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Archives for May 2019

The Connection Between Food and Our Brains – Brain Health Part 6

May 27, 2019 By Deanna 4 Comments

This is part 6 of my series titled, brain health. I’ve found this topic so fascinating as a person in recovery. My initial interest came from the selfish concern of wanting to know if my brain would heal from the abuse of drugs.

Now I like to share what I’ve learned and continue to learn about the brain because it’s quite fascinating.

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Tips on How Not to be Taken Advantage of by Car Mechanics

May 20, 2019 By Deanna 13 Comments

I have a car but I know little about the mechanics of it. That makes me vulnerable to being taken advantage of from mechanics who know more than I. I don’t like that so I’m doing something about it.

I’m not going to become a mechanic but I am convicted to learn more about how my car works. I’ve written before on keeping up with the maintenance of an older car, but now I”m getting my hands dirty. This post is to share with you, my readers, what I’ve learned so you too can become empowered.

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Teaching Financial Literacy to Women in Recovery

May 13, 2019 By Deanna 5 Comments

When we get free of something, we have a desire to help others get that same freedom. I’ve found that to be true in my recovery from drug addiction/alcoholism, Christian walk, and debt freedom.

I’ve been helping women in recovery for years, but just recently starting teaching financial literacy to them. I did my first pilot course and am encouraged!

The Birth of Financial Literacy 101

I wrote on my blog that I was working on a financial literacy curriculum for women in recovery. Amazingly, a few requests came in from women running groups at local sober houses. The funny thing is that they didn’t even read my blog but simply knew my debt freedom story.

Sometimes when you put something out in the universe, it gets answered.

What better way to get motivated than to have a live session scheduled. So I scheduled our first three teaching sessions at a local women’s sober house and got to work on my curriculum.

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Just a Little Update…

May 9, 2019 By Deanna Leave a Comment

Hello! I know I’ve paused Thursdays posts; however, I’ve been able to do a couple of guest posts recently so I’d thought I’d share them with you…

Guest Posts

Tim from Life for the Better reached out to me about swapping interviews for each other’s sites. His interview went live last week on my site. If you haven’t read his interview yet, I highly recommend it. Tim & his wife are killing it financially and you get to see a picture of their tiny home!

Additionally, I participated in an interview for his site which went live on April 25th…

Living a Better Life Interview

My name is Deanna and I’m a 46-year-old single female on the path towards financial independence. Even as I write those words, I’m in awe that this is even possible. My life has been a wild ride thus far. At the end of 2017, I finished digging my way out of debt. All in all, I paid off $46,763 in about 3 & 1/2 years.

However, the more miraculous part of my story is that I was able to get sober in late 2009/early 2010 from drug addiction/alcoholism. I came from a good Christian home but I grew up with a lot of insecurities and was always looking for my worth in things outside of myself.

Unfortunately, I found a false solace in drugging and drinking. I was a high functioning addict/alcoholic for many years which I think is the worse kind because we can go under the radar for too long.

The fact that I’m even on this redemptive path towards financial independence overwhelms me with gratitude every day.

How are you living a better life than you were last year? 5 years ago? 10?

Oh my on this question! I’m sure by my answers, you’ll see the polar extremes of Deanna. Five years ago, I was just starting to work on my financial life. At that point, I had been sober 4 years and had really worked deep on the roots of all of my issues.

I had found peace and reconciled with my past.

Although, I was craving financial peace so I put out the call for help. Many people steered me towards Dave Ramsey and a woman from my church met with me and helped me get on a budget. That really was the first key to gaining control of my financial life.

Ten years ago, was another story. At that time, I had long since walked away from a promising teaching career and gave into a life of addiction. I had also accepted to be in a destructive relationship where I was beaten down by words.

I was at the lowest of lows in my life.

In August of 2009, I had a vision and prayed/asked for help for the first time in years. Furthermore, I got out of the destructive relationship and quit drugs. On February 1, 2010, I committed to full sobriety and quit drinking.

By the grace of God, I haven’t found it necessary to take a mood or mind-altering substance since.

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My name is Deanna and I am happy to be on this redemptive path. I got sober from drug addiction/alcoholism in 2010 and returned to a faith in Christ. Additionally, I finished digging my way out of debt in 2017. Today, I’m learning to be a wise steward/investor of my resources while helping other women find their victories too. More about me.

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