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Guest Podcast Appearances

  • Rocking it Grand Podcast

    Rocking It Grand- Life After Loss

    While this isn’t an easy subject, it’s so important to talk about the loss before loss happens. Join Chrys and Shellie as they discover ways to handle the days and years before and after loss

  • Grief & Happiness Podcast

    Grief & Happiness - Using Words to Ease the Pain of Grief

    We talk about the importance of talking to our children about death, loss, and sorrow and how adults can help them build coping mechanisms before losing someone significant.

  • One Day at a time recovery

    One Day at a Time Recovery - Grief in Recovery, Leaving AA, Celebrate Recovery, and Finding God After Atheism

    Her publicist emailed me to pitch her as a guest, and I read it at a moment when I was really struggling with grief from the loss of my Mom…

  • Let's Encourage One Another Podcast

    Let's Encourage One Another - An Honest Talk About Grief...

    Talking about the difference between coping with grief and processing it, we talk about what it might look like to postpone grief and how to find the time to actually grieve our loss…

  • Kindom Over Coffee - Finding God in Grief

    Kindom Over Coffee - Finding God in Grief

    We've all dealt with grief and loss in this world. How do we see the Kingdom in grief? Author Renee Kennedy joins the podcast for a great conversation about how grief points us to Heaven.

  • The Genuine Life Recovery - Grief, Alcoholism, Trauma, and Recovery

    We discuss how grief and trauma play into addiction; God’s Amazing Grace through addiction, grief, and trauma; how grief transforms our faith…

  • Stomp Out the What-ifs with Renee L. Kennedy Part 1

    How can we stomp out what-if thoughts that often take over our minds? Today's guest, author and thought leader Renee L. Kennedy, shares insights from her personal experience to help us reclaim our serenity in life.

  • Stomp Out the What-ifs with Renee L. Kennedy Part 2

    Renee conveys a message of grace for those who repeatedly struggle with worrisome thoughts. She shares personal stories from her life and how she has overcome what-if patterns.

Publications

Awards

2023 Illumination Gold Award

Inspiration and Gift category

2023 Selah Gold Award

Inspiration and Gift category

2023 IBPA Silver Award

Gift book category

2023 Bronze Living Now Book Award

Grieving book category

2022 BRMCWC Foundations Award

1st Place, Film Script, The Deed with Shanda Neighbors

2021 BRMCWC Foundations Award 

1st Place, Film Script, The Incinerator

Florida Christian Writers Contest 2021

Most Creative Title, Dropping the F Bomb
Honorable Mention, Dropping the F Bomb
Honorable Mention, Grammie, Grammie and the Sea Show

The Tar Heel Award North Carolina Christian Writers Conference 2019

1st Place General Fiction, Tissue
2nd Place Children’s Picture Book, Nanakins & the Sea Show

2019 NGCWC Georgia Peach Award

2nd Place, Nanakins, Nanakins and the Sea Show

Florida Christian Writers Contest 2019

3rd place Middle Grade/Young Adult, Tissue
Honorable Mention, Poetry, Hand-me Downs

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