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  1. Faithful Place is a Page Turner!

    9/22/11 9:30am by ReneeJRoss
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    Faithful Place by Tana French tells the story of a 20 year old mystery of a missing girl Rosie who was thought to have run away, leaving her lover Frank standing roadside waiting all night for her. Faithful Place is also the name of the street in Ireland where Frank and Rosie grew up.  Read more >

  2. My Top Tips for Staying Healthy During the BlogHer '11 Conference!

    8/4/11 3:14pm by ReneeJRoss
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    running

    As I sit in my hotel room on the eve before the start of the BlogHer conference, I am smacking my lips in anticipation of all the delectable treats and drinks I will be indulging in while I am here. If you don’t know, in addition to the information packed conference sessions, good food is always served for lunch and there are COUNTLESS parties where we eat, drink and be merry while socializing with our blogging friends. But the good news is that if you are attending the conference you can still do things for yourself that will help keep you balanced.  Read more >

  3. The Kid - Difficult to Read and Hard to Finish

    8/4/11 12:30pm by ReneeJRoss
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    Unless you are living under a rock you are familiar with Sapphire's first book, Push that became the movie Precious a couple years ago. Sapphire’s newest book The Kid is a sequel that provides us with an inside look into the mind of the Precious’ child after she dies.  Read more >

  4. Infertility, IVF and other Unmentionables

    7/26/11 12:17pm by ReneeJRoss
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    In 2006, just barely a month and a half into my marriage I became pregnant. Having never been pregnant before and having sex on a whim when I was fertile, I doubted one time would be the charm. But it was. Sadly, I didn’t recognize the signs until I had spotting that never turned into a full period and it began to worry me. Having only been in the new city for a month and half, I did not have an ob/gyn so I called my doctor in NY. He told me to take a pregnancy test and lo and behold I was pregnant.  Read more >

  5. Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)

    7/13/11 9:39am by ReneeJRoss
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    Like many young women, I started menstruating at 13 years old. Although I was aware that my period would likely start soon, it was still slightly frightening to find brown spots in my panties as a 7th grader. I immediately told the nurse that I was feeling sick and went home - sounds drastic but I didn’t want to risk the trauma of actually “leaking” at school and being humiliated. Instead of calling my mother, I took matters into my own hands and went directly to her stash of tampons and without hesitation inserted one to handle the situation.  Read more >

  6. Every Day Should Be National HIV Testing Day

    6/27/11 6:22am by ReneeJRoss
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    It is my belief that most Americans think that HIV/AIDS is now a global problem and almost eradicated in the United States. Sadly, this is far from the truth. According to the CDC, in 2006 approximately 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV and 1 in 5 are undiagnosed. Twenty-one percent! A staggering 232,700 individuals living with HIV and are unaware of their status. Keep in mind that this number is from 2006, one can only guess what these numbers look like today.  Read more >

  7. Coming Out of the Closet About Adult Acne

    6/9/11 4:21am by ReneeJRoss
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    Renee Ross

    For as long as I can remember people have commented on my skin. I’ve always received compliments about how pretty my skin is and my canned answer was “it’s make-up”. Looking back, it is funny that I didn’t recognize that I was indeed blessed and had great skin. All I could see were the random (minor) scars left from a old pimple or if it was that time of the month, the one pimple that made an appearance with my hormonal changes. Today however, I can’t think of one person that would say I have great skin.  Read more >

  8. A Discovery of Witches - A Tale of the Supernatural Among Us

    6/8/11 9:30am by ReneeJRoss
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    I am an avid fan of books about the supernatural. Bring on the vampires, zombies, witches, warlocks and I am giddy! When I heard about the book The A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, I knew I wanted to read this tale. At a whooping 580 pages, I knew this tome was lengthy (obviously) but the feedback I received from my friends that read the book was that this was a quick read.  Read more >

  9. May is Mental Health Awareness Month

    5/24/11 6:43am by ReneeJRoss
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    Head in Hands

    Seemingly there are not enough months in the year to go around. May is National Lupus Awareness Month, National Melanoma Awareness Month and it is also Mental Health Awareness Month. I think for many people, mental health issues are the hardest to accept. Think about all of the stigma attached to mental health. Think about it, how many times have you said - “She’s Crazy?” I’m guilty of this myself and most times we don’t have ill intent when we say such things but it truly is a derogatory term. Especially when the person that is being referred to actually has a mental health challenge.  Read more >

  10. Lupus Awareness Month

    5/4/11 11:31am by ReneeJRoss
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    Lupus Survivor

    Lupus is an auto-immune disease that is often misdiagnosed. Symptoms of this disease ebb and flow and frequently are nonexistent when a patient arrives at the doctor's office. It often takes years for the correct diagnosis is finally determined.  Read more >

Renée J. Ross

Full Name
Renée J. Ross
Member Since
July 2008
About Me: 

My name is Renée and after working over a decade of working in public health I decided to work from home after the birth of my son. After taking the leap into independent consulting I quickly became enamored with social media and blogging. I am now a well sought after speaker, consultant, and freelance writer. Over the last year I've lost 50 pounds and chronicled my entire journey on my personal blog Cutie Booty Cakes. My weight loss story has been featured in Southern Living, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and on the local Atlanta NBC affiliate as well as on numerous websites. 

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