Turning 60: I’ve Become More, Not Less
When I was younger, I assumed getting older meant becoming less. Less relevant. Less energetic. Less adventurous. Less useful. I couldn't have been more wrong. Turning 60 has taught me the opposite. I've become more. Never have I been more excited about what the...
Don’t Be Afraid to Start Over
We are sitting in the second week of July, just past the halfway point of the year. For some people, that's exciting. For others, it's discouraging. Maybe you started the year with big goals, clear intentions, and a vision for what you wanted your life to look like by...
Don’t Let Weariness Make Your Decisions:
3 Things to Do Before You Quit
Have you ever fantasized about quitting your job and becoming a barista? I have. Not every day. Not even most days. But enough days over all of my working years in the ministry that I've learned something important about myself. Before the baristas come for me, let me...
It’s a New Day!
3 Ways to Reclaim Time for Yourself
Without Feeling Guilty
There comes a season in many women's lives when they realize they have become available to everyone except themselves. For years, they have answered the phone calls and emails, done the favors, filled the gaps, solved the problems, carried the emotional load, and...
3 Ways We Built Emotional Safety
in Our Marriage
(And Why It Changed Everything)
When people observe Larry and me today, they sometimes assume we've always had the kind of marriage we have now. We haven't. Not at all. In fact, it used to be terrible. The truth is, we built it. And building it took work. It took difficult conversations, humility,...
3 Things to Do While
Grief Takes Its Time to Heal
This week my therapist said something that has stayed with me ever since: "Grief takes time, and what you do with that time is important." I've heard people say for years, "Just give it time." There is truth in that. Grief does take time. But time alone does not heal...
Invite deanna to speak at your event!
Deanna is invited to return and speak at many of the same places time and again because the result has been an overwhelmingly positive experience with lives changed, and people encouraged. She would love to come to your area.
