by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Jan 10, 2024 | Adoptees, Adoption, Friendships, Relationships, Women
Laura Dennis and I first met in the blogging community. Both of us are writers, her being a popular adoption, adoptee, and parenting writer, and me being a writer in several genres including Christian living as well as adoptee issues. Since we’ve been friends...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Dec 26, 2023 | Stress, Stress Management, Uncategorized, Women
One of my goals in 2024 is to be more like my friend, Cindy Georg. Not to copy her or be “just like her.” I’m a big fan of being wholeheartedly oneself. But I’m also about learning from the example of others in an effort to grow. Cindy is a...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Dec 6, 2023 | Caregiving, Sabbath, Soul Care, Stress, Stress Management, Time Management, Women
Are you a giver? Me too. Being a giver, and living the generous life, is the best! I believe life has no meaning without it. I’m the type of person who often picks up other people’s check at a restaurant. I’m the type of person who makes and keeps...
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...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Sep 12, 2023 | Leadership, Sabbath, Stress, Stress Management, Women
Confession: I have a lot to learn about rest. I know that on the surface, it appears to be a simple concept. To many people, rest means to, sit down and “rest a spell,” as they would say in the South. Put your feet up. Take a load off. But it’s not that...
