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Award-winning singer, author, activist and mom Natalie Grant, 51, shines in every role she takes on. But there are times when Natalie, the woman, has struggled with major disappointment and serious health issues. With faith and determination, she’s come out on the other side stronger. Here, her tips for finding peace through it all

-  Deborah Evans Price

With her sunny smile and bubbly personality, award-winning Christian music artist Natalie Grant looks like the type of woman who can keep bad times perpetually at bay.

However, Natalie will be the first to say she’s experienced both the mountaintops and dark valleys in life, including battles with infertility, thyroid cancer and an ongoing struggle with anxiety. “I always say it’s Jesus and Jesus music that have carried me through my life,” the nine-time

Grammy Award nominee tells Woman’s World. “I might be in the genre, but it is the soundtrack of my life.”

During the pandemic, Natalie and her Grammy-winning songwriter/producer husband, Bernie Herms, used music to keep themselves and legions of fans entertained and encouraged by performing their favorite songs—some of her hits, as well as covers of others —online every day. Nearly 76 million people have viewed Natalie’s “A Song a Day Keeps the Crazies Away” videos, and the experience inspired her new album, Seasons.