Challenges Won't Stop Me

Updated: 22 Aug 2025 • 131 episodes
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Challenges. Uggh. Life is full of challenges. How do you navigate those unexpected turns in your path? You could crumble and believe life isn't fair, giving that challenge permission to defeat you. But that's not you who you are. Neither are the courageous women who our host, Melony Brown, interviews. These women chose to fight to overcome life's tough challenges. They share their stories, as well as the strategies and habits that strengthened them and helped them maintain a 'challenges won't stop me' mindset.Throughout the season, Melony publishes video solocasts to share messages and resources to strengthen you for your current challenges and those that are right around the corner. Discover what kind of journey navigator you are when life's tough challenges intersect your path. Take the quiz at journeyonquiz.comInterested in sharing your overcomer story? Email me at melony@melonybrown.comMy book "Challenges Won't Stop Me: An Interactive Survival Guide for Overcoming & Thriving" is available on Amazon.

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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

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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 diagno

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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 re

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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 follo

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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

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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

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