Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Revelation Wellness Podcast. My name is

Elisa Keaton. Today I'm bringing you an interview with someone I want you to know. Her name is Nika Maples. And in the spirit of our theme this month,

you follow us on our social media channels, which we sure hope you do. Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest.

Our theme this month is Through the Wild.

Now, in the spirit of our new program, Rev Wild,

our outdoor leadership program, that is released. We wanted to just get into this wilderness

mindset this month because some of you are facing really hard times. You might not actually

live off the grid and in the wild, but you are in a

season where you are being challenged to breathe and to soften and to learn what it means to know God's heart and presence for you in

hard places.

So this story today, Nick is going to share her testimony.

She is a teacher, a communicator, an author, the creator of her own magazine.

You can find out more about her at nika maples.com and I actually encourage you to subscribe to her magazine. It's so

uplifting and encouraging because the mantle of hope is one that has been placed on

Yuka's life. At the age of 20, Nika finds herself in the intensive care unit suffering a full stroke

quadriplegic and to this day she is still having to come through the wild and the effects the

lingering effects that this stroke had on her life. You guys she's going to share her

story. I just love testimony, right? I just think if we hear

testimony it releases something in us and so I beg you to listen all the way through.

She gives us nuggets.

She shares her story of what it was like to be really, truly

a prisoner in her own body, feeling and hearing

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