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

Mandi weighs in about 3 lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. 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 : Let me first say I hope everyone tuning in is healthy and safe. I know this is an incredibly challenging time for many, especially if you're in a "shelter in place" state. If you're an extrovert like me, this isolation is very hard and can leave you feeling depleted. Now more than ever, it is crucial for us to band together and remember that community is not defined by walls.  This is where I think the disability community shines. I'll be honest, I see the light at the end of this. My prayer is that we won't be so caught up in the panic that we don't learn the crucial lessons during this time. The world has suddenly become so much more accessible, t...

In this season 3 launch, Mandi talks about breaking rules to Find Your Beautiful. 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 : Welcome to season 3 of this podcast! I can't even believe I'm saying that. I started this podcast a little over a year ago because I had things I needed to say and hoped at least my closest friends would listen. Never did I imagine my episodes having over 1,200 plays and people I have yet to meet in real life tuning in. Thanks so much for giving me a space and the support to share my truth. One thing this podcast has taught me over and over again is that what I think I know today will likely not be the same as what I know tomorrow. Life has a funny way of expanding your mind if you let it, but it's really scary. Asking the hard questions, or even knowing what...

Mandi wraps up season 2 with a look at what true disability inclusion is and is not. 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 : It's Black History Month! I hope everyone is taking the time, not just this month, but regularly, to teach themselves and those around them about different cultures. And I'm not talking about just the pretty stuff, or the delicious foods. I'm talking about the real stories, which sometimes include tragedy.  As I was thinking about some of the big name figures that get honored this month, I started thinking about this idea of separate, but equal. Quick history lesson, the phrase was actually equal, but separate and during the era of the Jim Crow Laws, this was the US' way of trying to create a loop hole in the 14th Amendment. For those who may not kno...

All porn is addictive, including inspiration porn. Mandi helps you understand what inspiration porn is and why it's a thing to avoid.  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 :  In 2014, the world lost a great comedian, journalist, and disability activist when Stella Young died. Stella was born with a disability called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, commonly known in the mainstream world as Brittle Bone Disease. As a result of her disability, Stella used a wheelchair most of her life. After graduating from college, she worked for some time as a high school teacher. In 2012, Stella wrote an editorial for Ramp Up, in which she coined the term "Inspiration Porn." A few months before her unexpected death, she delved into this concept in her TedxSydney talk entitled, "I'm Not Yo...

Mandi shares an important biblical fact that blows the traditional christian perspective of disability out of the water.   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! Last Spring I had the unique privilege of participating in a program at MIT. Quick shout-out to my Link20 friends for making that happen. During my time there, we focused on different disability related issue. One of the issues had to do with the physical differences some disabilities cause in a person's body, more specifically how these differences affect people's physical and sexual attraction to people with disabilities.  Let's face it, when we talk about body positivity, it is rarely inclusive of disability. I went on Instagram and looked up the hashtag #bodypositive and scrolled t...

Mandi tells you why people with disabilities need to be healed, but not cured, in this controversial view of biblical disability.   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! Today's episode will again speak to my faith community, but I know it can also help non-believers too. Many non-believers arrived where they are because of negative experiences with with the church or individual believers. Many disabled people have turned away from God for similar reasons. Listen to this experience I had. When I was a little girl, probably 8 or 9 years old, I remember going to a church. I won't bother saying the denomination because it's pretty irrelevant as it isn't the last time I had this experience, even at churches of other denominations. Honestly, I don't remem...

Does God have 2020 vision about disability? In her first episode of the new decade, Mandi shares a controversial faith perspective on the origin of disability. 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! Happy New Year!! I had a wonderful New Year's Eve, celebrating with my church family, worshiping the Lord for all His grace and mercy. Believe it or not, New Year's is my favorite holiday. I've loved it since I was a little girl. I love the spirit of hope it brings worldwide. Don't get me wrong, I really love Christmas, but the truth is, not everyone celebrates Christmas. It doesn't bring the same joy to everyone as it does to me. New Year's though, well that brings so many people hope for good in the future.  As 2020 rolled in, I read so many Facebook m...