October Spirited Woman Newsletter

Copyright Nancy Mills. 2006
Issue 42. All rights reserved.
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CONTENTS

- Spirited Woman Quote
- Editor's Spirited Message
- Spirited Woman Circle Guests - The Saucy Sisters
- Spirited Woman Q & A - Phyllis Stoller
- Spirited Woman! Store Special
- Upcoming Spirited Woman Workshops
- Host a Spirited Woman Workshop
- Spirited Woman Gift Certificate
- Press & Media
- Blog ? of the Month
- Join the Spirited Woman Club - Get a Free Listing

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SPIRITED WOMAN QUOTE

     "Dress colorfully. Dance wildly. Express your passions fiercely. And let the world see and hear your magic." - Nancy Mills

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EDITOR'S MESSAGE

Welcome to the world of SPIRITED WOMANHOOD.

One year. One year. One year. But who's counting? I am. This month the Spirited Woman website reaches the one year mark. I want to say a huge thank-you, an ENORMOUS thank-you for all your support. You've made it happen. If you Google our website address it comes up over 200,000 times! So many of you have linked to us. Wow.

Are you ready for this? The Spirited Woman Circle on October 10, with the fantastic Saucy Sisters - noted authors/wine experts/radio personalities - will be our final "live" phone conversation of our 2006 series. Yes, you'll always be able to buy the series via CD, MP3, and transcript - but why don't you join us for this memorable "telechat?" We won't go live again until next year.

This month, our Q&A is with Phyllis Stoller, the founder of The Women's Travel Club. Phyllis is filled with passion and determination, and through her gutsy efforts, she has grown her love of travel into a successful haven for women travelers. In September, she was named the top travel agent in women's trips by Travel & Leisure Magazine. I urge you to read her interview.

As always, I would like to thank you for your support, comments, enthusiasm, and friendship. And for those of you new to the newsletter, I'd like to welcome you to our growing numbers. YOU inspire me, always. And I genuinely look forward to meeting you (again or for the first time) in person at a SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop or within our new SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE.

The SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter is meant to be fun, informative, and inspirational. Your free monthly tool to stay connected with other spirited women nationwide. I welcome you forwarding this newsletter to ALL your spirited friends.

Nancy Mills
Founder Spirited Woman

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SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE
THE SAUCY SISTERS

Tuesday, October 10, 10 am PST is our next SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE "up close & personal" 1-hour phone conversation and the last one for the 2006 series! Our special guests are wine experts, authors, radio personalities, The Saucy Sisters.

In their conversation, Barbara and Bev will talk about their bestselling wine books, a new wine diet (yes! you read it right!), "saucy" wines for some sauciness, excellent wine buys, the FUNdamentals of wine, and holiday wine secrets.

Remember: If you sign up and miss the call, you'll receive either a MP3 or PDF version.

This is our last conversation in 2006! Please join us! To sign-up go to: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/

Past Spirited Woman Circle 1-hr. Conversations Available: Author Janet Fitch, NPR Radio Personality Frances Halpern, Hollywood Reporter Calendar Editor Selena Templeton, Author Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Actress/Author Marcia Wallace, Mystery Author Rochelle Krich and Author Fannie Flagg. Buy in MP3 or PDF format. $15 ea. They're so wonderfully inspirational.

To order, go to: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/registration/.

TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE.

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SPIRITED WOMAN Q & A
PHYLLIS STOLLER

Last week, out of the blue (are there any accidents?), I received an e-mail from an old travel friend, Phyllis Stoller - I hadn't heard from Phyllis in 10 years at least! We met years ago, when I was a travel journalist, and Phyllis was the founder of The Women's Travel Club (WTC). I lived in LA, she lived in Miami, and I remember interviewing her over a cup of coffee at the Miami airport for a story I was doing. Talk about enthusiastic and passionate.

I knew then that she was headed "way up" in the women's travel frontier, but I had no idea how high. In the early 90's, Phyllis had about 100 women members, and she led a few trips a year. She started the club as she says, "Because I love to travel, my husband didn't and I didn't have friends who were interested in going where I wanted to go."

This June, her company was sold to ABC Destinations, a huge tour operator. In September, Phyllis, age 60, was named the top travel agent in women's trips by Travel & Leisure Magazine. The Women's Travel Club (of which she is still president), now based in New Jersey, will lead over 40 trips in 2007, there are 1,000 members, and Phyllis is recognized as an expert in the needs of women travelers - she's been on The Today Show, CNN, Lifetime Television for Women, and more.

Phyllis turned her passion for travel and her dream for women to share travel together into a reality. With the holidays coming up, and many of you thinking about going on a trip, Phyllis's interview offers some really sound advice. And before I forget, Phyllis and I plan to meet again - this time in New York - where she lives. She looks forward to hosting a SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP there. Yeah! Grab a cup of coffee and read this enlightening interview - and oh yes - happy travels!

Q. Why do most women join a women's travel club?
A.  I think the easiest answer is you don't have to wait for anybody else to make up their mind. If you're a woman who loves to travel you can just sign-up and go.

Q. Is there a #1 reason why most women travel?
A. Hard to answer. It might be that women statistically are looking for new experiences more than men are and we are comfortable in new situations, physical and emotional, more than men are. I think that most women travel because it's an enhancement to their life.

Q. You offer a range of trips, what is your most popular trip?
A. There are actually two. The first would be Italy and that's because Italy has absolutely everything that women are interested in - plus the food, plus the shopping, plus the religion, plus the countryside, the colors and the designs. And the other would be exotic - India, Central Asia, West Africa, and that's because women in general love new experiences and  very often do not have anybody else who will go to those places.

Q. Are there certain places that are known to be more popular with women travelers?
A. Most definitely. Those go back to France and Italy, India, China, Morocco - those because they are a littel more exotic, very scenic, and a little scary.

A. What is the #1 issue for most women travelers today?
Q. Safety. Real and supposed. The number two issue is that I have nobody to go with. The third is - Will I fit it? - that is a very strong and constantly hinted at question - will I fit into the group, will I fit in when I'm in a restaurant alone in a foreign country, will I know what to do, will I know how to ask for wine, will I know how to dress when I go to the theater, will I know how to tip - it's a sense of insecurity about a 100 little things that happen when you are away from home. The fourth issue - is probably the money issue. It's a problem when women travel because we tend to stay in more expensive places because we are afraid to compromise. Many women will not go out for dinner alone so they eat in a hotel and it's expensive. So it becomes a money issue.

Q. So what are the benefits of a woman traveling with a women's travel club?
A. First of all, you have instant travel friends. You might get a roomate, which will save you some money. There is a lot of sharing of what did you think of that painting, how did you react to that guy's story, what do you think of the political situation, will you take a picture of me. There is a lot of sharing and other layers to a trip, because women tend to have 110 hobbies that can enhance the experience.

Q. With travel regulations changing constantly, what is some advice or some tips you can give us on how best to travel?
A. Travel light with no jewelry and do your homework before you leave. Most women I encounter do not travel light, wear jewelry, and don't do their homework because they are in such a rush at work before they go. Some examples of what their homework would be - what's the weather, what are the distances, what is the time difference, what are specific things I should be aware of like when I get off the plan should I have cash or not. I just met a woman at a hotel in Italy, she wasn't on one of our trips, and she was complaining that they flew to Rome and had a 5-hour drive to her hotel. So I said to her, when you booked the trip, did you look at the map of Italy? She said, no, I probably should of.

Q. Is there a special Christmas trip that your organization is doing this year?
A. We always do a Christmas trip. We're going to Spain for Christmas - Barcelona and Madrid - and the Canary Islands for New Years - and some people do both. I had a woman book Spain yesterday and she said, "I always go with my family and I always work the entire time, cooking and cleaning for everybody, and running around and buying gifts, this year I gave myself a gift."

Q. You've kept your membership fees at $35 a year since 1992. Why is that?
A. I have a personal philosophy about The Women's Travel Club. I don't want it to cater just to wealthly women. When I started it, it was to open up the world of travel to all kinds of women. I mean obviously you need some cash to travel, but I felt that everybody should be able to travel and that a group would always be more interesting if you had women from all different economic levels. So I've always kept the trips priced as thinly as we could, and now with a new owner, which is a very large company, our prices have dropped a lot because they have huge buying power and we benefit from it. We book mainly four star hotels. Always private bathrooms. Extremely comfortable. Well-secured, clean, etc.

Q. What do you feel travel inspires in someone?
A. It shows you, you can do things that you might never have done before. It makes you more independent. It allows you to be your own person without your community around you. It allows you to speak the way you feel in a group of people who are different. It teaches you a lot about art, how to look at things, you learn from the other women, but the most important thing that I hear from women - it's micro - I never traveled alone, I never did a lot of things alone. I've never even tipped properly. I can do all those things now. And when I go home and I want to do something I'm not going to wait for somebody else to go do it with me, I'm going to go do it. Even if it means going to the movies alone. It gives you a new sense of yourself.

Q. Why do you feel that you are a spirited woman?
A. Because I knew what I wanted to do, I put the wings on against the advice of everybody that I knew and I flew into the unknown not knowing what was there and found it and planted it and grew it. I grew a business in a way to fulfill what I wanted to do which was to travel the world and feel that at the same time I was doing things for other people.

THANK YOU PHYLLIS. YOU'VE HELPED 1000'S OF WOMEN SEE THE WORLD.

Phyllis welcomes you visiting her popular website: www.womenstravelclub.com or you can also reach her via e-mail at: info@womenstravelclub.com, or call: 800-480-4448.

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/newsletter/. Presently there are 41 past interviews online for you to read.

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SPIRITED WOMAN! STORE SPECIAL

Our Spirited Woman Journal is now on special - through October. Express your inner-spirited woman self. Includes an SW bookmark. Great for trip journaling!

Covered in scrumptous soft leather 100-page lined-journal is 8 1/2" tall by 6" wide. Available in 4 luscious colors. Regularly $20 each - NOW only $15. Buy 5 journals and the sixth one is free. 

To order go to: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_store/.

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UPCOMING SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOPS

Our next workshop is at the divine Black Box Theater in LA.

Who-ee! More and more women are attending the SPIRITED WOMAN workshop across the country. Over 700 have signed up to date.

The SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop includes three hours of creative playfulness and growth. Emphasizes your ALIVENESS and reinforces YOU ARE ENOUGH AS YOU ARE. Great for transitions, movement, fun. Attendees range from writers/artists/healers to business owners. Led by Nancy Mills, Creator of the Spirited Woman Approach to Life. Limited to 12 women. Offered at amazing locales.

2006 FALL WORKSHOP CALENDAR

LOS ANGELES - Saturday, October 21, 2006
1-4 pm., Black Box Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd. 90025

SANTA BARBARA - Saturday, October 28, 2006
1-4 pm., Private Santa Barbara Estate, TBA to Attendees

Remember: Take a workshop & you'll get a FREE LINK & a FREE 60-WORD newsletter ad on our website - forever!

For more info on the workshops and to see new workshop pictures please go to:
http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_workshop/. You can also call Nancy Mills at her toll-free number: 888-428-1234 (in Santa Barbara call 805-698-3555) or e-mail her at: NancyMills@TheSpiritedWoman.com.

To sign-up, credit cards are accepted on-line at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/signup/ and via phone at 888-428-1234. Workshop checks are mailed to: Nancy Mills, P.O. Box 20042, Santa barbara, CA 93120. Checks must be received within 10 days of making a reservation. All payments due in advance of each Spirited Woman Workshop. All reservations final.

And, if you're wondering...the SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop has been held in the following cities to date:

LOS ANGELES
NASHVILLE
PORTLAND
EUGENE
ASHLAND
LAS VEGAS
LAUGHLIN
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTA BARBARA
SAN DIEGO
BERKELEY
MAUI
OAKLAND
SEATTLE
CARLSBAD
PHILADELPHIA
KAUAI
SACRAMENTO

TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS.

WHY NOT MAKE YOUR CITY NEXT?

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HOST A SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP

...In your city. Here's Nancy with hostess Chris Zydel at her wonderful Creative Juices Arts in Oakland, CA. Chris has hosted three workshops in her studio. She's even wearing a SPIRITED WOMAN scarf!

It's great fun! You'll love it. Anyone who hosts a workshop in their home or business receives a free workshop, great publicity, and a chance to meet other fantabulous women. Since the workshop size is small, most spaces work out ideally. If you'd like to host a workshop, go to our host page and fine out how to do it: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/host_a_workshop/. Or please feel free to call Nancy at 888-428-1234.

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SPIRITED WOMAN GIFT CERTIFICATE

BE SURE to give a Spirited Woman Gift Certificate. You can give a gift certificate for a workshop, a Spirited Woman Circle Conversation, any of our store products, and even to plan an ad in our newsletter! The certificate is available on-line or by calling Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234. MAKES A GREAT GIFT. Easy, affordable & inspirational.

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SPIRITED WOMAN MEDIA COVERAGE

SPIRITED WOMAN IN THE NEWS!  Writer/editor Carolyn Jaffe interviewed Nancy in her October Ezine. To read it go to www.carriefreelance.com. On October 24 Nancy will appear again on  The Maria Sanchez Morning Show on 1590 The Connection radio. To read other interviews please visit our press page at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/press/. There's also some wonderful radio interviews to download on your IPOD.

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THE SPIRITED WOMAN BLOG

For those of you who have never blogged - don't worry - we have really easy instructions on our blog page on how to post. So, please try it. It's fun!

Here's the October blog ? of the month: What do you like to do on Halloween?

Just click on: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/go_blog_blog_blog/

We really want to know. ALSO keep those other blog posts coming in too - and BE SURE TO TELL US WHY YOU FEEL YOU ARE A SPIRITED WOMAN. We want to know that too.

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THE SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB - LISTING BOARD

NEW FEATURE! put your picture (OR LOGO OR PRODUCT SHOT) UP WITH YOUR AD.

Here's the good news. If you have taken the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP you are automatically a member of the SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB, and you'll receive a FREE listing (up to 60 words) - monthly. For those of you who have not taken the workshop (come on girls, you need to join the club!) - the listing is $25 per month per listing or $40 per month with a photo! What a great deal!

Photo rates for workshop attendees, with your one free 60-word ad - to ad a photo is $15 additional/per month.

The listing board is a great way to advertise your service, business, workshop, event or WHATEVER - and to stay connected with other spirited women. Currently, the newsletter reaches over 2,800 women. Think of it as your very own SPIRITED WOMAN DIRECTORY. Be sure to check out what other women are offering and support them. Also, see below HOW TO PLACE A LISTING.

Our current ads are featured in the newsletter. More newsletter listings are at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/newsletter_ad/

HAIKU HELEN - Helen will assist you in moving on with your life by understanding where you are and what you need. She is a 4th generation psychic now living in Maui, the heart chakra of the Earth. Incredible Mana (spiritual power) emanates here and will empower you. Contact her at: www.haikuhelen.com, e-mail: haikuhelen@wisperhawaii.com. 808-573-6343

PHYLLIS CHASE, MA, MFT - Psychotherapist and radio talk show host of Shrink Rap, KCSN 88.5, leads the Manifest The Man workshop to magnetize the love you want into your life. Learn the Partnering Paradox, P.O.P. More powerful than imaginable. Thursday, November 16th 6:30-10 at the Beverly Hills Country Club, dinner, parking and gift bag, $147. Call 310-402-8888 www.phyllischase.com

TAKE YOUR JOB DUTIFULLY, YOUR VACATION SERIOUSLY! - I juggle around two jobs, a household AND teenagers, so I vacation SERIOUSLY. Travel was often out of budget as a single Mom, until I joined World Ventures: http://ciriasvacation.worldventures.com. Now, I still earn money while bathing under the Mexican sun, sitting at a cafe in Paris, walking around the ancient streets of Rome!

PARLOR PERFORMANCES - Jeannine Frank's "accidental performing arts series" (now in its 17th year!) presents comedy, cabaret, authors, & more in a cozy West LA concert hall -- and also books artists for fundraisers, conventions and special events. For free monthly e-calendar or more info, contact Jeannine at frankent1@juno.com or call 310-476-6735.

HUGS, HOPE AND PEANUT BUTTER: Bouncing Back After Hitting Bottom. Humorous essays illustrated by critically ill children. An inspiring book for any woman who's faced tough times. And isn't that EVERY woman?  Laugh out loud as the author recounts in Erma Bombeck style, her own life experiences and lessons learned from them. www.hugsandhope.org/pb.htm

THE GIRL BLUE PROJECT is a FREE, self-awareness program for teen girls combined with the performing arts and community service.  Our sole purpose is to awaken the truest potential in young women by promoting discipline, non-judgment, self-acceptance and self-discovery.  We are a grassroots, 501(c)(3) organization funded by individual and in-kind donations.  For more information and to support us visit: www.thegirlblueproject.org.

BARBARA SCHIFFMAN: TUNE IN TO THE MOON as your energy-map for structuring projects, goals &/or life-shifts. Learn to  use the Moon's phases to focus and energize your projects or goals from EvoLuminus Coaching's Barbara Schiffman. Her Moon Cycle MasterMind includes weekly group phone sessions with guided Zodiac meditations plus online support and networking all month long. Info: 818-846-3043 or mooncycle@charter.net.

"SHARING WITH WRITERS" is the official Authors' Coalition (http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com) newsletter. We're a group of serious writers - experienced and aspiring - who are dedicated to the mutual support and development of each others' careers. Sign-up by sending an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to: HoJoNews@aol.com

HOW TO PLACE A LISTING

E-mail a 60 word or less description of your listing (word count must include phone number and such) by the last day of each month (i.e. October 31 for November 1 issue) to: NancyMills@TheSpiritedWoman.com and put "LISTING BOARD" in the subject line. The same applies to photos and a JPEG (no larger than 200 pixels) is required.

All past SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP attendees receive ONE FREE 60-word listing EACH MONTH. To ad a photo it costs $15 monthly. All additional listing are $25 per item per month, and with photo $40 per month.

For those of you who have NOT attended the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP it cost $25 per listing per month or $40 with photo. Please follow the above instructions.

You can pay for listing via credit cards online at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/newsletter_ad/ or by calling Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234. Checks for all payable listings are to be received in advance of next monthly issue (November 1) and sent to: Nancy Mills, P.O. Box 20042, Santa Barbara, CA 93120.

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Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute the SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter with the understanding that the copyright notice and all the content is to be attributed to Nancy Mills, the SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter. Copyright Nancy Mills, October 2006. All rights reserved.

Please Note: The Q&A portion of the newsletter IS NOT available for use in and of itself unless written permission is given by Nancy Mills. Recently someone posted our Q&A on her blog without permission and that is not okay.

THANKS FOR YOUR SPIRIT! SPIRITED WOMEN! AND YOUR SUPPORT!

PLEASE FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER LINK TO EVERY SPIRITED WOMAN YOU KNOW!
http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/october2006newsletter/

Nancy Mills
SPIRITED WOMAN
PO Box 20042
Santa Barbara, CA 93120

Office Number: 805-698-3555
Toll-Free Number: 888-428-1234

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