by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Nov 22, 2023 | Grief, Leadership, Loss, Ministry, Soul Care, Stress, Stress Management
No matter how long I live, I am still taken by surprise at the way life wildly swings from joy to sorrow, all in the same week, and sometimes in the same day! How can so many good things and so many bad things be happening at the same exact time? Sigh. In her book,...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Nov 15, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry, Stress, Stress Management, Time Management
People often ask me questions such as, “How do you do it all?” Then, on a more practical level, they want me to break it down. I’ve been asked, “What does your daily schedule look like?” These questions are important because for any person (not...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Nov 8, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry, Recovery, Reflection, Trauma
Do you ever feel like you might as well not even work on yourself because it takes so much effort, it’s a never-ending battle and you often feel as if you fail as much as you succeed? I get you. Last week, I shared this post on my social media: Sometimes I get...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Nov 1, 2023 | Leadership, Marriage, Ministry, Reflection, Relationships, Stress, Stress Management, Women
I’m in the process of breaking a long-standing pattern of over-functioning. I can’t believe it’s taken me five decades of life to identify and do something about this issue! There are under-functioners and over-functioners. Underfunctioning people...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Oct 26, 2023 | Family, Marriage, Relationships, Women
Last week’s post about deconstructing from bad marriage advice caused a little kerfuffle online, not in the comment section of the actual post on my blog, but at a social media site. A group of complementarians were miffed at what I had to say. I wasn’t...