<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/131275/Episode_40_Graphics.png" alt="" width="328" height="410" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Megan Bloedel is a Christian writer and podcaster currently living in Wisconsin with her husband. She graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a Ministry to Women and Bible degree. Megan enjoys writing and speaking about mental health and faith. She co-hosts her podcast, &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-about-it/id1536068503"&gt; Let's Talk About It&lt;/a&gt;, with her friend Jacque Anderson. The heart of the podcast is to talk freely about messy, "awkward," hard, or controversial topics to shine light in areas of darkness and find healing. The podcast also hopes to promote godly and fruitful discussion &amp; disagreement.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;In this episode, Megan speaks candidly about her struggle with anxiety and sexual shame and how it impacted her faith and relationship with others. She talks about the Lord used the potential of a called-off engagement and therapy to help break her free from areas of bondage. God's hand is evident throughout Megan's journey as you listen in. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect with Megan:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a title="Megan’s Instagram" href= "https://www.instagram.com/megan.bloedel/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Megan’s Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a title="Megan’s Blog" href= "https://meganbloedel.medium.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Megan’s Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a title= "Let’s Talk About It Podcast" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-about-it/id1536068503" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Let’s Talk About It Podcast&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a title= "Let’s Talk About it YouTube" href= "https://www.youtube.com/@jacqueandmegan" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Let’s Talk About it YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resources Mentioned:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a title= "The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast " href= "https://adamyoungcounseling.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast&lt;/a&gt; with Adam Young&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a title= "Eve's Revenge: Women and a Spirituality of the Body" href= "https://www.amazon.com/Eves-Revenge-Women-Spirituality-Body/dp/1587430401" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Eve's Revenge: Women and a Spirituality of the Body&lt;/a&gt; by Lilian Calles Barger&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This Week’s Belt of Truth:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[&lt;a href= "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%2012%3A7-10&amp;version=ESV#fen-ESV-29013a"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;] a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.  Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”&lt;/em&gt; 2 Corinthians 12:7-9&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Want to contact me? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Follow me on &lt;a title="Instagram" href= "https://www.instagram.com/unashamed_and_free/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Email me at &lt;a title="danielle@unashamedandfree.com" href="mailto:danielle@unashamedandfree.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;danielle@unashamedandfree.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong id= "docs-internal-guid-4ad94f3b-7fff-529a-3454-5c6814f03081"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Unashamed and Free

Danielle Kelly

Episode 40: Megan Bloedel

MAR 10, 202363 MIN
Unashamed and Free

Episode 40: Megan Bloedel

MAR 10, 202363 MIN

Description

Megan Bloedel is a Christian writer and podcaster currently living in Wisconsin with her husband. She graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a Ministry to Women and Bible degree. Megan enjoys writing and speaking about mental health and faith. She co-hosts her podcast, Let's Talk About It, with her friend Jacque Anderson. The heart of the podcast is to talk freely about messy, "awkward," hard, or controversial topics to shine light in areas of darkness and find healing. The podcast also hopes to promote godly and fruitful discussion & disagreement.

In this episode, Megan speaks candidly about her struggle with anxiety and sexual shame and how it impacted her faith and relationship with others. She talks about the Lord used the potential of a called-off engagement and therapy to help break her free from areas of bondage. God's hand is evident throughout Megan's journey as you listen in. 

Connect with Megan:

Resources Mentioned:

This Week’s Belt of Truth: “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.  Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians 12:7-9

Want to contact me? 

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Email me at [email protected]