Ep 7 Melony Brown: Learn How Someone Who Has Overcome the Odds Teaches Others to Do the Same

Clear Choices Podcast

Joining us today on the podcast is, Melony Brown, an amazingly upbeat person who has a passion for life and makes a major difference in the world- all while she deals with the struggles of serious neurological issues. While she has her own story, she also has a ministry in which she shares how others have overcome challenges in an effort to inspire others. This is very much aligned with my Clear Choices podcast and why I am so excited to have her on the show!

Melony has been married to her husband for 26 years and has two adult sons. She spent 17 years teaching special education in public and private sectors, is a published writer, and now has a ministry and podcast about sharing women’s challenges and how they overcome them.

Melony’s own struggles began at the very young age of two when she suffered a stroke. Since then she has faced many neurological, physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges. Even in the face of a diagnosis of a rare, progressive disease, she has not allowed these difficulties to define her. She has gone on to interview over 90 women, in the past seven years of her ministry, to help tell their stories of how they have become overcomers in the face of challenges.

“I continue to experience fatigue and it is frustrating but it is something that I am determined that it is not going to take over me. It’s not going to deter me from what I want to do with my life. It is a choice I have made. And I almost have to make it daily.”

"I’m not going to let something stand in my way. If I want to achieve it or want to have it, I’m not going to let struggles I have deter me.”

"The foundational part of my ministry is that people who go through struggles have a choice. They can live in defeat or they can fight to overcome. Now sure you’re going to live in defeat right after the diagnosis or the huge trauma in your life. You’re going to want to give up but it’s those overcomers who say: ‘I’m not going to live there.’ ”

In this episode, you will hear: - How Melony developed resilience and a passion for life despite the struggles and challenges she has faced - How she is making the powerful choice to overcome struggles almost daily and what that looks like for her - Some of the inspiring stories she shares from interviewing so many women who have overcome difficult challenges

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Other resources and links mentioned in this episode:

Overcomer Ministry http://www.melonybrown.com/ Zigzag and One Podcast http://www.melonybrown.com/zigzag-and-1-podcast/