#6 - Ali Durand - Beautiful Scars

Ali Durand has been a healing presence in my life—and in the lives of many. In this conversation, we meet her at the doorway of a new chapter and look back on the ones that shaped her: from childhood roots and early influences to the pain of losing the father of her three children to suicide.

We talk about motherhood, marriage, divorce, sobriety, and the simple yet often overlooked truth of how life-changing it is to be seen and loved for who you truly are. Ali reflects on raising a blended family, falling in love again later in life, stepping away from Tools4Life—the summer camp she poured her heart into—and the lessons that came with it, and much more...

If you’re in a season of transition—or just wondering what it means to live with honesty, groundedness, and heart—Ali shows us how to be grateful for the scars that make us beautifully who we are.

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Reflections:

“Then Jesus said to them, ‘A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.’” – John 12:35-36

“Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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