Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman

In this episode, Mandi answers those burning disability questions. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi :  Hey Beauties! Can you believe it?! We are in the final days of 2019 and heading into a new decade. One of the biggest lessons I've learned this year is to leave room in my plans for the unexpected. I know, it sounds cliche, but it's true. Listen, as a disabled woman with a full-time job, 2 kids, and plenty of side hustles and hobbies, planning is kinda my thing. If it's not on my Google calendar, it simply doesn't happen. However, God doesn't always go by my plan. Remember when I broke my leg at the end of April? Yeah, not in my plans. Remember when I committed to making weekly episodes for you? Well, that didn't quite happen either. Life for me has become a

In this episode, Mandi redefines equality and offers 4 practical steps for people with disabilities seeking employment. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi :  Hey Beauties! I've been so encouraged by those of you who have reached out asking about my next episode. I really appreciate every one of you who listens to these episodes. Honestly, you are the reason I'm even here recording. This podcast thing can be tough. The comparison game I play in my head makes it tougher. I do believe my messages are important and it's uplifting when you reach out asking for more. I make no promises on my next episode after this, except to say that I'm in the mood to write and record, so hopefully it lasts long enough to finish up this season before 2020.  I promised my next episode would b

In this episode, Mandi talks about some shared experiences all women can experience after pregnancy and highlights issues she dealt with as a disabled parent.  Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi : Hey Beauties! I'm so excited to be back and recording this episode. I started drafting this episode almost 2 months ago, but so much life started happening. Between my day job, my anniversary, vacations, and my entrepreneurial businesses, the summer pretty much flew past me. So today, I'll pick up my story where I left off, but I'll end this episode with some questions to get your feedback on where I should go from here.  So, if you've been listening, then you know I had a difficult first pregnancy. I remember after giving birth to my Little Bear, people would say, "Oh,

In this episode, Mandi tells her birthing story. She shares intimate details in hopes of offering much needed information to other women like her. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi : 3 weeks. 3 long weeks. That's how long I was in the hospital just before giving birth to my first baby, my Little Bear. When I think back, I realize that this long stay was probably because doctors were being cautious. They probably didn't want me to go home and have something bad happen, or have me go into labor at home. Things were a bit different with my second pregnancy, but that had more to do with my confidence and advocacy since I went through it the first time.  I shared in previous episodes about some of the crazy experiences I had with the health care community, but today I want to conti

In this episode, Mandi shares the challenges she faced during pregnancy as a disabled woman, drawing attention to the need for more published medical information. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi : I'm pumped about recording this episode and must admit, I'm feeling a bit professional. I'll let you in on a little behind-the-scenes secret. I've recorded every episode up until 2 weeks ago on a tablet or phone. So, thank you for listening with less than consistent audio. Today, however, you should hear me pretty well because your support of my podcast has allowed me to purchase a real microphone! I hope to continue improving my little home studio, my living room, and producing meaningful content for you. Please listen through to the end to learn how you can support this pod

In this episode, Mandi encourages listeners to stand up for justice and recognize positive change through her personal story of having her rights violated. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi : Hey Beauties! As promised, I'm back to share more about life through my eyes. As a quick disclaimer, I apologize if the sound quality of this week's episode is off. The equipment I use to record this show died out and I'm hoping to upgrade to something better by next week. Hopefully, you'll still get something out of today's story. Last week I shared a difficult, but true, story about my first prenatal doctor's visit. It really set the tone for a lot of my negative experiences that were to come. Before I jump into today's story, I want to make important note of the fac

In this Season 2 launch, Mandi shares the beginning of her journey to motherhood and offers her listeners the chance to get in on an important hashtag campaign that could lead one step closer to disability inclusion. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi : I'm baaaack! Ok, so the plan was to launch this second season last week on Mother's Day, but then life happened. A few weeks ago I broke my leg, that's a whole story in itself, then I spent the last week at an Executive Education course through Link20 and The Ruderman Family Foundation at MIT. So yeah, a lot has happened, including a fantastic trip to KEEN Phoenix. I now have even more incredible stories to share so I'm thrilled to be recording again. Anyways, today I get to share what I wanted to share last week. I even

In this season 1 finale, Mandi candidly reviews the Find Your Beautiful journey, beyond this podcast.  She goes on to share her vision for how she will carry out her calling of achieving social justice for the disability community through advocacy, education, storytelling, and most importantly by building authentic relationships. Find Me Online: Website Facebook Instagram Transcript Mandi : Mandi Frantz here welcoming you to my podcast - Find Your Beautiful: Life Through the Eyes of a Christian Disabled Woman.   [Upbeat Background Music] Mandi : On January 10, 2019, I decided to start the Find Your Beautiful podcast. Here we are exactly 2 months later. I'm astounded that I have over 600 plays, a special feature episode, and a blog feature! January 10th was the day I committed to recording episodes on a weekly basis, but the overarching message of this podcast started percolating in my mind a couple of years ago. I just didn't have the concept fleshed out enou