Melanie Shankle on Facing Your Past to Raise Strong Kids
The Matthew West Podcast
The Matthew West Podcast
5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
New York Times bestselling author Melanie Shankle joins me for an incredibly honest and hope-filled conversation about facing the "dragons" in our lives – from our own past wounds to the challenges our kids face. If you've ever dealt with difficult family dynamics, struggled to parent through tough times, or needed a reminder of God's healing power, this episode is for you. Let’s go to the Story House!
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| 0:00.0 | And so this one publisher looked at me and she said, nobody's going to want to read this kind of book by somebody that nobody knows. |
| 0:06.6 | So from pharmaceutical sales to New York Times bestseller, that is such an awesome victory story. |
| 0:14.3 | I love the encouragement in your book as moms and dads. |
| 0:17.5 | It's a roadmap for us to help navigate the difficult paths with our kids. |
| 0:21.4 | You know, we want to wrap our kids in bubble wrap, and we don't want anything to ever happen |
| 0:24.8 | to them. But I think what God is looking is like, I can't raise a warrior who's never faced |
| 0:29.7 | a battle. So God had to forge something in you somewhere else, because it wasn't going to come |
| 0:35.2 | from your home life. Oh, that is so good. The way that |
| 0:38.0 | it's made her faith stronger, the way that it's taught her empathy and kindness that she wouldn't |
| 0:42.6 | have. It's like, no, God, I trust you are always writing the better story. |
| 0:46.6 | What's up you and find out? He really hope you like it. I really hope you like it. |
| 0:57.6 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:59.9 | Welcome to another episode of the Matthew S podcast. |
| 1:00.9 | I'm your host, Matthew S. |
| 1:02.5 | And as always, I really hope you like it. |
| 1:03.8 | Thank you for joining me today. |
| 1:05.2 | Welcome to the Story House. |
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