Destination: Deep Time By Linda Ballou NABBW’s Adventure Travel Expert Thirteen strangers piled into the waiting raft at Lee’s Ferry on the Colorado River. It would be our transportation for the next eight days. Adam, our guide, greeted us with his eight-month-old son on his hip. Three generations of river guiding make his family as much a part of the river as the canyon wren, the pink rattler that has taken on the rosy hues of the sandstone walls, and the aloe—sustenance to the Native Americans who have called the Grand Canyon home for 10,000 years. A wren’s lilt echoed through the... Read More

Living Well with Chronic Illness: Small Choices Make a Big Difference By Mary J. Yerkes NABBW’s Living with Chronic Illness Expert Healthy lifestyle choices can reduce your risk of most common chronic diseases by 80 percent, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. By eating nutritionally balanced meals, maintaining a healthy weight, and exercising regularly, you can significantly reduce your risk of many chronic illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. “Proper diet, exercise, and drinking enough water,” are foundational to good... Read More

Make Your Own Chrysanthemums – and Use Them Too! By Deborah Clark NABBW’s Gardening Expert The garden mum C. morifolium is one of the easiest perennials to grow and propagate.  It emerges in April or May and after a couple weeks it should be six inches high, with several pairs of lateral leaves. It\’s fully to half hardy, meaning that most varieties survive heavy frosts but some (like the ones used by florists) can only tolerate a little. If you want to have some fun, you can take some of the longer cuttings and poke them directly into the soil. I learned this one spring from a... Read More

NABBW Teleseminar ~ “The New Retirement: What You Must KNOW and Do NOW” Teleseminar Topic: “The New Retirement: What You Must KNOW and Do NOW” Hosted by: NABBW With Guest presenter: Jan Cullinane, NABBW Associate and co-author of The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life When: Thursday, June 30, 2011 at  8:00 PM Eastern time (7 PM Central, 6 PM Mountain, 5 PM Pacific) Register now: Will You Be Ready and Able to Afford the Retirement Lifestyle of Your Dreams? Jan Says It\’s Still Possible, But YOU MUST Start Planning Now! NABBW is pleased... Read More

How Being “Tolerant” Can Ruin Your Health: Eliminate These Common Energy-Drainers By Mary J. Yerkes NABBW’s Living with Chronic Illness Expert Life coaches agree that people zap their energy and increase their stress by putting up with a multitude of things that bug them, what life coaches call “tolerations.” And for the chronically ill, lingering stress can translate into increased pain. Enhance your quality of life by identifying—and then eliminating—those things that deplete your energy and dampen your spirit. Here are four common tolerations, along with practical... Read More

NABBW Biz Building Teleseminar ~ “How to Generate (Serious) Income With Your Blog” Teleseminar Topic: “How to Generate Income with Your Blog” Hosted by: NABBW With Guest presenter: Marissa Sweazy, Digital and Social Media Director, Aigner/Prensky Marketing Group When: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time (Noon Central, 11 AM Mountain, 10 AM Pacific) Register now: Make Money With Social Media ~~ Your Blog Is Not Just for Entertaining Friends Anymore. NABBW is pleased to present ANOTHER  Biz Building Teleseminar, with guest Marissa Sweazy. Marissa is Digital... Read More

Who Says Younger is Sexier? By  Dr. Dorree Lynn, Ph.D. NABBW’s Expert on Boomer Women Sexuality Just about everyone, that’s who!  Gazillions of messages every day try to convince us that young—and only young—is sexy.  Sure, the media throws us a politically correct nod, showing attractive seniors supposedly shining our way through our golden years, even if a bit battered and bent. But those token gestures can hardly compete with all the TV, movies, radio, popular music, magazines, and even wrappers on gum and panty hose—all full of images of young, sexy people whom we are supposed... Read More

The One Command Author: Asara Lovejoy Website: http://theonecommand.commandingwealth.com/ebookoffer/ Reviewed by: Anne Holmes for the NABBW Most of us have experimented with the Law of Attraction. We\’ve focused on our goals. We\’ve visualized. We\’ve meditated. We\’ve watched \’The Secret\’ again. We\’ve placed our orders with the universe. We\’ve waited. And waited. And we just didn\’t get the results we were promised. Sound familiar? These days, \’manifestation\’ and the \’Law of Attraction\’ are turning into cheap,... Read More

Prevent a Second Heart Attack: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease Author:  Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D., R.D., LDN Website: www.preventasecondheartattack.com Reviewed by: Anne Holmes for the NABBW If you’re one of the 13 million Americans who have survived a heart attack or been diagnosed with heart disease – or you care about someone in that situation —  you will want to embrace this book which provides a simple, easy-to-follow lifestyle plan designed to help you live a longer, fuller life. Especially when Brill explains that research shows that just one year after diagnosis, the... Read More

Moving Can Be Murder Author:  Susan Santangelo Website: www.babyboomermysteries.com Reviewed by:  Anne Holmes for the NABBW Carol and Jim Andrews are back in this second installment of author Santangelo’s “Every Wife Has a Story” Carol and Jim Andrews Baby Boomer Mystery series. This time around, they’re right in the midst of moving away from their beautiful Victorian home of 34 years. It seems that since taking early retirement, Jim has convinced Carol that their lovely antique home is actually a money pit – bleeding money left and right. Not to mention that he’s not too excited... Read More