Identity with Christy

Howdy Friends, This podcast episode was recorded back in 2022, but it is worth going back and listening too. Come learn about IDENTITY with my precious friend Christy. Have you read my memoir, Healing Wings, by Natalie Sherwood? If not, go grab a copy on Amazon today CLICK HERE to walk along side my healing journey from Guillain-Barre' Syndrome. You will hear much more than a recovery story and see the hand of God in my life and yours today. I also have a marriage workbook called The Mission of Marriage CLICK HERE that can help you and your spouse either reconnect or connect for the first time. Dive deep into the mystery of WHO your spouse is and what makes them tick. Want to get your very own Young Living Essential Oils? CLICK HERE and grab yourself some of my favorites like Lavander, Thieves, Frankincense, and Lemon. Honestly, I have so many favorites it can be hard to choose.

Overcoming Trauma with Shannon

Howdy Friends, 

Many of my Blog followers may not know that I have a podcast called His Redemption Road.

I would love for you to follow along and come listen to testimonies, teachings, dreams, visions, prayers, and all things in a life following Jesus Christ. Please like and share not only these blog posts but also my Podcast wherever you like to listen. His Redemption Road is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many other popular podcast sites.

   

 PS - Have you read my memoir, Healing Wings by Natalie Sherwood? If not, go grab a copy on Amazon today CLICK HERE to walk along side my healing journey from Guillain-Barre' Syndrome. You will hear much more than a recovery and see the hand of God in my life and yours today. 

I also have a marriage workbook called The Mission of Marriage CLICK HERE that can help you and your spouse either reconnect or connect for the first time. Dive deep into the mystery of WHO your spouse is and what makes them tick.

Healing Wings - a memoir; The Writing Process, and Order Today

 It is finally here...Healing Wings!  

After many years of arguing with God and telling Him that I would not be writing a memoir about surviving Guillain-Barre' syndrome, He finally won.  

I knew in my heart that I was suppose to put pen to paper and tell the details of my deathbed experience, and the hope and miracles that abounded during that time, but there were just two problems.  One, I HATED writing.  That is not an understatement; writing was my nemesis.  Moving words from brain to paper was extremely difficult for me -- my former English teachers Lori Kerr and Beverly Still can attest to that.  Yet, with the Holy Spirit and having lived the ordeal myself, this book practically wrote itself.  Two, although I was able to verbally tell people my testimony about the horrors of Guillain-Barre', sifting through the emotions to relive and tell the story on paper was an entirely different experience.  To put it mildly, it was a painful process.

I have had dozens, if not hundreds, of people tell me that I needed to write a book about my journey.  I nodded, smiled, and said, "Maybe one day."  That is until I met Ashley Soden.  Ashley was in my life weekly for our children's home-school co-op, and we immediately hit it off as friends.  Ashley was a writer.  One day I told her part of my testimony of being healed from Guillain-Barre and she said those famous words, "You should write a book."  I looked Ashley straight in the eye and said, "I know!  God has told me to write a book, but I've been running from Him in that area.  Will you help me?"  Ashley agreed to help me, and every single week for the next year she would ask me, "Have you started writing your book yet?"  And I would say, "No, not yet."

On August 18, 2017, after I tucked my children in to bed, I sat down at my computer and began typing.  That was the evening of my 37th birthday.  The next morning I let Ashley know that I had started my book, and would not stop until it was finished.  

I didn't know then (August 2017) that we would have a world wide pandemic at the time of my book release.  It never crossed my mind that we would be having the roll-out of a new vaccination during my book release.  The timing was not planned by me, but I do believe God's timing is always perfect.  My memoir is based on my journey through Guillain-Barre, which in my case was caused by a vaccine injury, but this is not an anti-vaccine book.  The cause of my syndrome is mentioned, and not harped on in these pages.  I believe all vaccines (along with other life altering decisions such as surgeries, medications, marriage...) should be taken before the Lord in prayer and each person and family should ultimately obey God in those decisions.  Having said that, I will say that Guillain-Barre' is listed as one of the first side effects on almost all vaccines, including the newest one being released, so this book could lend an ear to anyone that wants to know what on earth that side effect is or could look like in real life, or give hope to anyone that does suffer from Guillain-Barre' or other vaccine injuries or any long term illness.  

It took me 3 years to write and rewrite my manuscript.  With my first draft I wrote during the night after the kids were asleep, and would weep heavy wracking sobs as I relived every moment and emotion.  That first draft took quite a long time to complete as I would take weeks off at a time to allow myself to heal emotionally when writing a particularly difficult chapter.  

During the second draft I only cried during the truly brutal parts of my journey.  

There were no more tears during the revisions and edits beyond the second draft.  I felt free from the pain that I had apparently held without realizing it was even there.  

Once my manuscript was complete it took another 5 months to have it professionally edited, proofread, formatted, cover designed, and all those details that go into turning a manuscript into a book.  I had no idea what I was doing, so I called in the "big guns" in the form of my dear friend Kiersten Oliphant; a fellow author.  She gave me the skinny on how to self publish, and I muddled through until I had a product that hopefully shines.

Watch one of my book trailers here:

Pick up Healing Wings - a memoir on Amazon in either paperback, Kindle, or Kindle Unlimited format, and feel free to share it with family, friends, ministries, small groups, long term illness groups, libraries, hospitals, birth centers, or anyone else you believe would benefit from a story of ultimate hope and healing.

Click HERE to order.

PS - don't forget to leave an Amazon review once you've read the book.  Leave comments below, I'd love to hear from you.

Healing Wings - Book Trailer

Since some of you don't know me or very much of my story I decided to put together two short trailers to give a bit of a teaser about my memoir Healing Wings.  

Healing Wings is currently under Amazon review, so here's to hoping it will be out for publication and purchase in the next few weeks at most.  In the meantime, enjoy!  

By-the-way, these trailers are not professionally made and may have a few errors in them.  A little grace would be appreciated.

Want to read my memoir - Healing Wings - about my journey of surviving and being healed from Guillain-Barre' syndrome?  Click Here to order it on Amazon.

Book Cover Reveal

What do you see? 

Its a book cover for me! I finally have my book cover, lovingly designed by Sara Frisina.

It is so exciting to see my long awaited vision finally coming to fruition.  This has been a difficult journey full of struggles and tears, but I am eagerly here at the final stretch.  Healing Wings will be available soon on Amazon, so stay tuned for updates.  

Want to read my memoir - Healing Wings - about my journey of surviving and being healed from Guillain-Barre' syndrome?  Click Here to order it on Amazon.

Sneak Peek: Author's Photo for my memoir Healing Wings

Many of you know small spinets or even large chunks of my story. Some of you walked parts of the journey with me, and others have heard a few moments of what I lived. I am hoping this memoir touches many lives.

Stay tuned for a peek at the book cover, and hopefully publication of Healing Wings (A personal journey of miracles and healing through Guillain-Barré syndrome) in a few weeks. Eek!

Here is a Sneak Peek of my author's photo.




Thank you Diana for snapping my pics! I haven't had pictures taken in many years, and you managed to capture both me and my story with so much ease.

Want to read my memoir - Healing Wings - about my journey of surviving and being healed from Guillain-Barre' syndrome?  Click Here to order it on Amazon.

Big Things

Howdy Friends,

I have been absent on this blog site for about 2-years now. 

2-years! 

I have been really busy being a mom, home-schooling my kids, tutoring at our home-school co-op.  Moving, getting closer to the Lord, and writing a book.  Yes, you read that correctly. 

I am finally writing a book.  It's my story about Guillain-Barre' Syndrome and being a survivor.  What God did during that traumatic and life altering time.  So stay tuned for that exciting news in the future.

Also, God has been doing some really BIG things around here.  Of coarse, whenever God starts moving the enemy of our souls begins throwing up road blocks too.  So I have decided to go ahead and start this blog back up to give God the G-L-O-R-Y in all of these situations.

This is just a fun, watch God work, kind of blog now.  There may be insights to glean, or just stories to read.  If you are so included to follow then feel free to sign up to receive my posts. 

Also, if you do a search you can find some of my old posts about nutrition, what to eat, what to avoid, recipes and more.  Essential oils, Guillain-Barre' and my kids all pop up in former post too, so feel free to browse. 

See you soon!
Natalie

Guillain-Barre' Syndrome

One question I get a lot is, "How did you get started with essential oils?" 

Well, there is an entire backstory on this, including being skeptical about these 'snake-oils', but in the long run the oils won me over and today my family can't get enough of them. 

At the age of 19 I had one of the worst cases of Guillain-Barre' Syndrome (GBS) that my neurological team had ever seen, so it is a miracle that I not only survived this fairly rare syndrome, but am fully healed today.  Actually, I should have died before I was even properly diagnosed.  Never heard of Guillain-Barre'?  Google it and find out for yourself.  If the symptom is listed I had it (except death; I am still alive today), and had it severely.  During that life-threatening (and life-altering) event, I made up my mind that prescription drugs, over the counter medications and toxin filled household chemicals would not be a normal part of my life anymore.  Sure, I would still go to the doctor and seek medical advice, and even take medications (when the need arose) but no more semi-regular usage of these things. 

So, now what?  Where could I turn?  What could I use?  Would my life now become filled with pain and illness along with a dirty house because of this shift in my thinking? 

No!  Not at all. 

Actually, it took a while for Young Living Essential Oils to find me (through a friend that shared their amazing health benefits).  I was skeptical, but couldn't deny that the first several times I used them, they worked.  And they worked fast!  They did what they were suppose to do.  Not only that, but they worked amazingly well against the horrific sensations that (even years later) GBS left me fighting against.  Even after all of these positive experiences I still did not jump on the Young Living Oil train yet.  Nope.  Not yet.

So, what changed? 

My husband and I were expecting our first child.  *GASP*  It took another little life, a baby to make me take a closer look at the oils.  After all, I was no longer using over the counter solutions for my household, so I needed to use something safe and natural as a first line of defense.  I needed something I could use on this precious, new life growing inside me.  Something that was non-toxic, safe and maybe even ordained by God.  This is when my study and research of the oils really began.  I studied, went to home parties, read books, looked in the Bible, prayed, and tested the oils out even more than I had already experienced them.  Then, 3 months before my first baby was born, my mom gifted me with a Young Living Starter Kit and Membership.  I dove in head first, and now, more than 7 years later, my family of 5 uses Young Living Oils and oil infused products every single day!  We are healthy, happy and strong moving toward a life of abundance. 

Now I look forward to 'sharing the health' with you and your family too.  You don't have to be sick to enjoy Young Living; I find these products to be great building blocks in our every day life (just like faith, diet and exercise). 

So this is a short and sweet version of how Young Living Oils have become a daily part of my life.  Comment below on how you discovered Young Living.  Are you using them today?  What do you love about them?  

If you are looking for amazing essential oil results you must use Young Living Essential Oils.  For more about Young Living's promise to quality and purity visit www.seedtoseal.com 


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*Disclaimer: All comments and suggestions made in this post, blog, or any of my other social media accounts are my personal opinions and experiences.  None of these comments are meant to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any illness.  If you are ill, please consult the appropriate healthcare professional.*

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Many of you may remember that almost 9 years ago I came down with an extremely severe case Guillain-Barré Syndrome. (For more information, questions or my story please comment or contact me directly)

Today I was reminded of the horror that syndrome put my family and I through, but by the amazing Grace of God and His Healing Hand I am completely recovered today. Why was I reminded? A friend of ours was just diagnosed and admitted into the ICU. I went to visit the family at the hospital today, and may I say that GOD IS GOOD. He has a very light case (compared to what I had) and is expecting a speedy recovery. He is not in pain! Simply paralyzed from the neck down, but already regaining movement in his feet and one hand.

It is due to my history of Guillain-Barré that I have entered into the childhood vaccination controversy. At this time Mackenzie is not vaccinated, but at every well-baby check up Wayne and I go over the pros and cons, pray and seek the Lord, and ultimately make our decision...again. Her 12-month well-baby exam is tomorrow morning (she is turning 1 tomorrow), so here we are praying and thinking. Lord, please help us make the right choices. Amen.