Posts by Judith F Kennedy, PhD
Choose Happiness
The road to a happy life is a choice. Life is a very precious thing and we must ask ourselves what are we doing with it. To begin with, you have to realize that you really only have one choice in this life, and it’s not about your career, whom you want to marry, or whether…
Read MoreUnderstanding Attachment
The first step after you choose once and for all, unequivocally that you will be happy is to understand that attachment to your own expectations is the main barrier to your happiness. When you understand the role that attachment plays in your life then you will be free to choose happiness. Attachment is at the…
Read MoreThe Freedom of Letting Go
Without attachment to your expectation of how life should be, you will be free. Free to love others and hold on lightly. Free to understand with deep wisdom that nothing lasts. You will have the confidence of being true to yourself and depending on your inner compass. You will act out of dignity and respect…
Read MoreYou need to be still…
What does it take to be an authentic, emotionally committed leader? You need to know who you are so that you can know what you believe and where you stand. This is not easy especially given that in any small space in our busy life, we take out our cell phone to check messages. What…
Read MoreEmotionally Committed Leaders
Who was she this southern black girl born in the 5th Ward of Houston, Texas? A president, a governor, congress men and women attended her funeral. “When she walked in the room, she made you want to do something for her” “She embodied the word integrity”. In a world that sways on the winds of…
Read MoreThe business case for emtionally committed leaders. Part one.
It is commonly thought in many organizations that to have commitment from employees there needs to be a set of values that people can believe in. These values will engender loyalty and enthusiasm from employees and have a direct effect on the bottom line. This set of values is thought to be the central core…
Read MoreGet out of your own way
The complexities of leadership are many. One moment you are a hero, the next you get blindsided by the neediness of someone’s ego. One of the main purposes in starting this blog is to write about the different ways leaders can get tangled up in their own thinking. Also the purpose of this blog and my work is…
Read MoreSecret Love
A colleague recently told me about attending a high school reunion. He was really surprised when an old friend told him that his wife had just left him after 30 years. It seems that the man’s wife had also attended her high school reunion and reconnected with her high school sweetheart. She decided to leave…
Read MoreA deeper you
We are here to lead and yet we are also here to find that dimension in ourselves that is deeper than thought. Finding this deeper dimension, allows us the freedom to be alive and to be the person that others want to follow. There is a way to know yourself other than the identity that…
Read MoreAre You in Safe Hands?
Each relationship is made up of three people. The two human beings who commit to be together and the third being or living covenant they create by their intention. This being, like all of us must be nourished in order to thrive. This covenant must be held as a sacred bond in the relationship and…
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