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We Are Never at the End…
Until We Are
I know that sentence can sound heavy, but I actually find it freeing. We are never at the end, until we are. Maybe you're reading this today and you are discouraged. For whatever reason, you you feel you've come to the end of something. Maybe it's your leadership...
Were Humans Meant to Look at Themselves?
What Mirrors Reveal About Self-Criticism, Faith, and Identity
So I was listening to Jay Shetty’s latest podcast featuring Mel Robbins, and it honestly rocked my world. The topic was How to Stop People Pleasing Without Feeling Guilty. And during the conversation, Mel made a statement that stopped me in my tracks: humankind was...
Let Them and Let Me
(Boundaries, Freedom & Emotional Health)
The book The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins has been my most impactful book of 2025. It will be one I will revisit in the future to remind myself of the important truths it contains...ones that are key to my everyday peace. The wisdom of the book has been weighing...
5 Things You DON’T Have to Do Next Year!
As a new year approaches, the noise gets louder. Do more.Fix more.Plan better.Be stronger.Get it together. Suddenly, the turning of the calendar feels less like an invitation and more like a performance review. So before you step into another year feeling behind,...
Disappointed but Still Called:
How Leaders Get Reappointed After Hurt
I once heard Joyce Meyer say something in one of her messages that stopped me in my tracks. She said, “When you get disappointed, you need to get reappointed.” At first glance, it sounded clever, almost like a catchy play on words. But the longer it sat with me, the...
What Pushing in a Chair Taught Me About Consideration and Character
In the past few weeks I came across an article that got my attention on LinkedIn. It was titled, People Who Push Their Chair Back in When They Leave a Table Usually Display These 8 Unique Qualities, by Jitendra Patel. I was immediately attracted to read it because I...
Why Great Leaders Don’t
Try to Know Everything
When Larry and I were newly married and still in college, he had a baseball championship game. I was running late, so as I hurried up the hill toward the field, a group of friends came sprinting down, waving their arms like the place was on fire. “DEANNA! GET UP HERE...
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BIO
Dr. Deanna Shrodes
Dr. Deanna Doss Shrodes is an author, speaker, and spiritual life strategist whose work has been featured by CBS News, People Magazine, The New Yorker, Woman’s World, GOD TV, and HuffPost. She holds a Master’s in Ministerial Leadership and a Doctor of Ministry from Southeastern University, where she also serves as an adjunct professor.
Dr. Shrodes currently leads as Women’s Ministries Director for the Pen Florida District of the Assemblies of God and directs the Stronger Leadership Network, where she mentors pastors and leaders through practical coaching, spiritual formation, and cohort-based development. A sole author of five books and a contributing writer to five others, her latest work, Uncommon Answers, was released by Chosen Books (a division of Baker Books) in April 2025.
Known for a warm pastoral presence and clear, actionable teaching, Dr. Shrodes speaks at conferences, churches, and leadership gatherings on calling and purpose, prayer and spiritual formation, women’s leadership, and organizational health. She is married to her college sweetheart, Larry; they have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Areas of Focus: spiritual formation & prayer, the Holy Spirit, leadership development, marriage, mentoring, calling/purpose, healthy ministry culture, making leadership transitions.
Become Your Most Authentic Self
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Are you tired of being who and what others expect you to be, instead of who God created you to be?
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