Deborah Besinger has loved writing since as early as she can remember. Being raised a good southern girl, it all started with writing proper Thank You notes. From there it progressed to letters to numerous pen-pals and friends, back when people actually wrote them on pretty paper with colored pens, then both the school and local community newspaper.
Deborah has had a lot of unique experiences in her 50 years of life. For many years, she was writing about her perspectives gained from living it and sent mass emails to hundreds of friends who would forward them on to their own friends. This was before the days of blogs, of course. One thing she heard over and over again is "You really ought to write a book." Every time she thought maybe she knew what to write about, life would throw her another curve ball.
Deborah says "It's a weird thing to be a writer and have a story you feel you must tell," but that's exactly how she felt when the words for her book, Bound and Gagged by Christianity and the Sins that Set Me Free, hit her. She says it hit her like a ton of bricks on the most arbitrary Thursday, and she could do nothing else until she got every word out. Then, she held her breath and wondered if other folks would also feel that her story needed to be told. When she was going through her existential crisis, she was hungry to find tales similar to her own as a guidepost, but never could. Whether you are having your own crisis, or just picked up her book or are reading her work because we are having a global pandemic and you're bored to death in your living room, she would be grateful and honored to keep you company for a few hours.
Deborah Besinger is a recognized dating expert whose advice has been featured in The Washington Post, Prevention Magazine, Huffington Post and on ABC11, as well as, been a guest on The Steve Harvey Show about parenting black teens. She’s written articles for Scary Mommy, The Good Men Project, Overcome Magazine, and HuffPost Divorce, and is the author of the children’s book Energy Makers and Mito Kids.
Deborah is also a certified Life, Love and Dating Coach and owner of Kiss of Perspective. Through coaching clients one-on-one and the weekly discussions she hosts about dating and relating, she helps souls to better connect with themselves and their next great love. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her nearly-grown kids and a gaggle of spirited cats.
Deborah is available for podcasts and local speaking engagements, as well as, commissioned writing projects. Topics she enjoys discussing and writing about are sex and relationships, alternative parenting, gay parenting and rights, dating after 40 or as a single mom, adoption and trans-racial adoption, racial and social injustice, midlife recreation, questioning religion and leaving Christianity, grief and loss of a child, as well as, many family members, but most of all, her favorite topic is how we can bring more love into the world.
Deborah has had a lot of unique experiences in her 50 years of life. For many years, she was writing about her perspectives gained from living it and sent mass emails to hundreds of friends who would forward them on to their own friends. This was before the days of blogs, of course. One thing she heard over and over again is "You really ought to write a book." Every time she thought maybe she knew what to write about, life would throw her another curve ball.
Deborah says "It's a weird thing to be a writer and have a story you feel you must tell," but that's exactly how she felt when the words for her book, Bound and Gagged by Christianity and the Sins that Set Me Free, hit her. She says it hit her like a ton of bricks on the most arbitrary Thursday, and she could do nothing else until she got every word out. Then, she held her breath and wondered if other folks would also feel that her story needed to be told. When she was going through her existential crisis, she was hungry to find tales similar to her own as a guidepost, but never could. Whether you are having your own crisis, or just picked up her book or are reading her work because we are having a global pandemic and you're bored to death in your living room, she would be grateful and honored to keep you company for a few hours.
Deborah Besinger is a recognized dating expert whose advice has been featured in The Washington Post, Prevention Magazine, Huffington Post and on ABC11, as well as, been a guest on The Steve Harvey Show about parenting black teens. She’s written articles for Scary Mommy, The Good Men Project, Overcome Magazine, and HuffPost Divorce, and is the author of the children’s book Energy Makers and Mito Kids.
Deborah is also a certified Life, Love and Dating Coach and owner of Kiss of Perspective. Through coaching clients one-on-one and the weekly discussions she hosts about dating and relating, she helps souls to better connect with themselves and their next great love. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her nearly-grown kids and a gaggle of spirited cats.
Deborah is available for podcasts and local speaking engagements, as well as, commissioned writing projects. Topics she enjoys discussing and writing about are sex and relationships, alternative parenting, gay parenting and rights, dating after 40 or as a single mom, adoption and trans-racial adoption, racial and social injustice, midlife recreation, questioning religion and leaving Christianity, grief and loss of a child, as well as, many family members, but most of all, her favorite topic is how we can bring more love into the world.
