Business and Personal Services

www.possiblesociety.org
Bett Martinez
The Possible Society of California develops and offers classes, seminars and videos promoting Qigong as a potent tool for improving health by enhancing your mind/body connection. The gentle aerobic exercise, acupressure self-massage and flowing movements of Qigong can improve both physical and mental health. Qigong classes, spirit walking/pool classes and retreats are offered for all ages in diverse settings and can be customized for the benefit of elders and persons with mobility impairments. Practiced regularly, the Qigong experience becomes "Meditation in Motion".
Since 1989, Bett has brought her research capabilities and expertise into serving individuals and groups seeking the best in insurance protection including health, long term care and disability coverage.
well-being@pacbell.net 510 526-0312 Bett Martinez M. ED.

www.eldercareAnswers.com
Anne Rosenthal is a Geriatric Care Manager with over 25 years experience assisting adult children of aging parents plan their short and long term care and solve challenges their aging loved ones present. She also provides counseling and psychotherapy regarding aging concerns. Services extend through Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
annebrosenthal@gmail.com 925/352-7673 Anne Rosenthal, Ph.D. MFT, CMC

www.selkcommunications.com
Merry Selk focuses on making connections – so the right people will discover the value of your service or product, and take action. She can help you reach key markets, donors or clients with the right message, present complex information so it is clear and persuasive, create publications, web content, or marketing events and enhance your communications, business and fundraising opportunities.
Phone 510.524.1733 Merry Selk

www.TheseFoodishThings.com
Lindy Sinclair
'These Foodish Things' cooking classes,
Learn the basics or learn intricate international cuisine. Each class has a different menu. And includes social time, lecture or demo on new technique. Everyone cooks together, then enjoys a three course meal with a glass of wine. Makes a great holiday gift certificate for friends and for yourself. See web site for schedule of classes. Weekend cooking retreats available too. How about a cooking party at your home?
lindy@lindysinclair.com 510-223-4063 Lindy Sinclair

www.lindysinclair.com
Lindy Sinclair - Bookkeeper
In business 30 years, fulfilling client's financial record keeping needs. BA in Accounting. Business bookkeeping such as financial statements, business plans, payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable. account reconciliations. Personal bookkeeping such as paying bills, credit repair, comparison/analysis of competing investments or competing loans.
lindy@lindysinclair.com 510-223-4063 Lindy Sinclair

www.SmartWaysToWork.com
Smart Ways to Work
Odette Pollar is a nationally-recognized author and syndicated columnist, trainer, speaker, and productivity expert. Her books have been well-received and include: "Organizing Your Workspace," "Surviving Information Overload," and "Take Back Your Life." She can help you:
- Tackle time, task, and priority issues
- Simplify and streamline operations and workspace
- Reduce clutter
- Optimize information retrieval systems
She is a business coach whose advice was highly prized by such clients as:
Beringer Winery, Kaiser Permanente, Genentech, Hitachi, and East Bay Municipal Utility District. Odette1s advice is sought for its efficacy and practicality, and her students rave about their clean desks and resulting peace of mind!
Odette@smartwaystowork.com or 510- 763-8482 Odette Pollar

www.ryalsjobs.com
Ryals & Associates, Inc. Search Services is a Woman Owned Business. We have been serving the Greater Bay Area Community for over 25 years. We are a Full-Service Agency. Our services include: Regular Full-time Permanent Placement, Temporary Placement, Temp to Hire, and Contract Assignments.
We place highly qualified candidates in a myriad of positions from CEO's, CFO's, Controllers, CPA's and all Accounting positions to Executive Assistants, HR, and Marketing to Receptionists. We can completely staff your company and provide payroll service. Please call and/or send your resume or staffing request to:
Bobbi Ryals, CAC
(510) 839-5100 ext. 113
Fax (510) 839-7793
www.ryalsjobs.com

www.AnotherBullwinkelShow.com
Lisa Bullwinkel
I can market your individual business or your business district, even if it is in Moosylvania or during Rocky times! For over 25 years I have produced street festivals, crafts fairs, parades, business socials and more. Some of my past and present events include the Berkeley Festival of the Arts, Berkeley Jazz Festival on Telegraph, Berkeley Tree Lighting Ceremony, Berkeley Celebration of Youth Arts, Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival, Dia de los Muertos, Doof-a-Palooza, Food, Fashion & Wine, Fourth of July @ the Berkeley Marina, Holidays in the Gourmet Ghetto & on Fourth St., Pacific Pinball Exposition, Persian New Year Festival, Solano Avenue Stroll & Parade, & the Spice of Life Festival. If you’re a non-profit organization, I can pull a rabbit out of my hat to help you fund raise. I sell mailing labels with over 1000 local businesses, restaurants, museums and attractions statewide, or lists of local VIPS to invite to your events, or press lists for your media needs. So even if your name isn’t Rocky, give a call…make that a moose call so I can really hear it!
Lisa Bullwinkel, phone & fax 510.548.5335

www.lindablachman.com
Linda Blachman’s individually tailored Senior Concierge Services support her clients in maintaining their independence and dignity and in focusing their time on whatever gives them vitality, meaning and pleasure. Services also allow family and friends to engage in their preferred loving roles. Linda, who has advanced degrees in counseling and public health, brings several decades of direct service experience to her work, including social/medical case work, counseling, health education and advocacy, life transitions coaching, and life/legacy planning.
Please note – website will soon be under construction. For a list of services, contact
linda@lindablachman.com or 510-540-8755

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Coaching and Training

www.abbottcom.com The Trainer's Advantage
Katherine Abbott and her associates train technical and non-technical trainers and speakers from any industry to teach and present information clearly, credibly and creatively to stay ahead of their competition. Our classes will leave you with new ideas on how to "spice up" your classes as well as reinforce the skills that will make you feel masterful in the classroom. Our consulting will guide you in developing courses that work. We build mastery in trainers and speakers.
katherine@abbottcom.com  Katherine Abbott

www.ActNowCoaching.com Charlotte Gray is a Certified Fearless Living Coach, trained by Rhonda Britten of the daytime television hit, Starting Over. If you feel you are playing it "small" in your life and you're yearning to see yourself break free to create the life you want, you're ready to work with this coach. If you could do it alone, you would have, right? No one can be fearless alone. To find out how you can learn to take the life you have and how to make it the life you want, contact Charlotte and mention the Brain Exchange for a free 20-minute coaching session. Since coaching is done via the phone and e-mail, all inquiries are welcomed.
Coach@ActNowCoaching.com (310) 274-4367 Charlotte Gray

www.coachingthefullspectrum.com
Susan Belgard
Susan teaches individuals and organizations self-coaching skills, tools and techniques and coaches them to unlock and apply their talents, wisdom and resources. Big dreams? Visionaries welcome! Tweaking your success? Inquire here! Not sure what's next? Let's explore possibilities! This is also the home of The SafetyNet Project, Susan's non-profit resource helping seriously ill people create a well-organized caregivers circle. Purchase "Love Heals: The Patient-Caregiver Guide to Building a Strong Support Team" by emailing susan@coachingthefullspectrum.com. ($12. for CD-ROM) Susan also teaches NiaR – the "chocolate" of exercise programs - an integrated mind-body-spirit-emotion energizing, stress-relieving, kick-up-your-heels, gentle-to-athletic workout. Email her for her class and workshop.
susan@coachingthefullspectrum.com Susan Belgard

www.womenneed2know.com
BJ Gallagher is the author of Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Other Women. Based in Los Angeles, she specializes in workshops for women, and workshops on Diversity. She is at work on a new book, Everything I Need to Know about Everything I Learned from my Friends. BJ is facilitator of the Los Angeles Brain Exchange
bbjjgallagher@aol.com BJ Gallagher

www.SuccessfromtheInsideOut.com
Nina Ham's site offers programs, resources and individual and group coaching services to women who want to build the skills, attitudes and habits necessary for sustainable success. Her programs include Career Quest, a roadmap for women in career transition, Get Clients Now! a marketing system for service professionals, and Nina's Success Game, a tool for authoring your own vision of success. She publishes a free bi-monthly E-zine.
Nina@womenssuccesscoach.com 510-526-7377 Nina Ham, Certified Coach and Licensed Psychotherapist

www.prsecrets.com
Susan Harrow
Get insider secrets, tips and techniques on publicity, media coaching, marketing and getting a six figure book advance from Susan Harrow, a top media coach and marketing expert. Susan's clients have been on 60 minutes, Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and in the NY Times, Wall St. Journal, and in other prestigious national publications. The site is packed with powerful techniques to promote yourself on and off the web; tips and strategies to get on top talk shows; and exciting ideas from successful people. Learn closely held secrets from the author of Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul (HarperCollins) and The Ultimate Guide to Getting Booked on Oprah.
harrowcom@prsecrets.com Susan Harrow

www.lindalandon.com.
Linda Landon is a skilled Business and Life Coach, with over eighteen years' experience in consulting, coaching, and running small businesses. Her mission is to empower as many people as possible to unleash their potential and express their passion through life's work that is fulfilling and profitable.
linda.landon@verizon.net Linda Landon

www.speakerservices.com
Susan Levin, publisher/owner and her associates have been bringing speakers/authors and audiences together through their online directory since 1994. They specialize in: Speaker Marketing, Consulting, Representation and Branding Skills training. We offer 3 camera Speaker Video Demo Shoot, CD's and books.
susan@speakerservices.com 310 -822-4922, or: 877-773-2800 Susan Levin

www.globalogica.com
Terry Mandel: works with individuals and organizations to make the most of their brilliant resources. Globalogica's consulting services span strategic planning & research, organization, leadership, & management development, and integrated communications for small to big businesses & nonprofits. Her coaching approach helps clients tap their body wisdom to focus on "doing the right things right, now." Terry's learning programs deliver powerful new ways to think, operate, and communicate!
terry@globalogica.com Terry Mandel

www.speakandwrite.com
Kathleen Mohn presents workshops in writing and presenting skills for biomedical companies, public utilities, transit organizations, financial institutions and health care companies, among others. Her workshop topics include business writing, technical writing for scientists and engineers, audit report writing, presentation of audit results and platform presentation skills.

www.EmotionsandMoney.com
Lindy Sinclair - Financial Coach
Is money an issue in your relationship? Is your relationship with money an issue? I can guide you to good communication techniques and good money management techniques so you can get where you want to be. I have been coaching people on their emotions around money for over 20 years. See "EmotionsandMoney" web site for glowing testimonials.
lindy@lindysinclair.com 510.223.4063 Lindy Sinclair

www.dramaticstrides.com
Yael Schy, MSW is a leader in using expressive arts in organizational learning and development. She is principal of Dramatic Strides® Consulting, specializing in leadership development, communication skills, teambuilding and creative decision-making techniques that help people and organizations move forward together. Yael brings a unique perspective by combining her 20 years of management experience with her background in improvisational theater and dance, to create dynamic interpersonal skills training and coaching in the workplace. She helps people in organizations to get out of their heads and into their bodies, connect with their true passion and creativity, and produce extraordinary results.
Yael can be reached at: yael@dramaticstrides.com 510.339.2404

www.Artists-Edge.com
Debra Russell, Certified Life and Small Business Coach and owner of Artist’s EDGE, has been coaching since 2001 and specializes in the Arts and Entertainment Industry and working with Small Business Owners. She helps people create a prosperous living doing what they love. She is also a nationally known speaker and trainer, delivering keynote talks, workshops and trainings. Debra is available for 1-to-1 coaching and speaking and training for groups and can be reached through her website www.Artists-Edge.com.

http://www.susanstrasburger.com
Integrative Counseling: Susan Strasburger
A unique blend of strategic coaching and depth-counseling, to build inner-resilience and more easeful life choices
sstras@sbcglobal.net

www.yourcreativelifecoach.com
To Adriana Díaz, MA, we are all solar-powered beings with an innately creative nature. She calls it Star Power, a natural capacity to grow, blossom, and live fruitful lives. Creativity is not limited to artists. In her book, Freeing the Creative Spirit (HarperSan Francisco) Adriana gives guidance and projects that empower the reader to expand creativity with an understanding of the impact we can make on the world around us. Now, her Creative Life Coaching is aimed at the art of living. Whether you want to find the right career or end the self-limiting chatter in your head, Adriana’s coaching skills and experience can lead you to the path of your own wisdom, growth, and healing. With a Master’s degree in Culture and Spirituality she also recognizes the spiritual dimensions of personal change. Check out her blog, ThisCreativeLife@blogspot.com to glimpse the creative process of her own life, and glean some insights for personal reflection. Learn more at www.yourcreativelifecoach.com or phone her at 510 530-4182.

www.donnadavis.info
Theatre skills to enhance your business skills.
Workshops and private coaching in Effective Speaking, Effective Business Writing, Staff Refocusing and other custom-designed communication projects.
dramadavis@lmi.net or call 510-526-0671 Donna Davis

www.lindablachman.com
Choose Life! Making the Most of Life Transitions
A certified life coach and imagery guide, Linda Blachman, MPH, MA, CPC helps women coping with the confusion and stress of life transitions to connect with what is most vital, authentic and meaningful in themselves so they can make wise choices and joyful plans for the next chapter, as well as contributions to the greater good. With 30+ years professional experience, Linda offers a unique combination of life coaching, Interactive Guided Imagery(sm), life review/life planning, and health education. Areas of specialization include midlife and beyond; infertility, pregnancy and parenting; and mental/physical/spiritual health, including life-altering illness.
Please note – website will soon be under construction. Contact
linda@lindablachman.com or 510-540-8755

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Community Service

www.motherslivingstories.org
The Mothers Living Stories Project (MLS)
Linda Blachman, Founder and former Director
Between 1995-2005 this nonprofit project trained Volunteer Listeners to help mothers living with cancer record life stories and legacies for their children. The website still has valuable information for visitors, as does Linda’s book, Another Morning: Voices of Truth and Hope from Mothers with Cancer (Seal Press, 2006). Linda continues to provide mentoring and consultation.
linda@lindablachman.com or 510-540-8755

www.yesfamilies.org
Youth Enrichment Strategies (YES) sends impoverished children from Richmond (and surrounding areas) to Summer Camp, opening imaginations to possibilities and opportunities not glimpsed in their bleak, urban environments. We also bring entire families from three Richmond elementary school communities to Family Camp weekends. There families participate as a unit in enriched programming based on an environmental theme. Together they try the zipline, climbing wall, an elaborate art project, a night walk, and campfire. This is often the family's only vacation of the year. On Sunday morning, adults split off to participate in a workshop to discuss their most pressing concerns with the help of a facilitator. All activities and the workshop are conducted in both Spanish and English. Parents glow with the joy of seeing their children grow and change through Summer Camp, and families are strengthened through their shared experiences at Family Camp. Visit us on the web at www.yesfamilies.org.
dimintz@pacbell.net Diane Mintz,
Director, Youth Enrichment Strategies (YES)

www.suesupriano.com
Sue Supriano
"Steppin' Out of Babylon", produced and hosted by Sue Supriano, is a radio interview series covering a broad range of issues of importance in today's world– issues of peace and war, human and civil rights, communication, the media, the environment, racism, globalization, immigration and matters of the spirit. The length of the shows is a half hour.
sue@suesupriano.com Sue Supriano

www.noewaste.com
Got E-Waste? Recycle unwanted TV's, monitors, computers and other electronic equipment for FREE at our San Leandro facility Mon.- Fri. 12noon-3pm and Sat. 9am-12noon. Any California resident, business, school, etc. is welcome to bring their e-waste. Visit www.noewaste.com or call toll free, (866) 335-3373 for electronic items accepted and event info.
Cynthia Borgstrom

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Computer Services

www.linickconsulting.com
Jody Linick of Linick Consulting provides QuickBooks bookkeeping services to sole proprietors, and small and medium sized business owners. Other services include professional organizational services for your business office, home office or home; website services for building and maintaining a website; and discount long distance phone services for your home or office.
jlinick@earthlink.net Jody Linick

www.yellowbellywebdesign.com
Developing websites from conception to completion. We realize the need of small businesses for "user-friendly" solutions that are easy to understand and affordable. We offer web development options designed to support your company needs now, as well as grow with your company in the future. Services include: custom graphic design, e-commerce solutions, flash animation, search engine optimization and more...contact Pat Smith phone: (510) 848-7256 email: pat@yellowbellywebdesign.com

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Educational consulting

www.learningconversations.com
Claudia L'Amoreaux is an educational consultant and learning coach. She practices an integrative (mind body spirit), well-being approach to learning and learning differences based on Chilean neuroscientist Humberto Maturana's work in the biology of love, compassionate communication and her thirty years in transformational learning. She co-authored the book, Creating Learning Communities" and directs the Haven Learning Center in Berkeley.
CL@learningconversations.com 510.665.9141 Claudia L'Amoreaux

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Health and Wellness; therapist

www.innerfitness.com
Louise-Diana Ph.D.
Inner Fitness teaches strategies and skills for authentic living through the integration of yoga, hypnotherapy and spiritual counseling. It is with deep sensitivity and power that Inner Fitness works to facilitate healing and empowerment for individuals, communities, small businesses and corporations. As the creator of Inner Fitness, Dr. Louise-Diana is a yoga therapist, a certified hypnotherapist and an ordained Science of Mind minister. She has over 25 years of experience in helping people transform their lives, control stress and achieve balance and harmony.
louise-diana@innerfitness.com Louise-Diana Ph.D.

www.drmarciaemery.com
Marcia Emery, Ph.D., a leader in applied intuition, has considerable experience as a psychologist, academic, and consultant. As a highly developed intuitive, Dr. Emery uses her inner wisdom to consult, counsel, and coach individuals and organizations. She provides insights into personal relationships, stress, dreams, business decisions, and the diagnosis and management of health. Through classes and customized seminars, Dr. Emery teaches others how to cultivate their intuitive ability. She is the author of The Intuitive Healer, Dr. Marcia Emery's Intuition Workbook and PowerHunch! Living an Intuitive Life.
Marcia Emery, Ph.D.

www.SuccessfromtheInsideOut.com
Nina Ham's site offers programs, resources and individual and group coaching services to women who want to build the skills, attitudes and habits for sustainable success. Her programs include Career Quest, a roadmap for women in career transition, Get Clients Now! a marketing system for service professionals, and Nina's Success Game, a tool for authoring your own vision of success. She publishes a free bi-monthly E-zine.
Nina@womenssuccesscoach.com 510-526-7377 Nina Ham
Certified Coach and Licensed Psychotherapist

www.alisonmccabe.com
Alison McCabe, MFT–licensed marriage and family therapist since 1993. Specializing in treatment of anxiety disorders, eating disorders, couples. Combining decades of psychological and spiritual study to best help others access what is true for them and how they want to live.
alisonmccabebullen@yahoo.com Alison McCabe

www.possiblesociety.org
Bett Martinez
The Possible Society of California develops and offers classes, seminars and videos promoting Qigong as a potent tool for improving health by enhancing your mind/body connection. The gentle aerobic exercise, acupressure self-massage and flowing movements of Qigong can improve both physical and mental health. Qigong classes, spirit walking/pool classes and retreats are offered for all ages in diverse settings and can be customized for the benefit of elders and persons with mobility impairments. Practiced regularly, the Qigong experience becomes "Meditation in Motion".
Since 1989, Bett has brought her research capabilities and expertise into serving individuals and groups seeking the best in insurance protection including health, long term care and disability coverage.
well-being@pacbell.net 510 526-0312 Bett Martinez M. ED.

www.porchiaswish.com
Dianne Porchia, founder of W.I.S.H. - Whole Integrated Self Health, Approach to Healing, Loving and Living Consciously, conducts workshops, classes and private coaching on heart & soul-centered communication skills for resolving conflicts gracefully and creating and maintaining loving relationships. Dianne is also a stress reduction specialist at Passing Performance. She conducts classes and teaches private tutoring techniques to maximize performance on exams. She works with high school students, with candidates for the California State Bar, and prepares people to take other professional licensing exams.
dianne@porchiaswish.com (310) 455-2851 Dianne Porchi

www.powersmovement.com
Gleah Powers.
Powers Movement combines breath, sound, fluid movement, bodywork and fitness. Nourishing and healing at a deep cellular level. Addresses menopause, bone density, mobility and vitality.
gleah@earthlink.net Gleah Powers

www.Jeannesegal.com
Jeanne Segal
This web site will broaden your knowledge about emotional intelligence, emotional trauma, and alternatives to the use of psychiatric medications. This awareness relies on instinctual, intuitive core feelings to prevent illness and sustain lifelong health.
Jeannesegal@earthlink.net Jeanne Segal

www.lauraswholesomejunkfood.com
Laura Trice, M.D. CEO/
Laura Trice, M.D. Gourmet health food - 100% woman owned Laura's Wholesome Junk Food produces great tasting all-natural, kosher foods. Bite-lettes™ (mini-power cookies) have rolled oats and dates, plus some magic to create tasty vegan, cholesterol-free treats. Bite-lettes are preservative-free and have no hydrogenated (trans) fats. Our company logo is an actual photo of Laura, age 4, baking cookies in her grandmother's kitchen. Enjoy Oatmeal Raisin, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip & Anna Banana Split. New flavors in 2004 include X-Treme Chocolate Fudge™, Grandma's Gingerbread & American Apple Pie. Also in 2004, dairy-free, caffeine-free low glycemic gourmet syrups for milks and Howard's Dern Good Salad Dressing™.
Laura’s Wholesome Junk Food
310-821-9409 Office
310-305-1189 Fax

www.thewritetruth.com
Susanne Shapiro is a handwriting analyst who has been studying this empirical science in Europe and the US for the past 25 years. She works primarily for private individuals, supplying them with psychological profiles based on the samples submitted. Publications include; 'Secrets of the Pen', an analysis of Emily Dickinson's handwriting during the last ten years of her life. For more information please go to the website:
writeup@pacbell.net Susanne Shapiro

www.homeopathic-care.net
Melissa Rissman offers Classical Homeopathic Consultations, which consider and heal all levels of your being - body, mind/emotions, and spirit. Avoid the flu and frequent colds. Compassionate care. Profoundly effective. Homeopathy treats all kinds of chronic conditions, strengthening immune systems for both adults and children with natural medicines. Have more energy, less pain and anxiety. What my clients say - "My physical strength is coming back by leaps and bounds" and "I feel balanced and at peace."
melissa@homeopathic-care.net or call 510-872-0725 Melissa Rissman

www.amiraalvarez.com
Amira Alvarez teaches the Alexander Technique, a pragmatic means of preventing pain and performing better in the daily activities of your life. At its core, the Alexander Technique is a method of self-care. You learn skills to use on your own, to help yourself. Anyone, of any any age or ability, has the capacity to learn the Technique. You will learn how to consciously choose better, more efficient ways to move and discover a delightful approach to vitality.
Almira Alvarez amira.alvarez@gmail.com (510) 528-3109

Linda Schneider, M.A.
www.lindaschneider.fluidpiano.com,
Fully connect with all of your abilities, resolve that issue, and create the more satisfying life you desire. Be supported in a pleasant, respectful, safe level of trance, to access greater levels of beauty, skill mastery, right relationship and an expansion of well-being. This work is especially effective with intelligent individuals who are interested in personal growth in an easy, comfortable way.
linda@fluidpiano.com

www.roadspring.com
Roadspring offers a structured program providing compassionate listening to those dealing with loss, transition or trauma. This multidisciplinary approach is based on inquiry, reflection, music, movement, story and imagination to reorganize the way you see and understand your circumstances. Roadspring services include one to one grief support, small groups and workshops. This program walks you through a multi-step grieving process. The first step of the program invites you to look at the intertwined strands of grief and unravel them. The second step helps you to tell your story about the loss that you have experienced. The third step invites you to open your heart to the fullness of your sorrow and mourn the loss. The end result is seeing different perspectives on your loss. New perspectives may lead to mental or emotional shifts such as finding new values or strengthen existing values.
The underlying premise of this program is that once you express deep emotions, you are able to mend and find balance. And that when this emotional energy is released out of you, past traumas can also quickly be released from the body, mind and heart. For further information call Julie Kramer at 510 526-6723 or go to the web site: www.roadspring.com
Julie Kramer: 510 526-6723 or julie_kramer@comcast.net

www.TrinaSwerdlow.com
Trina Swerdlow, BFA, CCHT, is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, an Artist, and the Author of “Stress Reduction Journal.” She also authored the 2-CD Tool Kit, “Weight Loss: Powerful and Easy-to-Use Tools for Releasing Excess Weight.” Trina has a private practice in Danville, California where she soulfully shares her creative approach to personal growth and passionately supports her clients in reaching their goals. The stress reducing tools that she offers address the mind, body, and spirit. She offers hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), meditation instruction, assertiveness training, and sandplay. She says, "I love sharing practical tools that empower my clients, help them find 'their authentic voices,' and move toward their personal and professional goals."
info@TrinaSwerdlow.com (925) 285-5759 Trina Swerdlow

www.thegiftoftouch.org
Rosie Liebe, CMT, The Gift of Touch – 510.828.3441
Offering therapeutic massage and bodywork sessions customized to your special needs to help you unknot and unwind, relax and rejuvenate, release those chronically tight and painful muscles and re-experience your body free of tension and pain. The modalities I integrate into your session include any or all of the following: Swedish massage, myofascial and trigger point release, NeuroMuscular Reprogramming, deep tissue and sports massage, AIS, reflexology and polarity therapy. Specialty services include CranioSacral Therapy, hot stone massage, lymphatic drainage therapy, chair massage. Centrally located at 2615 Ashby Ave (by College Ave), Berkeley, CA. rosie@thegiftoftouch.org.

www.lindablachman.com
Choose Life! Making the Most of Life Transitions
Linda Blachman, MPH, MA, CPC helps women coping with change to connect with what is most vital, meaningful, and authentic in themselves so they can craft a satisfying next chapter and make contributions to the greater good. Linda brings to her work 30+ years experience in counseling and women’s health, including 10 years working with women with cancer, as well as certification in both life coaching and Interactive Guided Imagery?, a powerful tool for stress reduction, symptom management, enhancement of positive thinking, and inner-directed decision-making.
Please note – website will soon be under construction. Contact
linda@lindablachman.com or 510-540-8755

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Home and Garden Services

www.Bloom-Gardens.net
Bloom Gardens has been offering quality landscape design and installation since 1983. Featured on HGTV's "Landscape Smart", our team includes expert masons and carpenters. We design personal gardens to reflect your aesthetic and respect your budget; styles range from traditional to wildlife attracting and California natives; the pallette includes Mediterranean and xeriscapic plantings. In addition to design/installation, consultations are available for do-it-yourselfers.
To see our work, please visit our website: www. Bloom-Gardens.net
Contact: Diane Bloom dibloom@norcov.com, (510) 234-5196

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Legal Services

www.prepaidlegal.com/info/hmk
www.prepaidlegal.com/biz/hmk
Kiyoshi Kawahata
Protect yourself, your family, even your business with a pre-paid legal plan. Have your lawyer on retainer for the cost of less than the price of a cup of coffee a day. With additional protection against identity theft, including $25,000 insurance. To learn more about the fabulous service which everybody soon will have, subscribe on the website or call me with additional questions and for sign-up assistance.
riverfield@juno.com 415.388.1318 Kiyoshi Kawahata

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Management consulting

www.globalogica.com
Terry Mandel: works with individuals and organizations to make the most of their brilliant resources. Globalogica's consulting services span strategic planning & research, organization, leadership, & management development, and integrated communications for small to big businesses & nonprofits. Her coaching approach helps clients tap their body wisdom to focus on "doing the right things right, now." Terry's learning programs deliver powerful new ways to think, operate, and communicate!
terry@globalogica.com Terry Mandel

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Performance and visual artists

www.lanzafoto.com
Patricia Lanza is a professional photographer whose experience includes eight years under contract with the National Geographic Society.
lanzafoto@earthlink.net Patricia Lanza

www.irenefertik.com
Irene Fertik, is a free lance photographer who specializes in documentary photo journalism. She's been a working photographer for over 30 years and welcomes assignments in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. Irene was the senior photographer for The University of Southern California for 15 years. Prior to that she worked for six years as staff photographer for The Burlington Free Press, Vermont's largest daily newspaper. Samples of work on web site.
Irene.Fertik@verizon.net Irene Fertik

www.rhodadraws.com
Rhoda Draws, the artist formerly known as Rhoda Grossman, paints expressive portraits and figurative artwork on canvas in oils, acrylic and digital media. Rhoda also offers digital or acrylic portraits of homes, a unique keepsake or a closing gift from realtors.
Dba Rhoda Draws A Crowd, she creates caricature entertainment for events of all kinds: conventions, trade shows, corporate parties, weddings and (of course) Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Rhoda offers digital caricatures, painted with a computer, projected on a big screen for all to see, and printed in full color on photo-quality paper.
rhodadraws@gmail.com

www.joy-lily.com
Joy-Lily is a silk painter, and teacher of textile related art media. See samples of her paintings, read the current issue of her newsletter: FiberMaggie's Closet which offers information about local guild meetings, exhibits, contests, fairs and more. Check out her current class schedule, and dyeing supplies. Joy-Lily is also one of the originators of The Brain Exchange
joy@joy-lily.com Joy-Lily

www.marciajuell.com
Marcia Juell
Have you heard of Marcia Juell yet? If not, you will soon! This fresh, new pop artist singer/songwriter brings her audiences to a new level with hauntingly beautiful vocals, strikingly honest & sexy lyrics and catchy hooks.
Marcia@marciajuell.com Marcia Juell

www.flutesoftheworld.com
Maria Kostelas Specializes in live and recorded music. Hear music samples and purchase CDs. featuring recording artist Maria Kostelas, whose beautiful melodies played on flutes from her 100 -piece international collection have been heard around the globe. Described as the "pied piper of the soul," Maria has released 4 original CDs, and has composed several commissioned works. Provides concerts, workshops for corporate, association and mind/body conferences, universities, hospitals and museums.
Fluteslive@AOL.com Maria Kostelas

www.susankrebsmusic.com
Susan Krebs, aka the "Jazz Gardener", is a jazz vocalist - as well as a professional actor - whose recently released 2nd CD "What Am I Here For?", is currently receiving national airplay and enthusiastic reviews. She performs regularly in the Los Angeles area and is available for private or fundraising events.
jazzgardener@sbcglobal.net Susan Krebs

www.letsfaceit.tv
Joan Levinson
Women explore their aging faces, in a 26 minute documentary seven articulate Berkeley women speaking honestly and with humor about their ambivalence, anxiety and vanity as they contemplate whether or not to have cosmetic surgery.
Joan Levinson, producer/director with Wendy Oser and Beverley Spencer of "LET'S FACE IT"
jonel@uclink.berkeley.edu Joan Levinson

www.rosemandala.com
Augusta Lucas-Andreae
You will find reproductions of mandalas, including the signs of the Zodiac, which are available as prints and greeting cards. There is also information about day, weekend and evening mandala drawing classes, and a page on "Art for the Grieving Child" as practiced at Kaiser Hospice and in private sessions.
augustaluc@earthlink.net Augusta Lucas-Andreae

www.sallynicholson.com
Sally Nicholson, creates custom murals and artwork for your home or office; for children or adults; large or small projects; realistic or whimsical. She can paint almost anything that stands still: walls, furniture and yes, even ceilings.
snicholson@attbi.com Sally Nicholson

www.traceyprever.com
Tracey Prever Photography provides digital, on-site commercial, editorial and custom portraiture photography. Commercial: On-location - photographing people in their work place environments , architecture, aerials, events, industry and scenics. Family Portraiture: portraits in natural environments in both color and black & white capturing the essence of you and your loved ones.
photos@traceyprever.com 925-837-5804 Tracey Prever

www.FranSegal.com
Fran Segal, Through The Garden Wall, creates stone and ceramic mosaics and murals – unique, custom made art pieces and installations of any size. From rustic slate animal/landscapes for exteriors, to refined limestone or porcelain with gemstones or crystals for interiors.
fseagull@earthlink.net 510-549-1231 Fran Segal

www.sayitwithsilk.com
Phyllis Woodward creates unique, personalized scarves, wall hangings and veils for everyday and special occasions. She especially enjoys writing quotations or words on the silk to commemorate special occasions, places or words of wisdom. See the site for samples of her silk, prices and directions on how to place an order as well as her original poetry.
phyllis@sayitwithsilk.com Phyllis Woodward

NOMI is a songwriter, producer and artist.
Her debut CD single is "GET 2 NOMI" available online at www.cdbaby.com/nomiyah or by telephone at 1 800 BUY MY CD. "GET 2 NOMI" has seven songs that show a range of musicality and highlight the considerable skills of the artist. Nomi performs nearly every instrument. Her voice is smooth, her lyrics are exceptionally original and her compositions are captivating. Two songs feature Jamaican DJ XSAMPLE. This album defies simple classification because it is deeply original. Each song has its own unique flavor encompassing such genres as pop, dancehall, reggae, hip hop, r'n'b.

www.donnadavis.info
I have a truly "organically grown" business, now titled "Clear Communication of California." I am a theatre worker--actor, director, acting coach. What has evolved from this work is a parallel career as a communication coach for people who are in other professions. I work with therapists, realtors, business managers, lawyers, ministers, sales managers, travel guides, museum docents, and people who want to communicate more effectively in their personal lives. I offer on-site workshops as well as individual training. Workshops include: Staff Refocusing, Dealing with Difficult People, Effective Speaking, Effective Writing. All workshops and coaching are custom-designed.
Contact: dramadavis@lmi.net Donna Davis

www.kalidesigns.com
Wholesale glass jewelry design business owned by Brain Exchange member Lara Michelle since 1989. Lara Michelle

SusanAdameArt.com
Susan Adamé currently creates collages and paintings. Her art career has also included, creating artwork in clay for 23 years, opening an art gallery in Albany in 1981, being a textile designer in San Francisco for ten years, and working for the City of Albany in the public sector for over 30 years. Her civic art projects have included producing art festivals, writing a public art ordinance, creating a public art gallery in the Community Center and working on establishing public art projects in the City of Albany.
susanadameart@gmail.com

www.suzannecerny.com
Oil Paintings, drawings and photos by Suzanne Cerny, Available for instruction and commissioned art works.Website:www.oilreflections.com
Digital jazz illustrations and cards at http://www.jazz.com/gallery/suzanne-cerny
Massage Therapy with Suzanne Cerny, LMT http://www.imagroupmembers.com/SuzanneCerny
510-717-9375

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Pet Services

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Spirituality

www.hearttoheartliving.com
Linda Chappo's Heart To Heart Living offers information, services, and products to help individuals and groups learn new techniques for living from their hearts. You will find information about A Course in Miracles, Marry Yourself First workshops/booklet and past newsletter articles on forgiveness and holiness as a way of life.
lchappo@aol.com Linda Chappo

www.unityberkeley.org
Patricia Keel, is Spiritual Leader of a new spiritual community in the East Bay. Our focus is on practical life transformation, using spiritual inspiration from creative arts, prayer, and community participation. We have fun together as we support one another. Unity of Berkeley offers classes, small spiritual home groups, prayer chaplains and spiritual counseling, in addition to our 10 a.m. Sunday service in El Cerrito. Unity celebrates one God and many paths. People of all faith traditions are invited to join us. Our website has a special place for your prayer requests.
patriciakc@AOL.com Patricia Keel

www.spiritualawarenesscounseling.com
Barbara Reiner addresses the yearning many of us have to know who we really are underneath the outerwear and make-up of our personalities. We reach a point in our lives when we realize that all of our efforts thus far have not brought us satisfaction and happiness. That realization may come as a result of a crisis, an unhappy upbringing, or simply be the result of many failed attempts at reaching fulfillment. This is often the moment, after returning to the same difficulties over and over again, when we finally open to spirit and begin the journey home to ourselves. Spiritual awareness counseling and groups are loving containers in which to come home.
barbara@spiritualawarenesscounseling.com Barbara Reiner

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Stuff for sale

Lynn Broadwell
www.herecomestheguide.com.
Lynn has created a regional guidebook that tells people what how to find event sites for weddings, meetings, parties, and how to hire the best caterers, entertainers and florists.
lynn@herecomestheguide.com Lynn Broadwell

www.anywheremarkets.com.
Beverley Davimes is an Import & wholesale distributor of colorful resin fashion jewelry, gifts and dried flower handbags. We also manufacture custom items for museum stores, corporate clients and private label jewelry clients.
bdavimes@san.rr.com Beverly Davimes

Hannah Logan
www.krvygrl.com
KRVY GRL is the brainchild of Hannah Logan, an actress and writer in Hollywood. Her mission is to help women feel "phabulous" about themselves by "practicing and promoting radikal self-acceptance." Check out her web site, www.krvygrl.com to be "kurvalciously" inspired and buy a KRVY GRL tee shirt or bumper sticker if you want to help spread the KRVY word!
kntrygrl_70@yahoo.com Hannah Logan

www.voguecuisine.com Carol Schlanger
An instant, Low Sodium, Very Low Fat,Vegetarian & Vegan, full flavored organic, soup and seasoning base manufactured by Carol Schlanger . No Preservatives, No Additives, No HVP, 15 Calories per cup
cschlanger@comcast.net Carol Schlanger

Rubbersidewalks.com
Lindsay Smith, CEO Rubbersidewalks is a modular sidewalk system made of 100% recycled California tire rubber. Rubbersidewalks solves the problem of damaged concrete due to tree root growth. Each square foot of Rubbersidewalks uses up one tire, and every 20 square feet keeps a tree from being cut down. Rubbersidewalks saves the urban forest.
Rubbersidewalks@aol.com (310) 515 5814 Lindsay Smith

Cheryl White,
'Ano'ai Ke Aloha, and welcome to Ikaika Exotics of Hawai'i, a celebration of the magic & power of Old Hawai'i & the very best that contemporary Hawai'i has to offer. From family grown exotic flowers, custom leis, collectible-soon-to-be vintage Aloha shirts & Island gifts, we are the Mainland source for Hawaiian products. For special gifts with an authentic Hawaiian accent, Nana I Ke Kumu, look to the source.
1 800 788 ALOHA (2564) IkaikaEx@aol.com Cheryl White

www.pastense.com
Pamela Williams Pastense
Retro Diner Furniture sells commercial quality diner furniture and appliances for residential as well as hospitality use. Dinette sets, pub tables, barstools, and even the ubiquitous diner booth can now be yours. Nearly twenty years ago we brought this furniture to the residential market, made since the twenties by one of the original manufacturers. It's all made to order, to exactly your specifications in your choice of surfacing. We look forward to sharing the nostalgia.
pamelamoment@attbi.com 800-556-2608 Pamela Williams

www.cdbaby.com/nomiyah.
Nomi Yah is a songwriter, producer and artist. She has written hundreds of songs and toured throughout the U.S., Mexico and Europe. Nomi released her first solo EP "get 2 Nomi" available at
1 800 buy my CD or got2get2nomi@yahoo.com Nomi Yah

www.sweetspotlabs.com
SweetSpot LabsT Intimate Grooming Escensuals
Glorify. Celebrate. The modern woman's approach to the dated notion of feminine hygiene and addressing the beauty category of Intimate GroomingT. SweetSpot Labs complete beauty with a luxury care collection intended for your sweetest spot. Finally, cleanliness is next to fabulousness!
Shari@StrategicImaging.Com 310 230 1227 Shari Creed

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Vacation Rentals

http://homepage.mac.com/sanmiguelpatrice/PhotoAlbum10.html
PATRICE WYNNE/ Casa Gaia
San Miguel is a gorgeous, charming, sophisticated, and traditional colonial town in the heart of Mexico, one of the best vacation towns in the world. An ex-pat haven, it attracts creative people from all over the US and Canada. Cultural and artistic offerings are a banquet of delights from morning to evening. Come experience it for yourself! Casa Gaia, my muy Mexicana, 2 bedroom large, colorful hilltop home in San Miguel de Allende is available for rent for $700 wk including many amenities. Photos on website above. Email for details: sanmiguelpatrice@mac.com

www.hillshomestay.com
Terry Mandel's North Berkeley Hills Homestay,
We offer beautiful and peaceful short-term accommodations (single rooms to entire homes) for out-of-town guests, visiting scholars, and home renovation refugees! Enjoy bed & breakfast ambience with kitchen and laundry privileges in the home of a world traveler, art collector, and meditator near UCB, wilderness park, shopping, & public transit. We also handle bookings for other nearby lovely homes through our Homestay Consortium.
email: hillshomestay [at] hotmail [dot] com, Terry Mandel

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Writers and services for writers; graphic designers

www.authorsden.com/tg
"This is where I post my writings as well as bio and photo."
batova@yahoo.com Tova Gabrielle

www.dotdesign.net
Dotti Albertine is an award-winning book designer and talented graphic designer with over 20 years experience in publishing. She will design and package your entire book from manuscript to finished product. Dotti also produces Video and CD packaging.
dotti@dotdesign.net Dotti Albertine

www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/hillagent
Julie Hill Literary Agency site shows representative titles and authors, and the unique way we market books, both to publishers (as agents) and to the public (as book publicists). Most agents do not handle book publicity – our doing so makes us unique. Making you successful is my business.
Hillagent@AOL.com 858-259-2595 Julie Hill

www.selkcommunications.com
Merry Selk focuses on making connections – so the right people will discover the value of your service or product, and take action. She can help you reach key markets, donors or clients with the right message, present complex information so it is clear and persuasive, create publications, web content, or marketing events and enhance your communications, business and fundraising opportunities.
Phone 510.524.1733 Merry Selk

Jill Nagle provides coaching, consulting, editing and ghostwriting to writers committed to beating the 99% rejection odds and getting published. Jill offers the Book Proposal Boot Camp for nonfiction writers, and also has talented and award-winning associates to help fiction writers.
Jill@GetPublished.com Jill Nagle

www.susanpage.com
Relationship expert and workshop leader Susan Page is the author of five books including the international bestseller, If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? and How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together. Her international speaking and media career includes appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America. Susan's relationship advice has appeared in USA Today, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Self, and New Woman magazines.
Susan also consults with writers about how to get published and is the author of the critically acclaimed guide for writers, The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book.
susan@susanpage.com Susan Page

shimizudesign.com
Julia Robinson Shimizu partners with graphic designer Ichiro Shimizu to produce Graphic Design and Copywriting services for Advertising, Marketing and Product Packaging in both English and Japanese. Communications, Public Relations and Marketing consultation including Business Plans, Grant Writing and Proposals. We specialize in cross cultural communications. Clients include Japanese specialty products (incense, tea, seaweed) and range from airlines to ashrams. Site includes portfolio of design work. New in 2012...Shimizu Design gift card series, "WORD" cards and "A Gift of Peace" published by Euphemia Press.
juliarobinsonshimizu@gmail.com Julia Robinson Shimizu

www.elizabethrosner.com
Elizabeth Rosner is an award-winning novelist, poet and essayist. Visit this site to read more about her two best-selling novels, BLUE NUDE and THE SPEED OF LIGHT, as well as her poetry collection GRAVITY. She frequently leads writing groups and workshops in the Bay Area, as well as at Esalen and other residential retreat centers. In addition, she is available for individual writing consultations and to visit with local book groups.
elizabeth@elizabethrosner.com Elizabeth Rosner

www.strategicimaging.com
Creed Strategic Imaging is a full-service brand/image group specializing in
the retail, beauty and fashion industry. Experts with an innovative approach to conceptual development, branding, business and strategic planning, product development from inception through execution to delivery. Philosophy, client list and case studies included.
Shari@StrategicImaging.Com 310 230 1227 Shari Creed

www.trinaswerdlow.com/creative_process.html
As your personal Creative Process Consultant, Trina Swerdlow, BFA, CCHT will serve as a seasoned guide for your creative explorations and an accountability partner. Trina will teach you powerful tools that will assist you in moving through creative blocks. She offers:
1) Hypnotherapy sessions to tame your Inner Critic, meet your Muse, and self soothe to release creative anxieties.
2) Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) sessions to help clarify and release unproductive emotions.
3) A simple and effective 3-step process to break through procrastination.
4) Instruction for creating a user-friendly map toward your creative destination.
You will receive powerful tools & guidance to propel you toward your creative goals.
info@TrinaSwerdlow.com (925) 285-5759 Trina Swerdlow

www.wagele.com
To improve the understanding of introverts in the eyes of others and in their own eyes, Elizabeth Wagele has written "The Happy Introvert - A Wild and Crazy Guide for Understanding Your True Self." It is a friendly, informative book which also makes good use of her cartoons. There are chapters that describe introverts and extroverts at their best and worst in all of life's situations.
Help spread the word of this book and her other books on the Enneagram, including "The Enneagram Made Easy" and "Are You My Type, Am I Yours?" co-authored with Renee Baron, "The Enneagram of Parenting," and "The Beethoven Enneagram," a CD based on his piano sonatas. "Finding the Birthday Cake," an Enneagram book for young children, will be published in the spring. The Enneagram promotes understanding of those different from ourselves. The premise is that there are 9 basic types of people, each one equal to the next. Within each type there are endless variations, but each type is recognizable with some familiarity with the fascinating system.
ewagele@aol.com Elizabeth Wagele

www.agingartfully.com
Amy Gorman is Director of Project Arts and Longevity, interested in interviewing women over 85 who are also artists, musicians, dancers, writers. She is a speaker in the area of creativity and aging at conferences, professional groups, women's meetings, etc.
Her book, Aging Artfully: 12 Profiles of Visual and Performing Women Artists 85-105 which includes a CD, "7 Songs of Women's Lives" by Frances Kandl, won the bronze medal in the 2007 National Independent Publishing Book Awards in the category of Women's Issues, and was an Honorable Mention in the category of Biography in the Hollywood Book Awards, July, 2007. The accompanying film, "Still Kicking, " by Greg Young which follows 6 of the 12 women in her book, has been seen in 10 International Film Festivals, is slated for several more.
510-527-4977 Amy Gorman

www.BarbaraQuick.com
Novelist, journalist, and Brazilian dancer Barbara Quick is the author of two novels, three pop psychology books (one with psychologist Matthew McKay), and one children's picture book (with artist Liz McGrath). Her 1990 novel NORTHERN EDGE won the Discover Prize and was recently optioned for a film. VIVALDI'S VIRGINS, published in 2007 by HarperCollins and reprinted in a paperback edition in 2008, is being translated into 14 languages. Visit Barbara's website to see a book trailer and download a podcast of music from VIVALDI'S VIRGINS. Barbara's newest novel, A GOLDEN WEB, will be published by HarperCollins' Children's Division in fall 2009.
Barbara@BarbaraQuick.com

www.wordfixer.org
Need a bio, press release, or fresh web copy? I'm a communications pro with editorial, copywriting, and media skills and a preference for nonprofit and good causes. I can help you clarify and deliver your pitch with confidence.
elizabeth@wordfixer.org Elizabeth Whipple, 510.232.2412

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