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Meet Tammy

Tammy Kennington is an author, speaker, podcaster, inner healing prayer practitioner, and dually certified mental health and life coach who leads women from hardship to hope and shares the love of Christ with the young and young at heart. She writes children’s fiction and nonfiction, women’s Christian nonfiction, and Christian romantic suspense, and she hosts the From Hardship to Hope podcast. An educator for more than twenty years, Tammy holds a master’s in teaching and is a Certified Academic Language Therapist. She has written five children’s nonfiction books, contributed to the anthology Sustaining Life’s Victories, and written for Crosswalk, iBelieve, and The Upper Room, and she co-directs the Family Christian Book Fest in Colorado Springs.

Tammy shares four amazing young adult children and three snuggly grandchildren with her husband. She loves kayaking, quiet moments on the beach, and sitting on the back deck with a warm cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other.


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Latest podcast episode

Life After Child Loss: How One Christian Father Found Hope Again

July 16, 2026 · Season 4, Episode 13 · with guest Matthew Efird

From Hardship to Hope is the podcast for Christian women navigating motherhood, mental health, and matters of faith.

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Speaking & Coaching

Tammy speaks to churches, women’s groups, moms’ groups, and educator conferences, and she offers Christian life and mental health coaching for women walking through hard places.


Books

For young readers

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Beluga Whales
Penguins book cover
Penguins
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Blue Sharks
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Bull Sharks
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The Protein Group

For women and Christian living

Sustaining Life's Victories book cover
Sustaining Life’s Victories
Contributor
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Creative Writing Journal
Contributor