Enlighten – Educate – Empower: that is the motto of NABBW, the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. It is “the only association devoted to addressing issues concerning 38 million of the healthiest, wealthiest, and best educated generation of women to ever hit midlife.”

This active online community boasts a plethora of resources for members and visitors to the site. Health information, family and relationship advice, career guidance – this community has it all for the women who are balancing it all. NABBW describes their members accordingly:

“Our members are courageous, dynamic, optimistic, trustworthy individuals who are committed to empowering you to explore your passions and live life to the fullest.”

Offering teleseminars, book reviews, product discounts, and columns on everything from humor to legal issues, this is a one-stop shop for women who are juggling multiple responsibilities and want to connect with others walking in the same shoes. Learning from each other on how to maximize every second of the limited down time that today’s 50+ woman has, seeking advice on how to leverage that next promotion, or just chatting about the challenges of caring for aging parents can all be done on www.nabbw.com.

Even though I’m not a baby boomer woman, I believe that resources like this one are essential to these unique segments of the population, both to share insights and validate the challenges they face. I imagine there is a comparable tool for women my age, and I wonder what topics our discussions will examine as my generation moves into the future. As the daughter of a baby boomer who had children before a “career” and is now, as always, gracefully balancing motherhood, managing a family business, caring for her aging mother and young grandsons, tirelessly serving her community and church, and being a loving and supportive wife… that is a resume in and of itself (and it’s by no means an exhaustive list)!

My experience as a traditional college student who transitioned right into the professional universe – and has yet to bear children – is worlds apart. And yet, no matter how different our experiences as young women have been, I have a deep admiration and inexpressible gratitude for my mother, who raised all of her five daughters to be independent, confident, and successful in whatever endeavor she pursues – an accomplishment that I cannot yet boast, despite the achievements along my career path.

Check out the National Association of Baby Boomer Women and connect with other fabulous, multitasking, multifaceted women like yourself. And, for our male readers, maybe consider a membership for the phenomenal woman in your life?

- Michelle Seitzer