On Choice, Grief, and the Right to Decide

About this episode

Rocky and Tessa engage in a personal discussion about abortion, motherhood, and the complexities of choice, including Tessa's experiences with pregnancy loss.

In this episode of Heart + Head Work, Rocky and Tessa sit down for a deeply personal and honest conversation about abortion, motherhood, and the complexity of choice. What begins as a reflection on a recent guest conversation opens into something much more intimate—Tessa shares her own experience with pregnancy loss and abortion, and the emotional, physical, and psychological realities that followed. Together, they explore what it means to make decisions in moments of uncertainty, the weigh...

People in this episode

Hosts: Rocky Donati, Tessa Arneson

Topics covered

• abortion
• motherhood
• pregnancy loss
• choice
• emotional health
• decision making

Keywords

• abortion
• motherhood
• pregnancy loss
• choice
• emotional health
• decision making

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