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‘Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom’ AUTHOR SHARES PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH HEARING LOSS IN NEW BOOK

March 24, 2013 Leave a comment

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Shanna Groves
Author and Speaker
www.ShannaGroves.com
LipreadingMom.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Tamara Clymer
CrossRiver Media Group
785.462.0400
tamara@crossrivermedia.com

AUTHOR SHARES PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH HEARING LOSS IN NEW BOOK
CrossRiver releases ‘Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom’ this week

(COLBY, Kan.) – As Shanna Groves held her newborn son, she should have reveled in the joys of motherhood. Instead, she was plagued by questions and fear. Something was wrong. The sounds she once took for granted — the doorbell, smoke alarms, baby cries — were gone, replaced by silence. Then the buzzing started. What was wrong with her and, more importantly, how could she care for her newborn son when she couldn’t even hear him cry?

In her new book, Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom, Shanna Groves shares her struggle to find God’s grace during her roller coaster ride of unexplained deafness. No matter the struggles you’re facing, Shanna’s honesty in sharing her emotional battle with a progressive hearing loss diagnosis, will inspire you to reach out for your heavenly Father’s hand…and hang on tight.

“Shanna dives deep into her heart and opens up her thoughts on her journey through life and loss,” says Karen Putz, author of The Parenting Journey, Raising Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. “Shanna takes a raw, honest look at the impact of becoming deaf and the long road to acceptance. The confessions she reveals will have you nodding along with a smile and a laugh, for on a very human level, you will relate.”

Confessions of a Lip Reading Mom, released by CrossRiver Media, will hit local and online bookstores on March 22. It is the second book for Ms. Groves. Her first, Lip Reader was released in 2009. She is also a speaker and freelance writer, having written for Hearing Loss Magazine, HealthyHearing.com, The Kansas City Star, MOMSense magazine and a Cup of Comfort books. Ms. Groves is a graduate of the University of Sciences and Arts of Okalahoma where she earned a communications degree. She also writes extensively about being a hard of hearing parent on her blog, LipreadingMom.com.

Learn more about Shanna Groves and her speaking schedule at www.ShannaGroves.com.

For more information on Shanna Groves, or to schedule an interview please contact Tamara Clymer at CrossRiver Media Group at (785) 462-0400 or tamara@crossrivermedia.com. For a high-resolution JPEG color photograph of Ms. Groves or the book cover, please e-mail Tamara with the request.

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Digital Bible for Your Device in ASL American Sign Language from Deaf Bible.is a ministry of Faith Comes By Hearing

March 23, 2013 4 Comments

The digital bible for your phone or digital device a free service that allows users access to digital recordings of the Bible in hundreds of languages. Started three years ago by Faith Comes By Hearing, a New Mexico-based recording company, the free platform can be accessed through streaming, direct downloads from the company website, podcast downloads in the iTunes store or on mobile devices via the Bible.is apps.

Faith Comes By Hearing estimates that it has reached 100 million people through digital distribution alone in the three years its online platform has been available.

To read more about Faith Comes By Hearing go to their web page HERE

For information on downloading the Bible in ASL for your device go to http://www.bible.is/ASL

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Are You Working in an Ecosystem or Battlefield? 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses

March 10, 2013 Leave a comment

Are You Working in an Ecosystem or Battlefield? 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses

What is the difference between an average boss and an extraordinary boss?

An extraordinary boss builds an ecosystem.

I recently read an article that was one of the best I have read in a long time.

Clear and to the point on what makes a good work environment.

8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses

By Geoffrey James

Writer for www.Inc.com

What are your thoughts on the following 8 points?

1. Extraordinary bosses naturally create teams that adapt easily.

2. Extraordinary bosses inspire employees to dedicate themselves to the success of their peers and therefore to the community–and company–at large.

3. Extraordinary bosses commit themselves to obtaining the resources that their employees need to get the job done. They push decision making downward, allowing teams form their own rules and intervening only in emergencies.

4. Extraordinary bosses treat every employee as if he or she were the most important person in the firm. As a result, employees at all levels take charge of their own destinies.

5. Extraordinary bosses inspire people to see a better future and how they’ll be a part of it. As a result, employees work harder because they believe in the organization’s goals, truly enjoy what they’re doing and (of course) know they’ll share in the rewards.

6. Extraordinary bosses see change as an inevitable part of life. While they don’t value change for its own sake, they know that success is only possible if employees and organization embrace new ideas and new ways of doing business.

7. Extraordinary bosses see technology as a way to free human beings to be creative and to build better relationships.

8. Extraordinary bosses see work as something that should be inherently enjoyable–and believe therefore that the most important job of manager is, as far as possible, to put people in jobs that can and will make them truly happy.

Do you have an extraordinary boss?

If so, let them know with a