265. Megan Falley Knows What Love Is

Published: Dec. 12, 2023, 5:01 a.m.

b'When was the first time you were made aware of your body or made to feel ashamed of your body? As promised, poet and author, Megan Falley, returns and blows Glennon\\u2019s mind with her explorations into the complexities of body, gender, and love.\\xa0\\n\\nMegan reflects on her earliest memories of body shame and the lessons she learned about love from her family (and how she\\u2019s able to hold both the good and the bad at once). Megan shares about her summers at \\u201cfat camp,\\u201d her decision to leave an abusive relationship, and finding love with poet Andrea Gibson that redefined for her what it means to truly love and be loved. At the end, she tells a story that Glennon decides is the best description she\\u2019s heard of what forgiveness might actually be.\\xa0\\n\\nFor our Andrea Gibson and double date episodes, check out:\\xa0\\nEp 245 An Unforgettable Double Date with Andrea Gibson & Megan Falley\\nEp 215 The Bravest Conversation We\\u2019ve Had: Andrea Gibson\\n\\nAbout Megan:\\xa0\\nMegan Falley is a nationally-ranked slam poet and the author of three full-length collections of poetry \\u2013 most recently her book \\u201cDrive Here and Devastate Me\\u201d. Since transitioning to writing prose, excerpts from her memoir-in-progress have won several first- and second-place national prizes. She runs an online writing workshop called \\u201cPoems That Don\\u2019t Suck\\u201d which has been heralded as \\u201ca degree\\u2019s worth of education in 5 short weeks.\\u201d\\n\\nTW:\\xa0@megan_falley\\nIG:\\xa0@meganfalley\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'