This is the most important work I have ever done to help girls, young women, and adult women, and I hope you will join and support me.

 

I have already written to you about my forthcoming book,  We Believe in You!, Women's Wisdom from the Ages for Your Personal and Professional Development, and I have been debuting the material to all kinds of women - including a women's history class at Simmons College in Boston (my alma mater).

 

What is resonating is the very personal, contemporary application of the women's stories I tell in the book.

 

The stories are about faith, courage, support systems, and tactics - HOW, exactly, the 12 women I write about achieved what they did.

 

But at the end of the day, I tell people, who cares?

 

Well, the thing about women's history is that it reaches out to girls and women today in a powerfully personal way - or, to be honest, in the way that I do it!

 

Why and how?

 

Because it lets them know:

 

1)They are not alone.

 

2)Nothing they are going through now (self esteem or self worth issues, lack of support, money problems) is their fault. We didn't get here overnight. This stuff has been centuries in the making. It's their responsibility to figure out what to do and take care of themselves, but it's not their "fault." There is nothing "wrong" with them. They are simply missing some information.

 

3)They have the virtual support of hundreds and hundreds of women who did what they did to help future generations. These women can become part of their support system, which is a critical piece of the puzzle.

 

As I've been talking about the book, and coaching girls and young women today based on my own experiences and the intensive studying I've been doing with my own coaches for the last year and a half, I realized I needed to tell my own story -- and I've been starting to do that. The trust I've established by doing this has led to some amazing conversations.

 

This is the book I was clearly "meant" to write, and those of you who have been following me for a while now probably know it!

 

My request of you...

 

I am looking for sponsors for my book at the $250 and $500 levels. (My first one came in yesterday!)

 

$250 sponsors receive a copy of the book and publicity.

 

$500 sponsors may also invite me to give a talk at their place of choice.

 

The book still isn't finished, and it won't be until I can secure enough sponsors to support me in this work. My goal is to raise $10,000 asap.

 

Here's the link again to learn more about the book.

 

I hope you will be part of it, because I am already seeing the impact even before the book is out!

 

I will be making personal calls to many of you as a follow-up during the next week, and I look forward to chatting in person..

 

Meanwhile, thank you so much for believing! 

Bonnie

 

P.S. I am in touch with various national organizations that work with girls, young women, and women and I plan to secure their sponsorship or endorsement. If you have any ideas about sponsors in your area, I'd be happy to hear them! And, as always, please forward this email with your personal endorsement!

 

P.P.S. One of the people I've been "Facebooking" with is Jess Weiner, the Dove Global Ambassador for Girls' Self-Esteem. Her messages to me confirm that I am on the right path. But, again, the book won't be finished and published until I have raised that $10,000!