Blossom's Brown Bag Lunch Series

This is a FREE group which hosts speakers of interest to new moms. It is geared towards precrawlers, but all are welcome. We meet on second and fourth Thursdays 1:15- 2:30pm at Blossom; speakers start at 1:30. Please RSVP through our online form. If you would like to be on the list to receive upcoming speaker announcements, please email bbbabies@gmail.com.

Upcoming Speakers:

• May 10: Dr. Randall Neustaedter, OMD: Building Immune Function in Children

  Learn simple steps to keep children healthy by creating a strong immune system using a safe nutritional supplement program. You will learn specific herbal formulas for activating the immune system, nutritional supplements that protect kids from viruses, and the role of a whole foods diet and breastfeeding on immune function.

  Dr. Randall Neustaedter, OMD, has practiced and taught holistic medicine for more than thirty years in the San Francisco Bay area, specializing in child health care. He is a licensed acupuncturist and doctor of Chinese medicine, author of The Holistic Baby Guide, Child Health Guide, and The Vaccine Guide. Visit his website, www.cure-guide.com, to register for a free newsletter with pediatric specialty articles.

• May 24: Bruce Winston, Financial Advisor, Technology Credit Union: Financial Management- 6 Steps to Financial Success

  Geared towards young families, this seminar will cover your six-step plan to financial success: Protect what you have, Take control of your cash flow, Invest wisely, Manage your taxes, Manage your college savings & retirement goals.

  When it comes to financial advice, Bruce likes to take a holistic approach. Rather than pitching the “hot stock” of the moment, he prefers to take a look at his clients’ long-term goals and help them to craft an investment portfolio that matches their needs at every stage of life—from putting their kids through school to saving for retirement.

  With an MBA and as an Investment Advisor with a Series 7, Series 63, and Series 65 securities registrations with PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc., Bruce provides his clients with over 25 years of investment advisory experience. He employs his extensive pre-retirement, post-retirement, and investment planning experience for his clients’ benefit, but the main reason that his clients choose to work with him is the personal attention. He enjoys getting to know his clients and takes great pride in helping them ensure that they are happy with the service they receive and the financial goals they achieve. Just like every client, every portfolio is unique and deserves individual consideration.

  Learn more at www.techcu.com/wm.

Recent Talks:

• April 26: Jennifer Sherer: Pain Free Sitting, an Intro to Back Health

  Does your backache? Do you have neck and shoulder pain? There's one key body part, when repositioned, can begin to unravel all the tensions that are causing this pain. It's your pelvis. Come and learn how to become more aware of what is causing your tensions and pains. It's a whole new paradigm for health: a little awareness goes a long way.

  Jennifer Sherer found the Balance Center through her own back pain which has been plaguing her on and off for 25 years. She used to believe that her back, shoulder, knee, foot pain and any overall body tightness was caused by aging or genetics. Having experienced pelvis and bone alignment of Balance, she understands that the aging feeling isn't aging, but chronic tightness ignored until it becomes pain. Balance has helped her revitalized muscles and restored spaciousness amongst her bones. She has learned how to trouble shoot her own pain through body awareness attained by practicing Balance Guidelines. Jenn has B.S. in Product Design Engineering from Stanford University, and more importantly, she's pain free and feels younger and stronger now than she did 5 years ago. She's passionate about having others discover the potential of their bodies at any age, because she knows that the despair of a deteriorating body doesn't have to be tolerated. She loves to give others hope and help them unwind their bodies understanding the physics of their flesh and bone. In her spare time she enjoys golfing, dancing, biking, sailing, walking and spending time with her husband and three children.

  Learn more at www.BalanceCenter.com.

• March 22: Nassim Naturals: Essential Oils and Motherhood

  Plants have wonderful things to offer us, and that can start from a young age. We invite you to join us in this workshop where we will be talking about essential oils that are safe to use on smaller children, and what their benefits might be. We will also be talking about certain essential oils that mothers can also use for different purposes. Although the focus of the workshop will be essential oils, we will also discuss certain herbs and how they can be used.

  Nassim's background and passion educated her enough to know that there were too many toxins in the products she was using, so she decided to launch her own research program to study the chemicals in mainstream products and to learn about their effects.  Her sensitivities to many products became clear as she continued on a journey of discovery into the world of botanical science.   She attended workshops and seminars in herbology, aromatology and aromacosmetology which confirmed her belief in the need for high quality pure ingredients in the creation of skincare that is ethical, and sustainable.  Nassim Naturals believes that nature’s laboratory has everything necessary to support healthy skin, and thus, Nassim Naturals was born.  Nassim's passion and drive created a wonderful company that loves and enjoys creating natural products without additives, chemicals, or artificial scents. www.nassimnaturals.com

• March 8: Erika Lawrence and Melissa Tosetti, FFIT: Top 10 Tips for Losing That Pregnancy Weight

  Join us for a fun, information packed talk as the creators of the FFIT at home program offer their Top 10 Tips for losing that pregnancy weight.  Learn how co-founder Melissa Tosetti not only lost her baby weight, but an additional 15 pounds as well.

  Erika Lawrence and Melissa Tosetti are the founders of FFIT at home, a unique 90-day exercise, nutrition and support program to create a personalized, sustainable fit and healthy lifestyle. www.FFIT.tv

• February 23: Children's Librarian Cen Campbell: eBooks for Toddlers and Preschoolers

  Come and learn about the free resources you can use to start exploring eBooks with your toddler or preschooler. We will discuss how this dynamic new format can help your child develop traditional early literacy skills as well as media literacy skills. No eReader necessary, but if you have an iPad, Android Tablet, smart phone, Nook Color or Kindle Fire, please bring it for show and tell!

  Cen Campbell presents Blossom’s weekly Book Babies program (Fridays at 3:30pm) and is a reference librarian at the Mountain View Library.

  To follow her Blog visit, littleelit.com

• February 9: Type 1 Diabetes- learning the early signs with Tamar Sofer-Geri

  Did you know that type 1 diabetes can affect children as young as six months old? Did you know that it is on the rise and that the greatest increase is among the 0-5 age group? At this talk we will discuss the warning signs of type 1 diabetes, the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and the resources that are available to families whose child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

  Tamar Sofer-Geri older daughter, Tia, was diagnosed with type 1 three years ago. Tamar is the founder of Carb DM - Seize Diabetes, a non profit resource center providing families and individuals living with type 1 diabetes with information, education, and support.