Challenges Won't Stop Me

Melony Brown
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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.

  1. 19h ago

    143: Partner with God: a miscarriage and her son's neurological diagnosis didn't stop her with Lindsey Arcaro

    My friend, Lindsey Arcaro, who is the worship pastor at my church - The Square - joins me today to share her story of overcoming a miscarriage and her son's neurological diagnosis.  Lindsey and her husband, Braden, have been married for eleven years and have a daughter and a son.  Lindsey doesn't sugarcoat the pain she went through in either of those challenges. Instead, she is vulnerable and admits she just wanted to hide.  Memorable quotes:  * "I laid on the couch with my dog all day and just wept because I was trying to reconcile what I was experiencing in my body and what I had heard the Lord say."  * "I felt life in me and now it was gone. And it was a tremendous feeling of emptiness."  * "When you have something that happens in your home that no one else has seen to the degree that you're seeing it, sometimes you can feel like you're a crazy person."  * "And we get the opportunity in suffering to partner with God and believe in faith."  * "They're not gonna find hope in my story. Find hope in Jesus in my story."  Bible verses:  * Psalm 139:7  * Psalm 27:13 * Isaiah 53:3  * Psalm 138:8  * James 1:2-4  * Psalm 23:1-2  * Hebrews 12:2  * Lindsey's fight verse: 1 Corinthians 2:2  Connect with Lindsey on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lindseyarcaro and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lindseyarcaro_ Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    30 min

  2. May 15

    142: Bible Art to Grow with God: a habit interview with Pam Farrel

    What aspects of your faith would you consider to be creative? If you are having a hard time thinking of any, you’re not alone. Almost every five-year-old believes he or she is creative, but very few adults do. God is a creative God. And He made you to be creative! Today’s guest, Pam Farrel, shares how she discovered Bible art and how it has impacted her faith.  Notable quotes: ·         “The purpose isn’t to become the world’s greatest Bible artist who has her work in the Louvre. It’s to help you grow with God.” ·         “The second thing I love and is so about the character of God in that if you are doing anything creative . . . the part of your brain where your problems reside is taken offline because the creative part has more power.” ·         “Being creative will actually help your problems go away.” Bible verses:  ·         Psalm 42:7,8, 11 ·         Psalm 23 ·         Psalm 5:12 ·         Isaiah 61:3 Connect with Pam Farrel: ·         Her website: www.love-wise.com ·         Facebook: www.facebook.com/pamelafarrel.author.3 ·         Instagram: www.instagram.com/lovewise62 Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    25 min

  3. May 14

    141: Counting Up the Miracles: diabetes and ovarian cancer didn't stop her with Pam Farrel

    How have you seen God’s fingerprints during your challenges? It could've been the right person at the right time. Or the cancerous mass no longer showing on the scan. Or your bills being paid by an unknown source.  God IS with us during our challenges. And He still does miracles. Today’s guest, author and speaker Pam Farrel, shares about how challenges with her weight, being diagnosed with diabetes, being put into a medically induced coma after going into diabetic ketosis, being diagnosed with ovarian cancer were tough. But God left His fingerprints during each of them.  She sought to learn what God wanted to teach her during those times.  Notable quotes: ·         “At the end of that year, I lost fifty pounds. And eventually lost seventy. And for a decade, I’ve kept it off.” ·         “So it was a huge victory. But it was also a huge wake up call.” ·         “From the moment I went into my coma, God was wrapped around me.” ·         “I’m still restoring, rejuvenating, refreshing, rebuilding. I need resilience. And God is the one who arms me with strength day by day by day.” Bible verses:  ·         1 Corinthians 11:1 ·         Ephesians 3:20 ·         Fight verse ~ Psalm 18:32 ·         Philippians 1:11 Connect with Pam Farrel: ·         Her website: www.love-wise.com ·         Facebook: www.facebook.com/pamelafarrel.author.3 ·         Instagram: www.instagram.com/lovewise62 Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    27 min

  4. Apr 21

    140: Flexing God's Faithfulness a video solo cast with Melony Brown

    Today's episode is a video solo cast. If you're listening on your favorite podcast app, please head over to my YouTube channel @melonybrown. I don't want you to miss any of the visual symbols or God's beautiful creation! God's been teaching me about the importance of good spiritual posture the last few years. I've been sharing what I've learned in these video solo casts. If you missed any or want to view them again, they are: episode 117 Standing Firm episode 127 Leaning on God episode 133 Holding on to Expectant Hope Today's episode is about flexing God's faithfulness. No, I'm not talking about flexing our own strength when we face challenges. Instead, I believe we can flex God's faithfulness and strength when challenges rudely intersect our path. El Emunah is the Hebrew name of God for God is the faithful God.  Bible verses: * Deuteronomy 7:9 * 1 Thessalonians 5:24 * Hebrews 10:23 *I share how in 1 Samuel 17 David flexed God's faithfulness when he went before King Saul to explain why he wanted to fight Goliath. Then David flexed again when he approached Goliath. * 2 Corinthians 12:9 * Fight verse is Psalm 145:13 I share the visual symbol for flexing God's faithfulness. I also share about getting a tattoo to remind myself of God's faithfulness in my life.  Good spiritual posture is important every day of your life, but it is critical when you are facing challenges.  Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    32 min

  5. Mar 31

    139: The Word of God Fills My Soul: a habit interview with Dawn Damon

    Dawn Damon returns to chat about the habitual practice of reading and studying God’s Word. As a Bible nerd myself, I loved hearing why she loves God’s Word so much. Dawn Damon is the author of six books, a speaker, the host of The Bravehearted Woman podcast, and a life coach. She and her husband, Paul, have been married for fifteen years. Their blended family is made up of five adult children, thirteen grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.  Notable quotes: ·         “So then, verses were jumping out of the pages and just gripping my heart . . . It literally was feeding my soul.” ·         “What I would do as my warfare, I would begin to speak the Scriptures out loud, out of my mouth.” ·         “If I don’t know the Word, I don’t know what God’s promise is to me.” ·         “We gotta put it [God’s Word] in there in order for Him to bring it out.” ·         “If you know the Word of God, you’re packin’.” Bible verses: ·         Revelation 19:15 ·         2 Corinthians 12:9 ·         Philippians 4:19 ·         Isaiah 54:17 ·         Ephesians 4:29 ·         Ephesians 6:17 ·         Psalm 119:105 ·         Luke 4:1-2, 4, 8, 12 ·         Psalm 23:6 ·         Psalm 17:8 ·         1 John 3:1 ·         Genesis 1:27 ·         Romans 8:17                                                  Connect with Dawn on her website at  https://www.dawndamon.com       on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DawnScottDamon       on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dawndamonlive  Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    23 min

  6. Mar 30

    138: God Broke Through: abuse, depression and divorce didn't stop her with Dawn Damon

    I heard today’s guest, Dawn Damon, speak at the Advanced writers and Speakers Conference last summer. She asked the audience to consider this question: “Is it possible that you might discover something about yourself or God that you wouldn’t know except for your challenges?” She was speaking my language! YES! I’ve leaned many things about myself and God that I wouldn’t have learned any other way. I knew the things she learned during her fight to overcome abuse, depression, and divorce would be a powerful testimony for YOU to hear! Dawn Damon is the author of six books, a speaker, the host of The Bravehearted Woman podcast, and a life coach. She and her husband, Paul, have been married for fifteen years. Their blended family is made up of five adult children, thirteen grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.  Notable quotes: ·         “I remember feeling angry at the church, angry at religious people, angry at the hypocrisy, and eventually just angry at God.” ·         “And that Sunday, something broke through . . . And that Sunday, God broke though.” ·         “You forgive at a whole different level when you understand really what was taken from you. You have to grieve it. You have to feel it. You have to acknowledge it. My childhood was stolen. My teen years were stolen. My early adulthood was stolen. My marriage was affected.” ·         “I clung to the Word of God. I spoke it. I quoted it. And I said this almost every day to the Lord: ‘Fill my heart with your dream for my life.’” Bible verses: ·         Genesis 50:20 ·         Romans 8:31 ·         2 Corinthians 4:17 ·         Dawn’s fight verse - Psalm 27:1 “The Lord is the light of my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?” ·         Psalm 27:14 ·         Joshua 1:9 Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    31 min

  7. Feb 26

    137: The Love & Care of True Friends: a strategy interview with Kim Todd

    Friendship. Such a beautiful gift.  My guest, Kim Todd, shares the strategy of having a kingdom community, a family. These are the people who you laugh with, who fill you with joy, and who you share "you had to be there" moments with during the good times.  While those good times are important, oh, how valuable true friends are during the hard times when they listen as you pour out your heart, they speak nourishing words of encouragement over you, and they offer prayers for you.  Notable quotes: * "We have to go into friendships knowing that we’re not there to fix anyone's problems because if you go into there with that, it's not going to go well." * "When I see they're doing well, I'm excited for them." * "It's this natural give and take. It's not a transaction. It's a connection." * "When it becomes performance, friendship is completely hindered. It's blocked. Nothing's going to come from that cause it's limited."  Bible verses: * Proverbs 27:9 * John 15:17 * 1 Thessalonians 5:11 * John 10:27 Connect with Kim on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dwstodd and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kimwonderwoman Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    26 min

  8. Feb 24

    136: See God's Hand in Everything: her sons' challenges didn't stop her with Kim Todd

    My guest, Kim Todd, has faced many challenges, but none tougher than watching difficult and painful challenges impact her sons.   Like any parent, she wished she could fix their challenges or soften the pain, but Kim knew God would grow their faith as they learned how to fight to overcome. Their challenges were opportunities for their growth.  But her sons' challenges were also opportunities for God to grow her faith and trust as well. Noteable quotes:  * "Now I look back, and I see God's hand in everything." * "God goes before us. he goes before us to fight our battles." * "It's those two things living together - heartbreak and comfort - at the same time. Heartbreak and hope at the same time." Bible verses: * Romans 8:26 * Philippians 4:7 * Deuteronomy 31:8 * Psalm 144:1 (Kim's fight verse) Connect with Kim on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dwstodd and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kimwonderwoman Send me a COMMENT or QUESTION! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Want to leave a comment about this episode? Click HERE!

    32 min
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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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  • Creator
    Melony Brown
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    143
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Challenges Won't Stop Me
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