Episode 219: Anne Beiler

 

 

I want to welcome Anne Beiler to the table today, but you likely know her as the founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, the largest pretzel franchise in the world and author of the recent book, The Secret Lies Within. 

Anne shares her story today about the secrets she learned to keep after experiencing the death of her toddler age daughter and sexual abuse from her pastor. She talks about how growing up Amish shaped her, how she found her way out of a cycle of shame, how confession gave her life and how she was brave enough to write a new ending to her story. I was struck with Anne’s vulnerability, transparency and humility throughout her story and I know you will be too.

 
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Survival Kit:

  • hanging out with her husband, Jonas

  • going out to dinner

  • her morning routine

  • be with her adult kids

  • motorcycles

  • her beach condo

  • telling her story

Takeaways:

  • confession:

    • bedside prayers

    • journaling

    • one to another

  • “Secrets kill us, confession gives us life.”

  • “In our pain, our purpose will be formed.”

  • We have to retrain how we use the word confession. We’ve been trained to only see it in regards to sin, but we need to start using the word confession as a way to own our story.

Discussion Questions:

  • What struck you most about Anne’s story?

  • Have you ever experienced something traumatic and felt like you couldn’t talk about it to someone out of fear?

  • What helped you take a step forward towards owning your story?

  • What is one thing you can do today based on this conversation?

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Connect with Anne:  Website // Instagram // twitter // Facebook

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