Jamie Kern Lima

You had an abortion. Yeah. And.

You had an abortion. Yeah. And.

at the time has it, has your, has its impact on you changed over time or the meaning you see it as changed over time versus when you were 18?

at the time has it, has your, has its impact on you changed over time or the meaning you see it as changed over time versus when you were 18?

Do you still think about it about when you're 18?

Do you still think about it about when you're 18?

Yeah, I would never ask you, but it's in the book.

Yeah, I would never ask you, but it's in the book.

Wow.

Wow.

So you revisited it for that reason.

So you revisited it for that reason.

And you're very clear how you feel about it in the book.

And you're very clear how you feel about it in the book.

for you to talk about your own experience with it, how it's impacted you emotionally, how you feel now today. I have friends that are very pro-choice and friends that are very pro-life and they have, many of them have had abortions. And I watch now, I'm 47, and I've been in conversations where they've been in therapy about it and dealing with it in very different ways.

for you to talk about your own experience with it, how it's impacted you emotionally, how you feel now today. I have friends that are very pro-choice and friends that are very pro-life and they have, many of them have had abortions. And I watch now, I'm 47, and I've been in conversations where they've been in therapy about it and dealing with it in very different ways.

And sometimes the way you might feel about it in one phase of life changes into another phase of life. And why I wanted to bring it up is this isn't something people talk about. So when I think about the number of people that are going to be listening or watching right now that have had this experience as well, and maybe they've never told anybody. Yeah.

And sometimes the way you might feel about it in one phase of life changes into another phase of life. And why I wanted to bring it up is this isn't something people talk about. So when I think about the number of people that are going to be listening or watching right now that have had this experience as well, and maybe they've never told anybody. Yeah.

not even their partner, nobody, but they're dealing with it internally. I just wanna call this out because I think that the journey that the reader's gonna go on in your book, I think, yes, it's this honoring of a joy and light that is your sister, Karen. It's your own journey to where you're at now with it and with your relationship with her in your life.

not even their partner, nobody, but they're dealing with it internally. I just wanna call this out because I think that the journey that the reader's gonna go on in your book, I think, yes, it's this honoring of a joy and light that is your sister, Karen. It's your own journey to where you're at now with it and with your relationship with her in your life.