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Posts by DeAnna Minus-Vincent

DeAnna Minus-Vincent is dedicated to creating sustainable change in communities and working to eliminate systemic inequities. She currently serves as Founder and Managing Partner of The Outcomes Architect, a strategic advisory firm that works to improve organizational results. A New Jersey native, she is invested in the community and proud to live in Lumberton with her family.

How to Slow Down and Take Care of Yourself

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“You are worth the quiet moment. You are worth the deeper breath. You are worth the time it takes to slow dow, be still and rest.” ~Morgan Harper Nichols

“It’s great to see you without three laptops and two phones,” my cardiologist quipped. I nodded, remembering how, a year earlier, I’d sat in the ICU tethered to my to-do list while having a heart attack. Even as the doctors were attaching wires and monitors to me, I couldn’t put my laptop down. I believed that everything would fall apart if I stopped to take care of myself.

It had …