Owning Your Abortion Story
Angela Gentile is an “elder millennial” here to guide others through life's challenging crossroads with resources, support and a whole lotta hype woman energy. She had an abortion almost 20 years ago and owns her decision and her story.
Learn more at:
https://www.sweatremix.com/bookangela
Show Notes:
Little pieces of everyone’s story are possible for all of us
“Destigmatize and to share the experience of being human”
“I’m happy to share my story because I own it, I control it, and nobody gets to tell me anything us about it”
The empowered millennials
“We’re not stuck, we don’t have to be living in what we should”
“When we shed the should we get to live a life we love”
“I made a choice that was hard and I’m so grateful, I can do hard things”
“Intuition is screaming at us all the time”
“I had an abortion just like I went to the grocery store; both of those things are mundane…”
“I say that because of the choice that I made to own it… words have vibration and power”
“We can sometimes be a willing participant in our own suffering”
“We can put ourselves in the driving seat of our experience”
“If we feel powerless to anything, we are…”
“We are worthy and we are beautiful simply because we are… we are not one choice in our lives”
“That version of me who knew what she knew at the time did the absolute very best she could have”
“I’m not a victim of the circumstances… I choose to move forward with a story that I want to tell about this”
“If I’m not bothered by it then whatever you’re gonna say to bring me down doesn't matter”
“I had an abortion almost twenty years ago and I don’t think about it at all”
“Is it about the abortion or is it about other underlying things that are attached to that decision”
“Why are we so attached to the story?”
“Feeling every ounce of that feeling will help create the space and clear the path”
“What do I do now? That’s the important part of how you move forward”
We make it a gift
“Grief is fuckery”
Stop It skit
“Where did that story start?”
“Maybe this cycle that you’re in around your abortion is coming up on repeat because you haven’t learned the thing that you need to learn to change”
To make a choice… to exist… as a woman is a risk
“When we’re not used to making decision everyday when we choose ourselves, this is a game changer”
“This is what I want… if you can just sit with that”
“That was supportive of what I wanted at the time”
The way we tell our story over time will change
Angela’s abortion story
“If I am gonna have kids I want a supportive partner”
“I was real clear of what it was and what it wasn’t at the time”
“None of this is right”
The get it out feeling
The strength and beauty of friendship
“Judgment comes when you judge”
“It was an emotional day, it was a powerful day”
When you do the things to get there… “that’s when you build confidence… I know how to give myself the things I need”
I can do hard things vs. That was hard
Raise your vibration after abortion
Your next steps forward are the rest of your life
@theempoweredmillennials
You can live a beautiful life no matter what your story is
