Deb DeArmond is a highly experienced and sought-after author, writing and life coach, speaker, and facilitator. Deb’s worked in marketplace ministry for 30+ years with audiences at all levels across a broad spectrum of industries and organizations. She is an expert in the fields of leadership, communication, relationships, and conflict resolution. For 20+ years, Deb owned DeArmond and Associates, dedicated to helping others build successful solutions to the challenges they are facing through both business and life coaching.
Deb has published five books since 2013, with #6 to be released by Elk Lake Publishing in May 2022.
NEW BOOK FOR WRITERS / RELEASING MAY 2022!
Famed Author of On Writing Well, William Zinsser said it best: “Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.”
To support the aspiring writer, the weary writer, and the totally discouraged writer - the nine women of Living Write Texas will release: The Write Calling: Encouragement for the Writer’s Heart. These gals know from experience the ups and downs of life at the keyboards. Collectively we have written for a total of 128 years. Among our endeavors: 21 books, hundreds of blog posts, newsletters, magazine and newspaper articles, stage plays, and even a songwriter of 30 years. Our fair share of grins and grief were included in the process.
Our goal for this book is simple: to support Christian writers at all levels to actively pursue the mission they believe God calls them to fulfill. To encourage, educate, and engage aspiring authors in the process of transferring the words they carry in their heart to the written page. From Elk Lake Publishing.
Deb's books include topic on marriage and communication. "Don't Go to Bed Angry - Stay Up and Fight" (Abingdon Press) was awarded the 2017 Selah Award for best non-fiction. Written with her husband of 40 years, Ron. "We discovered we were very qualified to write this book. We've been disagreeing for years!" The book's precept is simple: conflict is not the real problem; it's how we handle the conflict that becomes the problem. It can be very negative, damaging. OR it can be the process that leads to discovery, breeding openness and authentic intimacy.
Kregel Publications released Deb's first book, entitled Related by Chance, Family by Choice, in November of 2013. It is the story of two women who love the same man: mothers and the girls who marry their sons. Mother-in-law / daughter-in-law relationships can be good. We just have to understand our roles and set our hearts on doing things God's way. The book provides practical tools and guidelines to make these relationships as good and God honoring as they can possibly be.
Deb's second book - I Choose You Today: 31 Choices to Make Love Last, published by Abingdon Press and winner of the 2016 Golden Scrolls Silver Award, released in January 2015. How would your marriage change if you and your husband made the spoken declaration, "I choose you" every day? Even when "for better or worse is disappointing? The book offers inspirational stories, conventional wisdom and thought-provoking questions to explore your choices and commitment to each other . . . every day of your marriage.
Bumper Sticker Be-Attitudes is a quick read devotional from Elk Lake Publishers, released in late 2019. Each chapter's title comes from a real-life bumper sticker saying. Deb has collected more than 300 and discovered many were ripe for a humor-tinged book with a generous chunk of Jesus along for the ride.
We May Be Done, But We’re Not Finished challenges women fifty+ to examine if the rest of life might be the best of their life. Many may have wondered if they’ve accomplished the purpose for their lives as God intended. Here’s a clue: if you’re still here, the answer is “no.” With humor and truth, the author explores the possibilities ahead as “experienced” women allow God to redirect their focus to the purpose to which He’s called them at this exciting time of their lives. Filled with real-life stories of women transitioning to the north side of fifty, including: their challenges, adventures, and laugh-out-loud-moments.
Deb can be found at Family Matters (debdearmond.com) and is the co-founder of MyPurposeNow.org, a website for Christian women 50+. For seven years, Deb's written a monthly column for Lifeway's Mature Living magazine. Her writing is often found in feature articles there as well. She been featured in Focus on the Family Magazine, More to Life Magazine, and Dallas Family Christian Magazine.
One of Deb's passions is not only her own family, but the relationships within families as well. From marriage to parenting to in-laws and more, Deb's years in helping others develop communication and conflict resolution skills support the message God has tasked her with sharing both in print and when speaking.
Deb is wife to her high school sweetheart, Ron, who showed her the path to become a Christ follower 48 years ago. Mom to three incredible sons and three fabulous daughters-in-law. Gigi to one beautiful granddaughter and EIGHT! perfect grandboys. But Jesus is her favorite, and the guys have learned to live with it. She is a transplanted Californian who has been a proud Texan for 16 years and she loves the Lone Star state! Deb and her husband, Ron, live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Deb is an entrepreneur and has recently retired from her leadership training and executive coaching practice for 22 years. She is an experienced speaker and author. More recently, she has extended her coaching practice to include working with aspiring writers and hopeful authors.
Deb would love to connect with you and speak for your women's group or retreat. You can learn more about Deb, her book, and her speaking schedule by contacting her at her website found at www.debdearmond.com or by email: deborah.dearmond@gmail.com
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