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About Barbara |
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Accomplished author, artist, relationship coach, community activist, management
consultant and retired investment advisor, Barbara Kennedy said she drew from all aspects of her education, professional and
personal life when she wrote her book, Second Chance Ranch, about the journey of a caregiver who
is tending to her dying husband. The book is endorsed by Hospice and all profit is dedicated to the organization. Her second
book, The Holding Pen – A Collection of Unusual Love Prose is an anthology of stories about
women struggling in their relationships.
A bond trader for more than 20 years working in the World Trade Center
in New York City, Kennedy became interested in human behavior and spent several years at New York Medical College,
in the School of Public Health, creating preventive programs
for organizations and community partnerships. With a
graduate degree in Public Health (MPH) in Behavioral Science
and Health Promotion, she returned to corporate work where
she created mentoring and team building programs. Barbara
graduated in 2006 with a master's degree in Social Work
from Arizona State University (MSW) and trained with the AZ Attorney General's office in Mediation. She uses mediation techniques in family conflict
resolution and partnership disputes.
Using a 'strengths perspective' and the bio-psycho-social model,
she strives to empower her clients
- individuals and corporate entities - to understand behavior, boundaries and barriers,
and to develop healthy, mutually respectful, positive and satisfactory relationships and partnerships.
Believing
that every aspect of her life has value, Ms. Kennedy quotes writer Lillian Smith: |
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“I went on this journey to find an image of the human being
I could be proud of. I had to find what I believe, what is meaningful in human experience, for me; what is the creative meaning
of ordeal?” What is the creative meaning of life changing ordeal? “When the heart expands, when the imagination opens, when the memory becomes more aware,
the mind grows, or one’s personal relationships acquire depth and complexity, this changes all relationships with all
things.”
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Kennedy
presented the
Cultural Arts Coalition on Health and Wellness
at ASU in October 2006, and her oil painting ‘The Real First
Family’ was included in the month long celebration of
Community Arts Partnerships.
She is quoted often in the AZ Republic
Relationship Section and has been featured in the East Valley Tribune. Case in Point Magazine
contracted her to write feature articles directed at healthcare workers, case managers, hospice personnel, nurses and
social workers. The December
2007 issue featured her articles on “Compassion” and “Narrative Therapy.”
She also reviews books pertaining to healthcare and
relationships.
See Dr. Ruth’s “Sex After 50.”
Barbara is a member of the American Academy on Communication in
Healthcare, The Society of Public Health Educators, and the National League of American Pen Women. |
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