Randi Goldberg is a senior Resource Specialist with Archer law offices. She comes to us from the BW NICE Mercer chapter. She shared a lot with us about how to navigate the health care field for seniors.Randi made us see that there's a lot more to it than we realized.Part hand-holder, part social worker, and always client advocate, Randi understands the unique needs of seniors and the sometimes tricky family dynamics involved.Most importantly, she taught us how important it is to have a plan b...
We enjoyed talking to Jennifer Gardella so much because she survived a difficult situation and is now sharing her story to help others.Jennifer is a Social Media Consultant and Author. She helps small businesses with their marketing and social media presence, and has a new service, Your Social Media Hour. She is the owner of The Gardella Group.She was also the victim of domestic abuse and she didn't even know it!She taught us that some women might not even know they are in an abus...
Donna Price is with our BW NICE Sussex Chapter. Her business, Compass Rose Consulting, helps people market their services and grow their businesses. She shares her tips and valuable information with us and there is so much to learn!Donna breaks it down and makes it manageable. She explains how you build email lists, and what tools to use to make responses automatic. Also that different types of business need to have a presence on different types of social media. She makes it easy to und...
Lisa Brown has had a varied educational background. She wanted to combine art with psychology, but back when she was searching for a program like that, none existed. She ended up making her own programs and through the years has worked with seniors, kids, cancer survivors and people who are grieving.Her approach is so interesting -- she starts most people with collages, and students tear out pictures from magazines to assemble the collage. She also works with two-handed journaling, so that pe...
Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 3 of the BW NICE Voice podcast! We're thrilled to introduce our two new co-hosts for this season: Debbie Weiss, a long-time BW NICE member, and Lynne Thompson, a newcomer to BW NICE. Our goal is to provide you with inspiring and educational content about women empowering other women!To kick off our third season, we have the privilege of speaking with founder & president, Diane Simovich. Diane shares her own story and the beginnings of BW NICE.Diane is the Fo...
Lynn Grillo has an impressive background -- she was a dancer who morphed into a web expert and ended up climbing the corporate ladder at Adobe for 20 years. Now in her "3rd act," as she likes to call it, Lynn is busy with the charity she has long supported -- Dance for the Cure, and is also President of the Mercer County Chapter of BW NICE. She also has become a Master Gardener through the Rutgers program. A woman of many talents!Lynn still mentors people from her corporate days and rea...
Most of us know that exercise is important for our health. But not a lot of us really understand why. Marie shares with us all the reasons why strength training in particular can help you now physically and mentally, and later in your life, by keeping you strong and mobile, and it can even lengthen your life!Debbie Weiss shares how she ended up being a client of Marie's and how good it has been for her.Marie's approach is warm and supportive, she runs morning classes with small groups of wome...
Right away you know you are talking to a warm and knowledgable person when you start a chat with Daisy Newson! She has been a BWNICE member since 2018, formerly of Somerset, now in Mercer County She is the Regional Director of Marketing at Scott Counsel Law, which specializes in Elder Care cases. She also loves to be out in the community, talking to Central New Jersey small business owners to help promote them.In fact, you can watch Daisy do just that on Central Jersey...
Melinda has been there -- despite having an MBA and making a great salary, she was basically broke. Something clicked though when her high school Freshman son told her some things he had learned in his Finacial LIteracy class. It basically changed their lives, and later her extended families' lives and friends' lives. Melinda had found her true calling -- to help people get control of their finances and thrive. This episode contains great nuggets of information from Melinda.She shares great t...