344: Melony Brown and Empowered to Meet the Challenge

Melony Brown Author, speaker, and host of the Challenges Won’t Stop Me podcast. Today, Melony shares about the neurological condition she’s had since she was two years old, how living with her condition changed her relationship to the Lord, and the peace she felt leading up to brain surgery. We also talk about the mindset she developed that allowed her to overcome the challenges she faced and help her students as a result. Melony’s story reminds us that two things can be true at the same time: suffering is difficult and the Lord is present within them.

Listen to Melony’s story in your favorite podcast app now!

Stories Melony shared:

• Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia
• Having a stroke at the age of 2 and the health challenges that ensued
• Her family’s reaction to the stroke and the mindset they instilled in her
• The family’s sudden decision to return to church
• Mom’s visit to find a church while she was in college
• Meeting her husband at the first church she went to
• Learning to study the Bible
• Deciding to get baptized as a result of their studies
• Beginning to have migraines and questioning God
• The passage that helped her through a dark night
• Struggling with how much she wasn’t able to accomplish
• Learning the value of relying on others
• Beginning to have mini-strokes and struggling with other issues
• Getting a diagnosis and having neurosurgery
• The peace that she felt leading up to the surgery
• The mindset you need to overcome challenges
• Knowing that God will empower you to meet the challenges you face

Great quotes from Melony:

It’s hard to pray when it feels like your head is in a vice.

I am glad to have gone through the challenges that I did.

We’re facing challenges all the time and we have to have the right mindset.

Trusting God as your navigator takes a lot of pressures off you.

Resources we mentioned:

• Melony’s website
• Challenges Won’t Stop Me: An Interactive Survival Guide for Overcoming & Thriving (Journey On!) by Melony Brown
• The Journey On quiz

Related episodes:

• Alicia Michelle and the Renewing of Your Mind
• Jesse Eubanks and Relationships in the Enneagram
• Dr. Amy Sherman and The God of Shalom

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