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About: Victoria York


    Victoria YorkVictoria York, owner of Word Nerd Solutions, has been writing since age eleven. After five years as an editor and writer for an established publishing corporation in Nashville, she launched her own business with a two-fold mission: to provide top-notch editing, writing, and proofreading services and to offer workplace training seminars in topics ranging from Presentations Skills to Resume Writing. Her writing and editing efforts have been published numerous times, and she presently freelances for various companies including Thomas Nelson Publishers. She authors MLWG1.com, a blog for women, and TheRhinoChronicles.blogspot.com. Evenings and weekends are spent assisting her husband Kenny, founder and director of Manna Cafe Ministries.

    Web Site: http://www.wncorporatetraining.com
    Email: wordnerdsolutions@gmail.com



Victoria York's Articles:

    Christians and Depression

     

    Woman StressClarksville, TN – In the winter of 2006–7, while in the middle of a divorce, I plummeted into a mental state unlike anything I’ve experienced before or since. This was not simply a case of the blues. I lost all interest in the activities that constituted life: people, writing, my job, food, recreation, and daily rituals like grocery shopping.

    The moment I woke, I longed for bedtime—for escape—and yet I couldn’t sleep. Nausea, confusion, and exhaustion plagued me. Smiling was impossible in the face of intolerable sadness. Pulling myself out of bed each morning was torment. «Read the rest of this article»

     

    Thirty-Two Reasons to Never Shampoo Your Hair Again

     

    Image Credit:  Olga CollierMany of us spent our youth either trying to coerce our ringlets into straight locks or torching our straight hair with curling devices, only to discover later in life that we love our hair. I didn’t make friends with my own curls until my thirties. Finally, I appreciated my hair and wanted to treat it with kindness.

    After a bit of research, I stumbled on the “no-poo” method of hair care. Yes, it’s a ridiculous name, but it simply refers to a hair care system that involves no shampoo—i.e., no ‘poo. «Read the rest of this article»

     

    Crazy-Land Versus the Promised Land

     
    Abraham

    Abraham

    Clarksville, TN – There’s nothing quite like learning to trust God one day at a time, especially when you’re naturally an organized, plan-ahead person. Because God wants to teach us the lesson of trust, He’ll take us through seasons that seem risky, illogical, frightening, or just plain grueling—seasons during which we can do little but rely on Him moment by moment.

    This is what He did to Abraham when He told the patriarch to pack his luggage, pull up stakes, and start walking. He didn’t say where Abraham was to go. He didn’t give any specifics whatsoever. Yet we read that “Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going” (Heb. 11:8, NIV). «Read the rest of this article»

     


    A Word of Advice for Female Runners

     
    Female Runners

    Female Runners

    Clarksville, TN – If your list of resolutions this year includes taking up running—and if you’re a woman—you should know this up front: for every female runner, there are half a dozen naysayers with an arsenal of reasons why she should stop.

    This is especially true for the middle-aged runner. I was reminded of this phenomenon last month at a local gym when I had one of those experiences that leaves a person slack-jawed and wondering, “Did that just happen?” «Read the rest of this article»

     


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