ASWA - Bellevue Washington, Resources for Women CPAs.

Patricia Klingler, Certified Professional Coach, XPlore Your Zing! Coaching

"Stressed is Not a Way of Life"

This month our featured speaker was Patricia Klingler, CPC, and she reminded us that Stressed is Not a Way of Life. Living with stress puts tremendous strain on the nervous system and has damaging effects on the body. In her presentation, Patricia explored our emotional reactions to our environment and what we can do to live a life with more playfulness, happiness, and relaxation.

Two key takeaways from Patricia's presentation were:

Understanding the emotional physiology of stress,
Ready to break the habit of stress.

Patricia owns Xplore Your Zing! a home-based life coaching business that works with and supports women 30 and older to minimize the stressors in their lives so they can maintain a healthy heart. Then she coaches them to their greatest potential for a life they customize from choice. She is a Certified Professional Coach and a licensed 1:1 provider for HeartMath stress management techniques. Prior to owning her coaching business, Patricia was a corporate trainer for 12 years, providing learning opportunities to employees in the skills of understanding communication differences, enhanced listening, dealing with difficult behaviors, conflict resolution, and avoiding burnout.

For more information about her coaching business:

Patricia Klingler, CPC
Certified Professional Coach
Xplore Your Zing! Coaching
"Less Stress, More Success"
www.coachzing.com

patricia@coachzing.com
425-765-9857

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Bellevue Chapter of the ASWA would like to congratulate Chloe Veltkamp our 2006 Scholarship recipient. She is a student at Seattle Pacific University. Chloe was awarded a $1,500 Cash Scholarship. Congratulations Chloe!

Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting

EFWA

Have you checked out the EFWA website lately? We have made some exciting changes, and there are more in the works. Check us out at: www.efwa.org.

Here's a simple, easy and free way for you to support EFWA - give us your e-mail address! We would like to send you our semi-annual newsletter and other updates electronically. This would allow more funding to go to our scholarship, leadership training, and other programs. New donors can provide us their e-mail address right on the donor envelope. The EFWA will not sell or otherwise distribute your contact information; it is exclusively for us to contact you.

Please take a couple of minutes to visit us at www.efwa.org or send us an e-mail at: info@efwa.org. We would love to hear from you!

Shirley Laird

President

EFWA

Dinner On US

Have you made a habit of reading our Newsletter?

It keeps you informed of what's new in our chapter.

We've got new members, listing of local, regional and national events.

What's for dinner, guest speakers and member achievements.

Now's your chance to be rewarded for being informed.

The first person who locates ☺ in this newsletter and emails me with the correct paragraph/section will receive a free dinner when attending the Bellevue Chapter dinner meeting.

(Preceding smiley face in the above phrase is for illustration purposes only. The 'real' smiley face exist somewhere else in this newsletter)

Yes, there are rules though....

1) The free dinner must be redeemed within 2 dinner meetings from the month of the newsletter. For example: you saw it in this June Newsletter...you must redeem it during the June or July dinner meeting.

2) One winner per year, please.

3) Not redeemable for cash and not to exceed the monthly cost of our dinner.

4) Cannot be transferred.

5) Alcohol not included.

6) Have fun !!!

News From National Headquarters

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WOMEN ACCOUNTANTS

REPORT OF THE 2005-2006 NATIONAL NOMINATING COMMITTEE

President Elected in the spring of 2004 for a term starting July 1, 2005

Debbie L. Michael, CPA Billings, Chapter

President-Elect To serve as National President in 2006-20007

Joy N. Barron Birmingham Chapter

Vice Presidents Karen J. Gunther Boston Chapter

Sarah R. Wheatley Denver Chapter

Secretary Tracy L. Johnson, CPA San Antonio Chapter

Treasurer Barbara W. Covington Fort Walton Beach Chapter

Directors To serve two years, July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007

Stacey L. Craig, CPA Phoenix Chapter

Susan R. Tripepi Akron/Canton Chapter

Catherine A. Mulder, CPA Ames Chapter

Cheryl Willers Flagstaff Chapter

Director To serve one year July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Barbara A. Sheetz, CPA West Palm Beach Chapter

Immediate Past President Christi L. Olsen, CPA Omaha Chapter

Directors Serving the second year of a two-year term. Elected in the spring of 2004 to serve until June 30, 2006

Monika P. Miles, CPA Silicon Valley Chapter

Jeanette Ding San Diego Chapter

Vivian L. Moller, CPA Milwaukee Chapter

The ASWA Chicago Chapter

Proudly announces

The Becker CPA Review Course Raffle

Becker has donated a CPA Review Course covering all four parts of the exam, a value of $2,640.00, to benefit the Chapter's Margaret Keldie Scholarship Fund.

Chicago, IL - October 26, 2005 --- The Chicago Chapter of ASWA is proud to announce a raffle of the Becker CPA Review Course to benefit the Chapter's Margaret Keldie Scholarship Fund. The Review Course covers all four parts of the exam, may be taken on-line or in person, and has a value of $2,640.

Raffle tickets may be purchase for $30, or obtained free with a new ASWA membership. The drawing will be held at the Chapter's Installation of Officers dinner on Tuesday, June 20, 2006.

The Margaret Keldie Scholarship Fund is sponsored by the Chicago Chapter. The Fund awards yearly scholarships to full-time and part-time junior, senior, and graduate students intending to pursue a career in accounting. The Fund furthers the Chapter's mission to encourage capable women to continue their accounting studies. The Chicago Chapter was chartered in 1938 with eleven members, and currently has a membership of approximately 50. The membership represents all facets of the accounting profession, including public accounting, private industry, sole proprietors, internal auditing, and accounting in governmental and non-profit organizations.

The Becker CPA Course has a 50-year history of academic excellence and is the exclusive choice of over 70 major colleges and universities, including Illinois State University, Bradley University, and Keller Graduate School.

Please send your check payable to ASWA :

Lynnette Panjan

ASWA Corporate Sponsorship Chair

645 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 800

Chicago, IL 60611

Phone 312-280-5799

Fax 312-482-8594