#30 Conversations with God - Through Unafraid Storytelling with John Roedel

Have you ever had a conversation with God? A real one, when God is actually communicating with you too? Our guest today John Roedel is an improv comedic, who has been called “The Unafraid Storyteller”, has "stumbled" into writing a few years ago as his life began to fall apart all around him. During his dark night of the soul, John began to have fake conversations with "God" on Facebook to poke fun at his spiritual and personal crisis.

What began as a flippant way of making light of his doubts in the Divine turned into something he wasn’t at all prepared for: God wrote back.

Since creating the popular "Hey God. Hey John." blog on Facebook three years ago, John has tackled such topics as his journey to mental health wellness, his lack of faith, the joy and pain of raising a child with autism, and grief, all in the form of a simple conversation with "God."

Eventually, these conversations transformed straight into poetry that has touched hundreds of thousands of people all around the world.

John’s newest book “Remedy” has been on the Amazon bestseller list for poetry since its release this past November.

Moments to Listen For:

• “Hey God. Hey John” poetry reading by Yana and John
• John’s journey to mental health wellness
• Faith and Spirituality crisis and how to deal with it
• The joy and pain of raising a child with autism (John sharing his family’s story)
• Dealing with lose and grief
• Life during pandemic – a massive soul searching time
• Poetry as a form of self-healing, self-guidance and self-transcendence
• Authentic and fearless storytelling
• Building a real, loving and supportive global online community
• “Hey God. Hey John” and “Remedy” books on Amazon

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Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Godandjohn

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_roedel_writer

Website: https://www.johnroedel.com

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-fry-43886453/

Currently Yana is on a journey that she calls a “spiritual gap year”. She gave most of her belongs and money away to people who needed it, had an honest conversation with her husband and leaped into the unknown with no plans, no structure and no expectations in the midst of the pandemic… If you want to learn more about her journey (why she did it and how it is actually going in a real world), follow her adventures and connect on Instagram or Facebook. She shares there openly all the craziest, inspirational and beautiful moments.

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