Talking About Abortion With Teens
Morgan is a Certified Life Coach and Personal Trainer. She helps guide her teen clients in the right direction. Ultimately - teaching them how to see themself as the prize, so they will no longer be settling for breadcrumbs of attention.
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Show Notes:
2:09 Using my book for general life healing: IG post
Morgan’s tiktok
Morgan’s first episode on this podcast- Saying “Yes” to Abortion
6:43 Morgan’s intro
10:18 “making it very personal is important, rather than is it right or is it wrong”
11:52 prevention
12:22 “what she might not be thinking about is the emotional impact”
13:31 “You know that they're having the feelings… they’re having them alone… their afraid of being judged”
15:10 “they’ll comment as this anonymous person”
16:15 “there’s still things I’ll only tell my journal”
17:22 “I think it’s kinda beautiful that they’re creating this privacy for themselves”
How to talk about the products of pregnancy? Following their language lead
Talking to partners
20:46 “I find that they know what they want”
Giving her (them) the tools to have her (their) own back
22:00 What’s the bigger emotional impact
24:38 “notice how it feels in your body when you are reading advice” on the internet
26:49 “noticing the sensations that are happening”
Common doesn’t mean normal
Your body has the answers
Be brave enough to stay with it
Going back to parent the teen you who had abortions
35:11 “Looking at why you made the decision that you did… and being really gentle with yourself about that”
36:25 “understanding that reason because it was never for a bad reason”
Talk about it more- “say you do get pregnant, then what”
It’s not a one time conversation- keep looking for opportunities
38:13 “she’s evolves over time too”
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