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Challenges Won't Stop Me

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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Challenges Won't Stop Me

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

May 14, 2026 • Melony Brown • Season 8 • Episode 141

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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

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