by Ali Kennedy | Feb 28, 2024 | Fuel for Career/Calling, Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Maturing Faith
Amidst this Covid-19 pandemic, many of us are experiencing rapid changes in our personal and professional lives. On top of that we are dealing with the roller coaster of emotions that accompany individual and collective grief and loss. Life as we knew it before is...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 26, 2024 | Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Maturing Faith
“Be curious, not judgmental.” This statement (attributed to Walt Whitman) hit me like a ton of bricks the other day without warning. It felt like a gentle charge to flip the script of the all too familiar climate of judgment in which we are living. The climate where...
by Ali Kennedy | Oct 27, 2022 | Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Parenting, Fuel Up Fridays
“TV time” or “screen time” were not known terms when I was growing up. We watched shows together–on the shared TV–after school and in the evening as a family. On the weekends, it was a big deal to go down to the local video rental...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 22, 2022 | Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Marriage, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Theology Tuesdays
“Venting is so toxic!” This is the emphatic sentiment of one of my clients. She was having the realization that ‘venting’—the uncensored verbal release of emotions to another person or online community—had become a pervasive and unchecked habit in her life. In...
by Ali Kennedy | Dec 14, 2021 | Advent/Christmas, Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Theology Tuesdays
Around Christmas time, I always find myself reflecting on the season. Amidst all the festivities and the flurry I wonder: What is all this for? I guess the more accurate question is: Who is all this for? Christmas is For and About Jesus In the Christian...
by Ali Kennedy | Dec 3, 2021 | Advent/Christmas, Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel Up Fridays
Have you ever eaten kale? I know it is good for my body, but I must say, it takes work to get this stuff down the shoot. Each bite must be chewed…and chewed…and chewed… until the tough leaves have been broken up enough to swallow. It’s the sort of...