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Challenges Won't Stop Me

Melony Brown

133 episodes

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Today’s episode is a video solocast. Rather than just listening to it, watching it on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@melonybrown is suggested. Throughout 2025, God’s been teaching me about the importance of maintaining a healthy spiritual posture. Episode 117, titled STAND FIRM, I shared about the posture of standing firm. The visual image of a hiking boot reminds us that the Holy Spirit empowers us to stand firm when challenges intersect our path. Episode 127, titled LEANIN...

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Today’s episode is a video solocast. Rather than just listening to it, watching it on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@melonybrown is suggested. Throughout 2025, God’s been teaching me about the importance of maintaining a healthy spiritual posture. Episode 117, titled STAND FIRM, I shared about the posture of standing firm. The visual image of a hiking boot reminds us that the Holy Spirit empowers us to stand firm when challenges intersect our path. Episode 127, titled LEANIN...

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Challenges Won't Stop Me

133: Holding On to Expectant Hope video solocast

Today’s episode is a video solocast. Rather than just listening to it, watching it on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@melonybrown is suggested. Throughout 2025, God’s been teaching me about the importance of maintaining a healthy spiritual posture. Episode 117, titled STAND FIRM, I shared about the posture of standing firm. The visual image of a hiking boot reminds us that the Holy Spirit empowers us to stand firm when challenges intersect our path. Episode 127, titled LEANIN...

1 month ago

25 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

132: Warfare Parenting: Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal Child with Laine Lawson Craft

Today's guest is author, speaker, and podcast host Laine Lawson Craft. This episode is a little longer because Laine's personal experience as the mother of three - yes three! - prodigal children and the strategies she's learned along the way are just too helpful and powerful to edit down to the length of most of my episodes. Our children mean so much to us but parenting them isn't for the faint of heart. The terrible twos were indeed terrible. And no one prepared us for the turbul...

1 month ago

42 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

131: Leaving a Legacy with Carole Lewis

In episode 130, Carole Lewis shared how God strengthened her during multiple devastating losses. I neglected to ask her about Hurricane Ike, so she shares about the loss it caused in this episode, which leads us into discussing the importance of leaving a legacy. Carole shares examples from her life that highlight her intentionality in living a life of joy, which will be part of her legacy. Notable quotes from Carole: * "When I'm gone and they talk about me, is it going to be a warm f...

2 months ago

23 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

130: Use Me to the Fullest: multiple devastating losses didn't stop her with Carole Lewis

Author, speaker, and ministry leader Carole Lewis shares her story of overcoming multiple devastating losses in today's episode. Carole admits she gave her life to Jesus as a child, but she didn't live for Him until her life began falling apart. Financial loss, her mother's passing, her husband's stage 4 cancer diagnosis and his passing, her daughter being killed by a drunk driver, and Hurricane Ike destroying her home - all devastating losses that could have caused her to turn her back...

2 months ago

34 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

129: The Most Ardent Zeal: a strategic mindset with Julie Seals

Julie Seals is a speaker and a prison minister. Her memoir is titled All My Hope: A Prisoner No More. Julie returns to discuss a strategic mindset that helped her while serving time in federal prison and continues to help her no matter what challenge she faces. Her strategic mindset is based off Matthew 11:12, which reads, “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” This verse is also Julie’s fight verse. I admit I w...

3 months ago

27 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

128: Hope Dealer: health challenges, abuse & addiction didn't stop her with Julie Seals

Today’s guest is Julie Seals. She is a speaker and a prison minister. Her memoir, All My Hope: A Prisoner No More, tells of her dysfunctional childhood, her lifelong health challenges, getting hooked on meth as a teen, hanging out with the Mafia, and serving time in prison for carrying meth across the border. God followed her every step of the way, wooing her to choose Him. After she accepted Christ in prison, Julie dove into His Word, learning everything she could about her identity and life...

3 months ago

36 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

127: Leaning on God: a video solocast

Today's episode is a video solocast, so watching it here on YouTube allows you to hear it and see it! For the last year or so, God has been teaching me about the importance of a believer's posture. We know good posture is part of good physical health. Good posture is also part of good spiritual health. It looks like standing firm on God's foundation, which I shared about in episode 117. Today's episode is about the posture of leaning on God. I discuss what it looks...

4 months ago

29 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

126: Psalm 23 As a Way of Life with Leslie Chandler

My guest, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Chandler, is a chaplain in the Georgia National Guard. She returns to share her way of life interview, focusing on what God imparted during her husband’s fight with COVID-19 and after he passed away. Having the love of her life pass away from COVID was devastating. God brought Psalm 23 to mind again and again. Apart from grieving her loss, God taught her more about Himself and more about her through each verse of Psalm 23. Listen to the end of this ...

4 months ago

30 minutes

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125: A Vessel of God's Love: losing husband to COVID didn't stop her with Leslie Chandler

Every person alive in 2020 was impacted by COVID-19 in some form or fashion. My guest, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Chandler, was no exception. She serves as a chaplain in the Georgia National Guard. Married twenty years and then having to navigate a divorce during a deployment to Afghanistan prior to COVID was a difficult challenge. Leslie found joy again when she reconnected with the love of her life, Greg. They enjoyed almost four years of marriage before COVID impacted her husband. Two...

4 months ago

32 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

124: Grateful for God's Miracles: a mindset interview with Lori Vober

Fellow stroke survivor, Lori Vober, joins me again to chat about God’s miracles. While she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke when she was twenty-nine years old, Lori believes surviving it is a miracle. She is grateful for all the miracles she experienced during her recovery and all the years since then. Being grateful is a huge part of Lori’s mindset. Notable quotes from Lori Vober: · “It’s a mindset of when we lose control and we are in the depths of ...

5 months ago

20 minutes

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123: Beauty of God & His Plan: a hemorrhagic stroke didn't stop her with Lori Vober

May is Stroke Awareness Month. Strokes can happen to anyone at any age. When I had a stroke in 1972 at age 2, that wasn’t the case. Back then, strokes happened to people 65 years and older who were unhealthy: obese, smoker, drinker, and rarely exercised. My guest, Lori Vober, is also a stroke survivor. Her hemorrhagic stroke happened when she was twenty-nine years old. Thankfully, people were at the church at that day and got Lori help quickly. Lori shares her story in her book: C...

5 months ago

27 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

122: Peace Is a Person: a strategy interview with Amanda Schaefer

Amanda Schaefer joins me again to discuss a strategy she relies on when challenges intersect her path. She believes peace and listening to God's voice are intricately interwoven. Amanda shares how we must know the identity of each of the voices we hear: our own voice, God's voice, the voice of the world, and the voice of the enemy. She gives an overview of her newest book, Holy Plot Twists: God Is Still Writing Your Story. It's available on Amazon! Notable quotes: * "These circumstances ...

6 months ago

26 minutes

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121: A Doorway of Hope: childhood trauma & chronic illness didn't stop her with Amanda Schaefer

Today's guest is Amanda Schaefer. She is the host of A Cup of Gratitude podcast and a speaker. She's also the author of several books, including her newest release titled "Holy Plot Twists: God Is Still Writing Your Story." Amanda's fought to overcome numerous challenges throughout her life. She knows that Jesus is always the dorrway of hope. She wants you to know it too. Notable quotes: * "I wasn't even wrestling it out with God. I didn't think about God. I didn't think about Jes...

6 months ago

24 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

120: Seek Wise Advisers with Lisa Steven

My guest, Lisa Steven, is the author of A Place to Belong: The true story of a Teen Mom, a Humbling Leadership Journey, and a House Called Hope. She is also the cofounder and executive director of Hope house Colorado. Lisa’s back to chat about the strategy of seeking wise advisers. Throughout her journey as cofounder and executive director of Hope House, Lisa has seen time and again the importance of seeking wisdom and accepting correction from wise advisers.ope House Powe...

6 months ago

22 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

119: Look What God Can Do! being a teen mom didn't stop her with Lisa Steven

My guest, Lisa Steven, is the author of A Place to Belong: The true story of a Teen Mom, a Humbling Leadership Journey, and a House Called Hope. She is also the cofounder and executive director of Hope house Colorado. Lisa was the oldest of four children. Her parents’ relationship was volatile. Her brother’s accident and unexpected death caused her to be mad at God. At seventeen, she discovered she was pregnant. Being a teen mom wasn’t in her plans, but she and her boyfriend g...

6 months ago

27 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

118: Being Fully Known with Dr. Saundra Dalton - Smith

When I heard Dr. Saundra Dalton - Smith was releasing a new book, I knew I had to have her on the show again. I interviewed Dr. Saundra in 2020. We chatted about her book Sacred Rest, which has impacted me in many ways. Check out episode 28: Rest = Restoration to listen to our conversation. In this interview, Dr. Saundra and I are chatting about her new book: "Being Fully Known: The Joyful Satisfaction of Beholding, Becoming and Belonging." The basis for this book is Psalm 46:10, which reads,...

7 months ago

38 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

117: Stand Firm: a video solocast with Melony Brown

I’m super excited to share the first video solocast of season 7! This episode is not an audio interview with a guest. This episode is a video of me sharing a message about Standing Firm, so hop over to my YouTube channel at Melony Brown to get the most out of this episode.This episode is the outcome of my deep dive study of Ephesians 6 for my School of the New Testament class. As I was studying the armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-18, the words ‘stand firm’ hit me in a different way. I use...

9 months ago

30 minutes

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116: Strategies for Teens & Parents Navigating Achievement Culture with Lauren Buice

In episode 115, my guest, Lauren Buice who is an adolescent and young adult counselor, and I defined achievement culture and discussed how teens are overwhelmed by all they must achieve and be to apply for college. She described the dangerous outcome associated with achievement culture: anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Lauren has returned for another episode to share strategies for teens & parents who are navigating the hoops of achievement culture. I share a few...

9 months ago

24 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

115: The Dangers of Achievement Culture with Lauren Buice

To kick off season 7 of the Challenges Won't Stop Me podcast, adolescent and young adult counselor Lauren Buice at Rise Therapy in Roswell, GA is joining me to discuss the challenge of achievement culture, specifically as it relates to teens who desire to further their education in college. Type "achievement culture in teens" into Google, and 357,00 results populate within seconds. That is a significant number. As I perused the topics and clicked on several, very few of those articles or...

9 months ago

25 minutes

Challenges Won't Stop Me

114: The Holy Spirit Speaks: a deeper understanding interview with Brenda Holley

My dear friend Brenda Holley joins me again to discuss how she gained a deeper understanding of the Holy Spirit during her journey of fighting to overcome pancreatic cancer. Brenda is a master coach, helping professionals thrive in their careers. She and Paul have been married for eighteen years. She is mom to two adult sons. Prior to her diagnosis, Brenda wasn’t seeking God even though she believed in Him. Receiving a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer put her right back into the Presence o...

1 year ago

26 minutes