Popular radio show host Shellie Nichol has released her first book entitled Destination: Hope –A Guide Through Life’s Unexpected Journeys (Clovercroft Publishing/STL Distribution). Nichol opens up about the most difficult moments of her life including being physically and mentally abused as a child, molested, bullied, going through two divorces, fighting cervical cancer, losing a child, suffering from an eating disorder, experiencing debilitating panic and anxiety, ADD, OCD, and a doctor pronouncing a death sentence for her first-born child. But though the trials have at times felt “Job-like,” Nichol admits she has also found the secret to surviving -- hope.
“The one thing I can tell people who go through terrible circumstances is never allow despair inside your soul, no matter how hard it is to resist,” says Nichol.” “Look at your situation as a chance to grow. View it as an incredible movie -- thrilling, dramatic, and a real nail-biter --that in the end will be inspirational because you and God did it together and you will be an amazing overcomer.”
At the age of 15, Nichol’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with Recurrent Respiratory Pappilomatosis, a virus that grows wart-like tumors, one on top of the other, closing the airway in the throat. Nichol’s son had the worst case scenario as it had spread to his lungs, which only happens in less than 2% of cases. During his first surgery, he died on the operating table, but was revived.
Nichol hosted the radio show “Amazing Hope” on Salem Network’s KFAX in San Francisco for over a year before launching her own channel on Live365.com. Amazing Hope Radio is one of the fastest-growing Christian radio stations on Live365, currently ranking #7 in the Christian genre and #280 in all genres (out of 6,000 stations).