Kieler Career Consulting - Career and Life Transitions - Rebecca KielerMy name is Rebecca Kieler and I am a career and life transition coach. I work with people who want to reawaken, to find their true direction and purpose in life. I help them fight their fears, and search their souls and live their dreams.
Sunset: I am committed to coaching individuals through career transition, bringing insight a sense of direction and hope as well as bottom line results and having a good time along the way. Coaching: I know how to help individuals actually find out what it is they really want to do and then how to get them land that career or job.
Goals: With my passion and professional experience combined together I draw on various experiences as an entrepreneur, social worker and recruiter and believer in living the life you want. Sailing: My approach has allowed people to develop and attain realistic goals that result in increased life purpose, satisfaction and fulfillment, both personally and professionally.


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In his book On Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” Despite his having espoused the virtue of “living deliberately,” and learning to “reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep,” so many people continue to live that quiet life of desperation.

Useful Information

Baby-Boombers
Couples
Divorce
Dream Career
Elder Care
Entrepreneurs
Finances
Health and Fitness
Job Search
Misc
Singles
Women's Issues


Baby-Boomers

White House Conference on Aging 2005
Living Younger Longer: Baby Boomer Challenges
The generation that vowed to stay forever young is coming up on a major milestone. But for the 3.4 million Americans who were born in 1946, retirement is a distant prospect, and life still holds plenty of promise and surprises. They've been hippies and yuppies; and now it's the time of the 'abbies': aging baby boomers.


Couples

Any Man Can Be Romantic

If your man is not a natural romantic, give him a helping hand.
Tip: Expecting him to know what you want, is why a man fails at romance.

Click here for the article.

Money Strategies for Couples - Alex Timbas of Life Moxie

It's no secret that the roles men and women have played in marriage have changed drastically over the last fifty years or so. So what can couples do to avoid fighting about money?

Read the PDF here.


Divorce

Divorce Select is an objective one-stop Bay Area Web portal that's free for people of all ages going through divorce or who are already divorced. It provides paid listings of relevant resources - from attorneys to psychiatrists - who can provide assistance. Check it out!!!

Click here to visit their site.

Financial Mistakes To Avoid In a Divorce Settlement
Provided by Investor's Capital Management.

Click here for the article


Dream Career

"Artist Way" by Julia Cameron. We live in a very left-brained world where creativity gets smashed, drowned, lost. Cameron has a wonderful easy step by step way to recover that creativity. It is written for Artists, Want to be Artists, Starving Artists, and Wish I were Creative types but I promise you, you can find your soul here if you will give it a try, and in the process be pretty surprised by the new joy in your life.

http://kielercareerconsulting.com/career_clarity_program.htm

www.transitiondynamics.com/yourcareer/rebeccakieler/html


Elder Care

Long Term Health Care

Interview that Radical Retirement held with Barbara Hanson, a Long Term Care Insurance Agent located in northern California. Here are five things that Barbara suggested someone look for in a long term health care policy.

Click here to read!

Senior Housing Referrals for Northern California

http://www.seniorseasons.com/

Are You At Your Wits End Dealing With Rage?

http://www.eldercare.com/

Janice Wallace; The Elder Coach

Caring for Caregivers helps adult children cope with the spiritual, emotional and practical challenges of caring for aging parents.
http://www.caringforcaregivers.com

50 Tips for Caregivers

Janice is terrific and this is a wonderful list that we all can use as we face care giving for our parents who have taken care of us for so long or for others.
Read the PDF here.


Entrepreneurs

www.nwbc.gov

www.womenbiz.gov
National Women's Business Council, 409 3rd Street., Suite 5850, Washington D.C., 20024, Tel: (202)205-3850

The Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise, comprised of senior officials from 10 federal agencies, ensures that women's economic issues are being addressed at the highest policy-making levels. The Committee reports directly to the President and Congress.

The Committee's private sector partner; the National Women's Business Council, serves as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the Interagency Committee, the Small Business Administration, the Congress, and the President. Its mission is to promote initiatives, policies and programs designed to encourage women's business enterprise.

www.womensbusinessresearch.org
Center for Women's Business Research, Founded as The National Foundation of Women Business Owners, 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1350, Washington D.C., 20005-3407. Tel: (202)638-3064. CWR is recognized as the premier source of information and knowledge on women business owners and their enterprises. CWR provides research, leadership development, and an entrepreneurial training foundation.

www.count-me-in.org
You can perform a revolutionary act that will help tousands of women gain their economic independence. Count Me In is a national not-for-profit organization that provides access to micro-business loans, business education, and consultation to women in need.

www.springboardenterprises.org
Springboard Enterprises is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating women's access to the equity markets. SE educates, showcases, and supports entrepreneurs as they seek capital and grow their companies.
2100 Foxhall Road, NW, Washington D.C., 20007. Tel: (202)-242-6284

www.nawbo.org
National Association of Women Business Owners is an association for women business owners and their advocates. NAWBO provides programs and member benefits for women business owners and serves as an advocate for the over 9.1 million women owned businesses in the United States. International affiliations with Les Femmes Chefs d'enterprises Mondiales (World Association of Women Business Owners). For those in California visit:
NAWBO California (www.nawbo-ca.org
NAWBO Los Angeles (www.nawbola.org

www.wipp.org
Women Impacting Public Policy is a national bi-partisan public policy organization representing more than 500,000 women in business and women business owners nationwide. To join WIPP, national and state directors and get information, influence and access, go to WIPP.org

Leveraging Technology To Grow Your Business

For only $25 ($35 at the door), you get a wealth of knowledge and over $500 worth of gifts.

For more details, dates, locations, and registration go to:

http://www.sbtechnologyinstitute.org/sbdctap/techday.html

Collaborating with Microsoft and other sponsors to bring you an event in Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco.

Authentic Resourcing

"Would you like some help in recruiting the Right People RIGHT NOW? Even if you haven't much time or money to spend on finding them?" If you answered "YES," please click http://www.findstaffnow.com/

National Small Business Federal Procurement Summit
The NSBFPS is the leading summit for small businesses seeking access and growth in federal procurement markets. Business owners from all over the U.S. regularly attend this summit to assist them with knowledge, connections, and strategies for success.

http://www.nationalprocurementcouncil.org/html/nsbfps.aspx

www.entrepreneurs.about.com/od/becominganentrepreneur/ Articles and Resources; is this for you?


Finances

What's Your Net Worth?

Each of us has many tangible and intangible assets. But only our tangible assets are listed on a Net Worth Statement. As you receive all of your December 31, 2005 statements in the mail this month, collect them in one folder to prepare your net worth statement. It is a whole lot easier than you might think.

Click here for a simple spread sheet to start you off.

Here's what goes onto your Net Worth Statement:
    1. Cash and cash equivalents
    2. Investment Accounts (Break this into two categories: retirement and after tax accounts)
    3. Personal Use Assets
    4. Liabilities and debt

Doing this every January will allow you to see your progress. As someone who enjoys seeing money grow, I love the progress.

Money Strategies for Couples - Alex Timbas of Life Moxie

It's no secret that the roles men and women have played in marriage have changed drastically over the last fifty years or so. So what can couples do to avoid fighting about money?

Read the PDF here.

Finding a Financial Advisor who is right for you. Leslie A. Smith.

Click here for the article.

Financial Mistakes To Avoid In a Divorce Settlement
Provided by Investor's Capital Management.

Click here for the article


Helpful Links for Job Searchers

www.aarp.org/careers list of services for those who are laid off
www.job-hunting.org provides links to job websites, a resource directory for midlife professionals
www.seniorjobbank.org dedicated to job seekers over 50 and a guide to dealing with aging issues
www.retiredbrains.com helps retirees looking for a part-or full-time job


Misc

www.cfpa.org
Center for Policy Alternatives, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 710, Washington, D.C., 20009-5728. Tel: (800)935-0699
The Center for Policy Alternatives is the nation's leading non-profit, non-partisan public policy and leadership development center devoted to community-based solutions that strengthen families and communities. CPA links elected leaders across the fifty states with private and non-profit sector leaders in the search for common ground, new ideas, and resources to create solutions that work.

www.independentmeans.com
Independent Means is a leading provider of products and services for girls' financial independence, and for parents trying to raise financially fit kids. IMI is your first stop for news and know-how on starting a business; making, saving, giving, and growing money. IMI provides on-the-ground programs and seminars, books, games, and activities for teens, parents, and mentors, and the companies that serve them. If you are a teen, visit their new www.dollardiva site!

ICE - In Case of Emergency Put the word ICE on your cell phone and put your emergency contact numbers on the phone.

A campaign encouraging people to enter an emergency contact number in their mobile phone's memory under the heading ICE (In Case of Emergency), has rapidly spread throughout the world as a particular consequence of the terrorist attacks in London.

Originally established as a nation-wide campaign in the UK, ICE allows paramedics or police to be able to contact a designated relative / next-of-kin in an emergency situation.

The idea is the brainchild of East Anglican Ambulance Service paramedic Bob Brotchie and was launched in May this year. Bob, 41, who has been a paramedic for 13 years, said: "I was reflecting on some of the calls I've attended at the roadside where I had to look through the mobile phone contacts struggling for information on a shocked or injured person. Almost everyone carries a mobile phone now, and with ICE we'd know immediately who to contact and what number to ring. The person may even know of their medical history."

By adopting the ICE advice, your mobile will help the rescue services quickly contact a friend or relative - which could be vital in a life or death situation. It only takes a few seconds to do, and it could easily help save your life. Why not put ICE in your phone now? Simply select your person to contact in case of emergency, enter them under the word 'ICE' and the telephone number of the person you wish to be contacted.


Singles

The Secret Lives of Single Women

Are unattached women sad, lonely, and financially troubled-as the stereotype would have it? In a myth-busting survey, thousands told us that despite some very real hardships, they've never been happier.

Click here for the article.


Women's Issues

www.nwbc.gov

www.womenbiz.gov
National Women's Business Council, 409 3rd Street., Suite 5850, Washington D.C., 20024, Tel: (202)205-3850

The Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise, comprised of senior officials from 10 federal agencies, ensures that women's economic issues are being addressed at the highest policy-making levels. The Committee reports directly to the President and Congress.

The Committee's private sector partner; the National Women's Business Council, serves as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the Interagency Committee, the Small Business Administration, the Congress, and the President. Its mission is to promote initiatives, policies and programs designed to encourage women's business enterprise.

www.womensbusinessresearch.org
Center for Women's Business Research, Founded as The National Foundation of Women Business Owners, 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1350, Washington D.C., 20005-3407. Tel: (202)638-3064. CWR is recognized as the premier source of information and knowledge on women business owners and their enterprises. CWR provides research, leadership development, and an entrepreneurial training foundation.

www.count-me-in.org
You can perform a revolutionary act that will help tousands of women gain their economic independence. Count Me In is a national not-for-profit organization that provides access to micro-business loans, business education, and consultation to women in need.

www.springboardenterprises.org
Springboard Enterprises is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating women's access to the equity markets. SE educates, showcases, and supports entrepreneurs as they seek capital and grow their companies.
2100 Foxhall Road, NW, Washington D.C., 20007. Tel: (202)-242-6284

www.nawbo.org
National Association of Women Business Owners is an association for women business owners and their advocates. NAWBO provides programs and member benefits for women business owners and serves as an advocate for the over 9.1 million women owned businesses in the United States. International affiliations with Les Femmes Chefs d'enterprises Mondiales (World Association of Women Business Owners). For those in California visit:
NAWBO California (www.nawbo-ca.org
NAWBO Los Angeles (www.nawbola.org

www.wipp.org
Women Impacting Public Policy is a national bi-partisan public policy organization representing more than 500,000 women in business and women business owners nationwide. To join WIPP, national and state directors and get information, influence and access, go to WIPP.org

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