Natalie Epps's guest appearances

Natalie Epps

Constantly Under Construction with Donna Harris

Becoming Parents

Daniel Levin

Rachel Hollis

Brian Williams

Lisa Leonard

Christie Purifoy

Colin Wright

O.S. Hawkins

Jess Connolly

Jessica Smartt

Hayley Morgan

David Rawlings

Alli Worthington

Erin Odom

Candace Payne

Jamie Ivey

OwlTail

After the shocking death of her father a month before her wedding, Natalie experienced her first real loss. Then life took an unexpected turn when as a healthy young mother, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor that paralyzed her face and vocal cords and took away part of her hearing.  Natalie chose to walk the road of grief and loss by turning some of her thoughts, lessons, and hardships into a journal called Beautifully You. We talk about the challenge of not becoming bitter while battling the darkness, loneliness, and depression of losing the very simple functions of blinking, smiling, hearing, and speaking normally.   During this time, Natalie fell into a moment of despair. She felt like she hit a brick wall with all of her efforts of praying, thinking, wanting to be free of her physical ailments. Feeling at the end of her rope, not having an answer of when she would be free of the prison of a body, Natalie cried and fell into her husband’s arms.   The profound reminder her husband gave her is that there is nothing we can or cannot do that takes away what Jesus did on the cross for us and it is ok to sometimes feel mad, sad, trapped, or without hope.   If you’re looking for a hopeful, inspirational moment from this episode, get ready. Natalie changed my perspective and gave me a renewed sense of hope when she told me about a time she was in church praying and weeping for the loss of her father. She was sent a revelation of Jesus weeping alongside her and also seeing and feeling the vision of Jesus celebrating along with her. This revelation was a comfort that showed Natalie that Jesus feels our humanity, even in His holiness. Oh, to be reminded that we aren’t alone even in the most barren times! Jesus is right here, weeping as we are weeping and rejoicing as we are rejoicing.   We talk about allowing a moment, a hardship, a difficulty to change us. To learn something about ourself but also about God. And we also talk about the importance of rest. Human rest. Meaning, sometimes, it’s ok to take a valium after surgery and sleep off a difficult day.   But when it comes to getting better, we have a responsibility to heal. Natalie shares with us the wisdom of being aware of the hard times, choosing to learn from them, and having a story to share that can help others. We figured out that this may just be the key to hope during that tough time!   And for Natalie, healing did come! She will tell you that her healing is a different definition than what she believed but she does claim healing in her life.  What I love about Natalie, though, is that she hasn’t forgotten the lessons that God has taught her in her darkest time. She has a new appreciation for grief, and a new understanding of how God makes all things new for us here on earth.   We talk about two of my favorite chapters in her book,  titled Honey I Shrunk my Dreams and The Responsibility to Heal…two very motivational truths for people who are dealing with especially tough times. The first one: God doesn’t want us to abandon the dreams that have been put in our heart just because where we are at feels small. And the second: Being stuck in our hurts can cause us to turn a blind eye to the healing that God has already provided in our lives and we have a responsibility in our mind to choose, “Yes!” to God’s healing.   You’ll get a lot of comfort from this episode. Especially knowing that once we take on the comfort from God, we have then the ability to comfort others. We can be thankful for this because of the lessons we have learned in our hard times.   I hope the position of your heart is open to shift because there’s much richness to be found from Natalie in this episode.

After the shocking death of her father a month before her wedding, Natalie experienced her first real loss. Then life took an unexpected turn when as a healthy young mother, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor that paralyzed her face and vocal cords and took away part of her hearing. <a href="https://www.constantlyunderconstruction.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Natalie chose to walk the road of grief and loss by turning some of her thoughts, lessons, and hardships into a journal called Beautifully You. We talk about the challenge of not becoming bitter while battling the darkness, loneliness, and depression of losing the very simple functions of blinking, smiling, hearing, and speaking normally.   During this time, Natalie fell into a moment of despair. She felt like she hit a brick wall with all of her efforts of praying, thinking, wanting to be free of her physical ailments. Feeling at the end of her rope, not having an answer of when she would be free of the prison of a body, Natalie cried and fell into her husband’s arms.   The profound reminder her husband gave her is that there is nothing we can or cannot do that takes away what Jesus did on the cross for us and it is ok to sometimes feel mad, sad, trapped, or without hope.   If you’re looking for a hopeful, inspirational moment from this episode, get ready. Natalie changed my perspective and gave me a renewed sense of hope when she told me about a time she was in church praying and weeping for the loss of her father. She was sent a revelation of Jesus weeping alongside her and also seeing and feeling the vision of Jesus celebrating along with her. This revelation was a comfort that showed Natalie that Jesus feels our humanity, even in His holiness. Oh, to be reminded that we aren’t alone even in the most barren times! Jesus is right here, weeping as we are weeping and rejoicing as we are rejoicing.   We talk about allowing a moment, a hardship, a difficulty to change us. To learn something about ourself but also about God. And we also talk about the importance of rest. Human rest. Meaning, sometimes, it’s ok to take a valium after surgery and sleep off a difficult day.   But when it comes to getting better, we have a responsibility to heal. Natalie shares with us the wisdom of being aware of the hard times, choosing to learn from them, and having a story to share that can help others. We figured out that this may just be the key to hope during that tough time!   And for Natalie, healing did come! She will tell you that her healing is a different definition than what she believed but she does claim healing in her life.  What I love about Natalie, though, is that she hasn’t forgotten the lessons that God has taught her in her darkest time. She has a new appreciation for grief, and a new understanding of how God makes all things new for us here on earth.  <a href="https://www.constantlyunderconstruction.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> We talk about two of my favorite chapters in her book,  titled Honey I Shrunk my Dreams and The Responsibility to Heal…two very motivational truths for people who are dealing with especially tough times. The first one: God doesn’t want us to abandon the dreams that have been put in our heart just because where we are at feels small. And the second: Being stuck in our hurts can cause us to turn a blind eye to the healing that God has already provided in our lives and we have a responsibility in our mind to choose, “Yes!” to God’s healing.   You’ll get a lot of comfort from this episode. Especially knowing that once we take on the comfort from God, we have then the ability to comfort others. We can be thankful for this because of the lessons we have learned in our hard times.   I hope the position of your heart is open to shift because there’s much richness to be found from Natalie in this episode.

Natalie Epps - Beautifully You 

Natalie is one of the brave women who is willing to be open about her struggle and it isn't easy. Most of us get to hide behind our insecurities, but her struggle was a brain tumor and relearning how to make half of her face look normal. She is one of my heroes! Find Natalie HERE to see the photo's of her transformation. It's brave, astonishing and I'm so proud to know her even a little. I'm grateful Natalie shares her story and mostly that she knows how beautiful she is.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message

Natalie is one of the brave women who is willing to be open about her struggle and it isn't easy. Most of us get to hide behind our insecurities, but her struggle was a brain tumor and relearning how to make half of her face look normal. She is one of my heroes!   Find Natalie HERE to see the photo's of her transformation. It's brave, astonishing and I'm so proud to know her even a little. I'm grateful Natalie shares her story and mostly that she knows how beautiful she is. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message</a>

Her dad died, she had a brain tumor, woke up with the right side of her face paralyzed, and started a blog to show others how she got through it - with Natalie Epps