Sharing Your Abortion Story
This week guest is Esther Sanders. I invited Esther on to the show after she commented in a group about her experience in finding healing in sharing her story. Her path is a beautiful one that many of us can learn from.
Connect with Esther on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-sanders/
Show Notes:
My apologies for the sound interruptions in this episode, how cool that we can record with each other overseas though!?
1:14 “Do I tell anyone?” “Will I feel better if I tell anyone?”
2:10 age 46 now, abortion was at age 19 in University
2:35 “Didn’t want to give up my studies and didn’t have a clue how to combine them”
4:05 “...didn’t use birth control…” was told at the clinic that that was “stupid”; “I had my reasons” including chronic headaches
6:14 “it was hard, but it was also quite clear what I wanted”
7:29 “I really needed my freedom”
8:52 How do you go from not telling anyone to speaking your truth on a podcast
9:26 “I thought I dealt with it… I need to tell someone”
11:18 Telling my now husband- “Now I do want to have kids and I can imagine having kids with this man” “We laid everything on the table”
13:03 Finding the words to share
14:55 “It was not just ending a pregnancy; there was a life involved; there was a soul of a child involved that needed to have a place in life in general, and with me.”
16:09 Connecting with my baby through meditation, gave her a name, wrote a poem, chose a symbol, created a ritual in the woods with a few important people
22:20 “There’s so much taboo around abortion… I truly believe it will help in the healing to share more…”
23:43 Connecting with Esther by email- contact@esthersanders.nl
25:35 “Find the moment, and take a step” to share
26:00 Sharing with her mother- very supportive, sadness and love
