of your daytime habits may be...
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Linda Ballou Shares How to Make Travel Writing Work for You AND Get Great Trips for Free
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate When I am not adventuring on horseback through pristine country, hiking some of the world’s most gorgeous trails, or taking life-changing...
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How Women Can Prepare For Retirement: A practical financial checklist for the future.
Provided by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC®️ BFA™️ - NABBW's Retirement Readiness Associate When our parents retired, living to 75 amounted to a nice long life, and Social Security was often...
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Too Many Elephants in the Room!!
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate On my visit to South Africa in 2015, I was surprised to learn that there are too many elephants! With so many environmental groups fighting to...
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Book Reviews

Travel Wings Clipped by Pandemic, Adventure Travel Writer Linda Ballou Pens Historical Novel About Equestrian Explorer Lady Isabella Lucy Bird: Embrace of the Wild
I was not initially familiar with the story of Englishwoman Lady Isabella Lucy Bird, so I didn't know what to expect when I began reading Linda Ballou's newest book, Embrace of the Wild: Inspired by...
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Heidi Herman's Book 'On With the Butter' Advises How to Spread More Living Onto Everyday Life
Being originally from Wisconsin, which boasts being The Dairy State, I have alway loved cooking, baking and eating foods made with real butter. (I'm actually a butter snob, truth be told.) So when...
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Art Barry's Book "The Downsize Side Hustle," Offers Seniors a Winning Way to "Bet the House"
If you're a home-owning Baby Boomer looking for a profitable side hustle, this book is for you. You'll be especially interested if, going forward, your personal housing preference is not to move...
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Ralph Mroz's Book, "The Senior Years Master Plan," Is Your Field Guide to End of Life Planning
As author Ralph Mroz states in the first sentence of this book, we're all going to die. But, he says, the more important question is, how hard is dealing with your death going to be - both for you...
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Against My Father's Will: A Memoir
Against My Father's Will: A Memoir By Jane Morgan Barry Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne Holmes If you're a Baby Boomer woman, you grew up in the late 50s, the 60s and 70s, a time of great...
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Barry Silverstein's Latest Book, "Boomer Brand Winners and Losers," Is a Fun Read and a Walk Down Memory Lane
Perhaps all of us have moments when one of our more mundane thoughts crystalizes and remains frozen in our memory forever, though we don't know why. I've had many of these over my lifetime. For...
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Jed Diamond's Newest Book, "12 Rules for Good Men" Continues His Mission to Help Men Understand Themselves While Helping Women Understand What Good Men Really Need
NOTE: I was lucky enough to be invited to read a pre-publication copy of this book. As a result of that early reading, and my subsequent positive impression, I am honored to tell you that you'll find...
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In-Laws Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (Eighth in the Series)
In-Laws Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (A Baby Boomer Mystery Book 8) By Susan Santangelo http://babyboomermysteries.com Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne Holmes Carol and Jim Andrews...
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Who Doesn't Want to Age with Gusto? Here's How to Become Chronologically Gifted
Title: Chronologically Gifted: Aging with Gusto: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living to Age 123 Available in Kindle and Paperback formats Author: Dr. Erica Miller Reviewed for the NABBW by:...
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Member Articles

In Which I Realize The Pandemic Experience Has Helped Me Finally Figure Out What It Means to "Stop and Smell the Roses"
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW I have heard the expression, “stop and smell the roses” since I was 19 years old. This has been 56 years of my life. That is the entire length of my...
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Medicare in the Time of COVID-19: Here's What You Need to Know
By Lindsay Engle for the NABBW It's been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and just as you've had to adjust parts of your life to protect yourself and your family, Medicare has...
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List Making and Chronic Illness -- How I've Finally Learned to Turn My Daily List-Making Habit From "Foe" to "Friend"
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW: I have always been a list maker. That is how I, as a dyslexic, had learned to accomplish the things that had to be done. I would start my day by listing what I...
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Living with Chronic Illness: Whether it's COPD, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, Cancer Or Another Condition, We Know Our Chronic Illnesses Will Persist Even After There's a Vaccine for COVID
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW: Before I begin let me define the terms I am going to be discussing. There are two: 1- Chronic Illness and 2- Acute Illness. These explanations come from the Center...
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Mark 10/23/20 on Your Calendar Now: You're Specially Invited to "Zoom In" On Ways You Can Fight Agism, As Pro-Aging Guru Ashton Applewhite Is Interviewed By DefyingGravity.life Founders Via Webinar
Here Are the Key Event Details: "Aging While Female--Reimagined," A Zoom Webinar provided by DefyingGravity.life Featuring Pro-Aging Author and Activist Ashton Applewhite Friday, October...
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Disenfranchised Grief Caused by Undiagnosed Dyslexia
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW This past July, I fell, bruising my knees and shoulders and whiplashing my neck. Today, I am still recovering. What I have found is that at age 75, I am not...
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Rare Cancers in Women and Children Caused by Exposure to Toxic Household Items
Written for the NABBW by Kimberly Cruz-Montalvo, Community Outreach Representative for www.mesotheliomaguide.com When women and children are dolling themselves up, the last thing they expect is...
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Still Feeling COVID Anxiety? Trina O'Quinn Benefits From John Lennon's Lyrical Advice, Learning to "Let It Be..." Says It Might Help You, As Well
By Trina O’Quinn for the NABBW “Life Is What Happens While You’re Busy Making Other Plans” – John Lennon As I began pondering this month’s blog, this quote continued to run...
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2021 Medicare Changes and Important Dates: What Beneficiaries Need to Know
Special to the NABBW By Lindsay Engle, Medicare Expert, MedicareFAQ With the Medicare Open Enrollment period quickly approaching, current and newly eligible beneficiaries will see a variety of...
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Trina O'Quinn Expands on Her Tips for Moving Through Grief
By Trina O’Quinn for the NABBW While trying to write my next article for you, I experienced writer’s block due to low motivation, probably brought on by my own grief. So I took some of my...
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Are You Feeling Like Normalcy and Control Are No Longer Within Reach? You're Likely Experiencing Disenfranchised Grief
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW As the pandemic continues, I am becoming more aware of what it means to experience disenfranchised grief: The illusion of Normalcy and Control is slowly being...
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Grief in the Time of COVID: Why We Need to Reflect, Remember, Rest, Recharge, Refocus, Resolve and Have Curiosity.
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW I ended my last blog post, in which I discussed how I was dealing with the losses generated by the COVID pandemic, with a plan to Reflect, Remember, Rest,...
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The Effect of the Pandemic on this Introverted Baby Boomer Woman
By Trina O'Quinn, for the NABBW One would think that the stay-at-home and self-isolating orders issued by our various states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic would be food for an introvert's...
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What’s A Grandmother to Say About the COVID-19 Pandemic?
By Meryl Ain for the NABBW It’s a beautiful day in my neighborhood and a wonderful morning for a walk. It’s early so hardly anyone is out yet, enabling me to pull my mask low on my face...
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Tax Strategies for Women
By Jennifer Hipkiss CFP®, EA, MSFP for the NABBW Women are poised to be the leaders in wealth management over the next decade, with an estimated 40% of women controlling assets over $600,000...
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Never Underestimate the Power of a Menopausal Woman
By Phyllis Coletta, JD, for the NABBW Menopause is an unexpected visit from a relative, showing up on your doorstep without invitation all fat and cranky. You must let her...
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The Truth About The Top Five Industry Myths Regarding Medicare
By Lindsay Engle for the NABBW Medicare has been in existence for over 50 years, but there are still plenty of myths concerning the program. Created in 1965, Medicare was intended to make...
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5 Key Reasons Why Fashion Designers Should Be Excited to Design for Women over 50
By Karen Mathis for the NABBW Just because women hit 50+ years, doesn’t mean they (we) should no longer be targeted as fashion consumers. Why? There are millions of women 50+ in need of great...
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