WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.100 --> 00:00:01.240 Hello. 00:00:01.330 --> 00:00:03.380 All of my fellow mystics. 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:05.530 And weirdos. 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:07.240 And witches. 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.290 This is the she who is seeking podcast. 00:00:12.430 --> 00:00:19.090 And it's where I explore themes like spaciousness, dreams, fear 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:21.220 and pleasure with curiosity. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.640 But this is the upside down. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:25.210 So. 00:00:26.410 --> 00:00:30.520 ..This week, we're reflecting upon the changes made to history. 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:35.140 Freedom of choice and how we can manage to live in a country 00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:37.989 that seems to not value women. 00:00:38.860 --> 00:00:39.759 Or femmes. 00:00:40.300 --> 00:00:45.280 Or those with the ability to get pregnant among other undervalued groups. 00:00:46.269 --> 00:00:49.000 And what do I think I know. 00:00:49.569 --> 00:00:53.170 And perhaps more importantly, what am I missing? 00:00:55.239 --> 00:00:58.509 And do you have to be a mystic, Witch or weirdo? 00:00:58.779 --> 00:01:00.399 No, of course not. 00:01:03.129 --> 00:01:07.779 But I imagine it will appeal to you more if you're open, curious 00:01:07.779 --> 00:01:09.429 and not afraid of those words. 00:01:10.390 --> 00:01:12.309 And this episode may make you mad. 00:01:13.240 --> 00:01:14.169 But who am I kidding? 00:01:14.559 --> 00:01:15.759 We're all mad here. 00:01:16.899 --> 00:01:19.119 And this isn't our typical episode. 00:01:19.179 --> 00:01:20.080 Thank goodness. 00:01:20.740 --> 00:01:25.960 The research I did for it was intense and upsetting. 00:01:28.869 --> 00:01:34.179 But I am your host and guide Meena Melissa Leigh and I want 00:01:34.179 --> 00:01:36.309 to welcome you into our parlor. 00:01:37.089 --> 00:01:39.880 So grab a lovely cup of tea. 00:01:39.940 --> 00:01:41.289 And today. 00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:44.259 We are going to. 00:01:45.550 --> 00:01:46.479 Explore. 00:01:48.610 --> 00:01:50.470 This new territory that we're in. 00:01:52.990 --> 00:01:55.990 It's true that this is my place. 00:01:56.710 --> 00:01:58.809 These fields and Hills 00:01:58.809 --> 00:02:00.969 and Glens and sagebrush. 00:02:01.779 --> 00:02:03.790 But under all those leaves. 00:02:04.380 --> 00:02:05.710 are snake holes. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.550 Could be fang and slither sleeping. 00:02:10.690 --> 00:02:12.430 Do I get to walk there too? 00:02:13.270 --> 00:02:16.520 Is my walking stick to bash or warn? 00:02:17.530 --> 00:02:20.500 I want to tread freely steps unmeasured. 00:02:22.150 --> 00:02:25.180 If it were me and I liked the sun so much. 00:02:25.780 --> 00:02:28.960 I'd climb and slither to the tallest peak. 00:02:29.890 --> 00:02:31.480 But we all like it here. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:35.980 It's all whore hound and yellow mustard flowers. 00:02:37.180 --> 00:02:39.280 I'll share with you this dappled light. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.890 Birdsong ,Bee hums, peppercorns and breezes. 00:02:45.700 --> 00:02:48.760 We're also lucky to breathe free here. 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:51.160 Except for when we're not. 00:02:52.180 --> 00:02:56.590 Except for when we need to be more worried about the laws that govern the land. 00:02:57.070 --> 00:02:58.720 Because they're being stripped away. 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:04.450 Except for when there are rumblings of Clarence Thomas wanting to revisit the 00:03:04.450 --> 00:03:10.630 laws that protect same sex relationships and gay marriage and birth control. 00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:15.790 And I'm really crushed that there are people who want to 00:03:15.790 --> 00:03:18.010 take rights away from others. 00:03:18.490 --> 00:03:20.350 That they themselves have. 00:03:21.220 --> 00:03:28.780 Calling into question- LGBTQ relationships is in my opinion, an act of hate. 00:03:30.310 --> 00:03:32.020 Love is love. 00:03:32.380 --> 00:03:37.690 And trying to take that ability away from other people. 00:03:38.320 --> 00:03:40.480 Is damaging and hateful. 00:03:45.490 --> 00:03:49.990 And today as this episode drops, it's the 4th of July. 00:03:50.980 --> 00:03:53.530 Oh, The irony. 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:57.880 This explosive fanfare of imaginary freedom. 00:03:57.940 --> 00:03:59.650 It is so sad to me. 00:04:00.250 --> 00:04:05.620 Because I want to love this country that I live in really badly. 00:04:06.700 --> 00:04:08.109 I mean who wouldn't. 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:14.260 And yet, if this was a relationship, and you told the gist to your friend. 00:04:15.190 --> 00:04:19.210 About what has been going on with you guys? 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:25.870 Your friend would say, um, this is an abusive bullying that's happening here. 00:04:26.650 --> 00:04:29.650 There seems to be some toxic gas lighting too. 00:04:29.980 --> 00:04:34.180 Like how they say it's to protect lives, but it's fine with them. 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.160 If you lose YOUR life. 00:04:37.990 --> 00:04:38.680 Rude. 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:44.830 And I'm being a little light and flippant sounding because unfiltered 00:04:44.830 --> 00:04:47.440 rage is stressful to bear witness to. 00:04:49.090 --> 00:04:53.470 And this honestly, isn't my typical topic. 00:04:53.860 --> 00:04:59.200 It isn't what I felt comfortable talking about, but my brain is still glitching 00:04:59.230 --> 00:05:00.670 from what's happening in the world. 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:05.470 And if you're hearing this in the future, we're about a week and a half 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:08.800 out from the overturning of Roe vs. 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:09.220 Wade. 00:05:09.940 --> 00:05:12.580 By the Supreme court of the United States. 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:18.010 And we're still reeling after the government has declared that 00:05:18.010 --> 00:05:21.100 states can make their own rulings. 00:05:21.910 --> 00:05:28.480 And those rulings said, women in 26 states are not bodily autonomous. 00:05:29.050 --> 00:05:31.750 Women and girls and folks who can get pregnant. 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:37.090 And this is a trigger warning for sexual predation and rape. 00:05:38.350 --> 00:05:43.300 And I didn't put it at the top of the show because all of the talk about this topic 00:05:43.330 --> 00:05:46.780 includes this alarming fact among others. 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.650 Which is there are states that have no exception. 00:05:53.950 --> 00:05:55.180 For incest. 00:05:55.840 --> 00:05:59.080 Meaning, if a child is raped by their father. 00:05:59.980 --> 00:06:05.140 That child would be forced to endure the pain and anguish 00:06:05.200 --> 00:06:07.210 of birthing their sibling. 00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:17.050 And how anyone passing a law, who claims to care about children? 00:06:18.820 --> 00:06:20.590 Could think that that is okay? 00:06:22.270 --> 00:06:23.320 Is beyond me. 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:28.150 Right now I have chills and I am really trying not to cry. 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:31.930 And. 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:38.020 Ectopic pregnancy that can not result in the birth of a baby. 00:06:38.050 --> 00:06:39.070 It's impossible. 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:40.720 There's been zero. 00:06:41.530 --> 00:06:43.000 That have ever been born. 00:06:43.690 --> 00:06:45.830 From ectopic pregnancy. 00:06:48.440 --> 00:06:50.930 But it can result in the death of the mother. 00:06:51.380 --> 00:06:56.060 And there are states where there is no exception for that either. 00:06:56.090 --> 00:06:56.630 Meaning. 00:06:57.140 --> 00:06:59.090 A hundred percent of the time. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.710 There's no baby born. 00:07:01.670 --> 00:07:06.830 And quick treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is vital 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:08.360 to protect the mother's life. 00:07:08.780 --> 00:07:14.000 Because the egg that's implanted in that fallopian tube is going 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:19.580 to burst and there can be severe internal bleeding and maternal death. 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:20.990 And yet. 00:07:21.470 --> 00:07:24.830 There's no exception to save the mother's life. 00:07:25.970 --> 00:07:30.290 How can states that have made this decision possibly 00:07:30.410 --> 00:07:32.600 claim to care about life? 00:07:33.350 --> 00:07:34.970 Particularly women's lives. 00:07:34.970 --> 00:07:41.030 And I know that a lot of states are not claiming that they're being upfront and 00:07:41.030 --> 00:07:45.620 saying that it is only this unborn baby. 00:07:45.620 --> 00:07:46.820 That is important. 00:07:48.860 --> 00:07:58.370 and not the lives of women and children and people who are already alive. 00:07:59.370 --> 00:08:00.810 It's leaving me with no words. 00:08:00.810 --> 00:08:01.500 It's very. 00:08:02.730 --> 00:08:04.860 It's beyond horrible. 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:09.640 And it's not about protecting the lives of children. 00:08:10.180 --> 00:08:13.270 If they really wanted to protect the lives of children. 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:16.840 Then there would be better gun control. 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.620 Childcare universal health care. 00:08:20.980 --> 00:08:24.130 Free or low cost health insurance for all. 00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:28.360 Secure housing, food security, and on and on. 00:08:28.900 --> 00:08:31.930 And I absolutely know that, you know, this. 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:37.390 And I feel certain that there is no one who would be listening to this podcast. 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:43.270 That doesn't know this, and yet I cannot say nothing. 00:08:44.650 --> 00:08:45.880 None of us can. 00:08:46.810 --> 00:08:50.860 There's just too much to lose and there's too much at stake. 00:08:51.490 --> 00:08:57.400 The freedoms that we have fought for are very fragile for marginalized groups. 00:08:57.850 --> 00:09:00.460 And this is making me realize that even more. 00:09:01.270 --> 00:09:05.500 And it's all a farce, this separation of church and state. 00:09:06.040 --> 00:09:06.550 Give me a. 00:09:07.270 --> 00:09:07.960 Break. 00:09:08.020 --> 00:09:09.610 It is laughable. 00:09:10.330 --> 00:09:14.800 How any of them can claim that with this straight face is beyond me. 00:09:16.450 --> 00:09:16.840 And. 00:09:18.190 --> 00:09:19.450 I just want to take a minute. 00:09:20.050 --> 00:09:20.860 To take a breath. 00:09:20.890 --> 00:09:21.820 Let's all just do that. 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:22.270 Shall we? 00:09:27.910 --> 00:09:28.390 Okay. 00:09:30.970 --> 00:09:33.790 So we are in freeze. 00:09:34.750 --> 00:09:36.820 But we are also planning. 00:09:37.870 --> 00:09:39.370 We are in despair. 00:09:39.850 --> 00:09:42.730 But our rage shakes mountains. 00:09:43.640 --> 00:09:45.850 Point us where we need to go. 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.890 My sisters and I shall sync up like magnets. 00:09:53.350 --> 00:09:55.300 So, what do we do? 00:09:57.340 --> 00:10:03.190 This period that we are in is a tough one, because it's essentially 00:10:03.190 --> 00:10:05.380 about managing the situation. 00:10:06.040 --> 00:10:12.520 And staying connected and being able to act quickly when opportunities rise. 00:10:13.060 --> 00:10:14.050 For. 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:17.890 The ability to remedy this terrible injustice. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:23.650 And I am sending love and bodily autonomy for all of us. 00:10:26.450 --> 00:10:30.470 I meditated quite a bit on the healing that needs to be done. 00:10:31.130 --> 00:10:33.170 And this is what I came up with. 00:10:35.406 --> 00:10:36.246 Globally. 00:10:37.206 --> 00:10:42.066 As far as wars, environmental issues, land theft. 00:10:42.726 --> 00:10:47.676 The pain and suffering of those with food insecurity and housing shortages. 00:10:49.236 --> 00:10:51.336 Healing Countrywide. 00:10:52.056 --> 00:10:54.726 The pain, betrayal, and anger. 00:10:55.236 --> 00:10:57.456 That is flowing like a virus. 00:10:58.386 --> 00:11:04.476 We many of us at least feels such a deep sense of betrayal and collusion. 00:11:05.286 --> 00:11:10.746 The two major sides seem to think that the other side is absolutely bonkers. 00:11:11.406 --> 00:11:14.736 And there seems to be zero solution on the horizon. 00:11:16.866 --> 00:11:20.136 We need a healing bestowed upon us. 00:11:20.136 --> 00:11:21.696 That is so deep. 00:11:22.566 --> 00:11:23.676 And penetrating. 00:11:24.036 --> 00:11:26.166 That it would be akin to a flood. 00:11:26.976 --> 00:11:32.256 Something to wash away and sooth generations of mistrust, 00:11:32.796 --> 00:11:36.156 exploitation and abuse. 00:11:37.986 --> 00:11:45.696 Class-wise the healing we need is deeper and more pervasive than the Countrywide. 00:11:46.236 --> 00:11:47.316 It's all the same, but. 00:11:47.976 --> 00:11:50.646 It's more in the bones. 00:11:51.696 --> 00:11:57.126 Those most abused or the least trusting, and with good reason. 00:11:58.536 --> 00:12:04.656 The country has made it clear that only the highest echelons are valued. 00:12:05.226 --> 00:12:09.726 Those with means will always get exactly what they need when they need it. 00:12:10.206 --> 00:12:15.156 Rising to power on the backs of the underpaid, overworked and undervalued. 00:12:15.816 --> 00:12:18.096 They'll always have healthcare. 00:12:18.546 --> 00:12:21.426 And access to safe and secret abortions. 00:12:21.806 --> 00:12:27.066 While those have limited means are forced to resort to dangerous procedures. 00:12:29.346 --> 00:12:30.756 Community-wise. 00:12:31.266 --> 00:12:33.306 This is the healing that says. 00:12:34.386 --> 00:12:36.156 I see you. 00:12:37.296 --> 00:12:41.196 I see even more deeply the pain you endure. 00:12:41.856 --> 00:12:47.046 And this healing requires us to stand by those who are in need. 00:12:48.066 --> 00:12:49.836 Who are disrespected. 00:12:50.736 --> 00:12:52.986 And who feel undervalued. 00:12:55.686 --> 00:12:59.496 As far as the healing for household and families. 00:13:00.636 --> 00:13:04.746 There will be times when those under the same roof or in 00:13:04.746 --> 00:13:06.666 the same bloodline disagree. 00:13:08.346 --> 00:13:12.396 And, it's going to cause division and pain. 00:13:12.756 --> 00:13:16.416 And I think we need to try to have conversations and hopefully 00:13:16.416 --> 00:13:17.976 find some common ground. 00:13:19.206 --> 00:13:20.046 Because. 00:13:20.826 --> 00:13:24.246 We have more experience and history with them. 00:13:25.236 --> 00:13:30.186 So maybe we can use this as a training ground to learn how to speak with 00:13:30.186 --> 00:13:34.746 them and then bring this knowledge, to be able to speak with others. 00:13:37.926 --> 00:13:40.286 And healing for self. 00:13:41.196 --> 00:13:45.546 I will speak about the healing for my personal self, my issues. 00:13:46.356 --> 00:13:49.446 Which is the need for compassion for myself. 00:13:49.866 --> 00:13:51.756 Because I am pissed. 00:13:53.646 --> 00:13:55.356 Pissed because they don't have the answers. 00:13:55.356 --> 00:13:57.726 And cause I can't fix this right now. 00:14:00.126 --> 00:14:06.936 Also on another note, I know that I may make people mad or frustrated. 00:14:07.086 --> 00:14:07.836 Hopefully not. 00:14:07.836 --> 00:14:09.216 You dear listener. 00:14:10.386 --> 00:14:11.676 But that's the thing. 00:14:11.736 --> 00:14:15.096 There's a lot of us out there with differing opinions. 00:14:16.116 --> 00:14:18.596 And differing emotions. 00:14:19.316 --> 00:14:21.896 That backup our personal stance. 00:14:22.586 --> 00:14:26.336 There's even people with whom I agree. 00:14:26.876 --> 00:14:29.246 And vice versa on these issues. 00:14:29.606 --> 00:14:32.036 The issues of bodily autonomy, et cetera. 00:14:32.696 --> 00:14:39.626 And yet they may not agree with my desire to appeal to people's humanity. 00:14:41.096 --> 00:14:44.306 People that are not sharing the same views. 00:14:45.656 --> 00:14:48.896 And it isn't that things were great before. 00:14:49.466 --> 00:14:54.686 But that I do think that things have gotten way worse and more 00:14:54.686 --> 00:14:56.876 polarized over the last few years. 00:14:57.416 --> 00:15:00.866 And I'd like to see that lose momentum. 00:15:02.096 --> 00:15:08.036 It's something that you can definitely see on social media, for instance. 00:15:08.816 --> 00:15:13.466 Where we tend to follow and be followed by people who have 00:15:13.466 --> 00:15:15.656 similar opinions to our own. 00:15:16.706 --> 00:15:22.136 And while I have unfollowed people that are stressful to me and crazy making. 00:15:23.006 --> 00:15:28.616 I worry that we seem to be less and less willing to reach across the aisle. 00:15:29.156 --> 00:15:32.366 And even that like sounds gross in my mouth saying it, but. 00:15:33.776 --> 00:15:36.566 It's like the only illustration I could think of. 00:15:37.076 --> 00:15:38.126 Because it's late. 00:15:39.506 --> 00:15:41.366 But I worry. 00:15:42.206 --> 00:15:48.356 That we just are maybe losing our desire to want to do that. 00:15:49.256 --> 00:15:53.906 And maybe I'm naive, but I really do try to lead my life 00:15:53.936 --> 00:15:57.866 from a place of non-dualism and. 00:15:59.066 --> 00:16:00.536 From a heart of love. 00:16:01.316 --> 00:16:03.326 And I am not perfect at it. 00:16:03.356 --> 00:16:07.976 And sometimes I am tempted to just put that down and be ragingly 00:16:07.976 --> 00:16:09.656 pissed off and unyielding. 00:16:11.816 --> 00:16:17.066 I see others in this state and it looks comforting and delicious to just 00:16:17.066 --> 00:16:19.076 be like really fucking pissed off. 00:16:19.976 --> 00:16:23.666 But I can't see how that leads anywhere. 00:16:23.696 --> 00:16:27.026 Long-term other than another civil war. 00:16:28.466 --> 00:16:31.886 Um, like kind of getting close, maybe. 00:16:32.036 --> 00:16:34.526 Hopefully not, but it's feeling like that right now. 00:16:36.746 --> 00:16:43.226 There's definitely a power pulsating we want to have power to live and 00:16:43.226 --> 00:16:45.116 to see that potential realized. 00:16:45.866 --> 00:16:47.666 It is necessary. 00:16:48.146 --> 00:16:49.316 To feel safe. 00:16:50.246 --> 00:16:52.556 But when we are so divided. 00:16:52.916 --> 00:16:55.526 What makes us feel protected? 00:16:57.266 --> 00:16:57.656 Wow. 00:16:58.106 --> 00:17:01.826 I think to be in a place where our life can be expressed. 00:17:02.546 --> 00:17:07.106 And marginalized groups are brought in and valued equally. 00:17:08.636 --> 00:17:14.096 And as a person who wants to do her very best, the places in which I can let 00:17:14.096 --> 00:17:18.776 in more good feels so vast right now. 00:17:20.366 --> 00:17:23.306 More doing and more doing good. 00:17:23.786 --> 00:17:26.396 More being open to the solutions. 00:17:26.696 --> 00:17:30.656 More advocating for those who either can't advocate for themselves. 00:17:31.106 --> 00:17:34.136 Or whose voices need to be amplified. 00:17:35.306 --> 00:17:40.316 Being fluid and nimble and ready to activate like a sleeper agent. 00:17:41.006 --> 00:17:44.906 If possibilities, present themselves to facilitate change. 00:17:46.406 --> 00:17:50.066 It is a raw and tender place to operate from. 00:17:50.816 --> 00:17:53.336 But I'm going to keep doing my best. 00:17:53.816 --> 00:17:57.956 And like I said, this is more from a place of feeling my feelings 00:17:57.956 --> 00:17:59.456 and what I'm seeing others feel. 00:18:01.766 --> 00:18:05.036 So I wanted to offer a little bit of. 00:18:05.876 --> 00:18:07.286 Resources to you. 00:18:07.336 --> 00:18:11.446 First of all, I'd like to say as a witchy folk, urbalism plant lover. 00:18:11.866 --> 00:18:16.756 You would think I would be all over herbal remedies as a first line of defense, 00:18:16.786 --> 00:18:20.416 but in doing research, I landed on. 00:18:21.136 --> 00:18:23.476 Perhaps uplifting. 00:18:23.926 --> 00:18:26.506 Prescriptions of myth. 00:18:26.796 --> 00:18:29.416 Mifeprisone I think that's how you say it. 00:18:29.446 --> 00:18:34.186 And Misprostol, you can tell, I don't take my drugs. 00:18:34.636 --> 00:18:35.746 Usually, I mean, 00:18:38.206 --> 00:18:39.016 Welbutrin. 00:18:40.696 --> 00:18:42.406 An Adderall, if I'm honest. 00:18:42.766 --> 00:18:46.336 But like, not those things, I don't know how to say those, but 00:18:46.396 --> 00:18:47.446 you know what I'm talking about. 00:18:48.046 --> 00:18:48.976 And. 00:18:49.816 --> 00:18:54.586 It looks like those are safer and a more sure-fire option. 00:18:55.006 --> 00:19:00.316 So these medications are known to be safer than Tylenol. 00:19:01.096 --> 00:19:03.256 And 95% effective. 00:19:04.006 --> 00:19:09.676 'cause I was thinking if you were to do a home remedy and you weren't 00:19:09.766 --> 00:19:12.076 sure if it was totally effective. 00:19:12.916 --> 00:19:14.326 Or if. 00:19:14.926 --> 00:19:19.456 You know, Sometimes there's miscarriages that need like a DNC. 00:19:19.486 --> 00:19:22.876 It just seems like the abortion pill may be a way to go. 00:19:23.866 --> 00:19:29.416 So I have included resources to help you find the abortion pill plan C, 00:19:29.836 --> 00:19:32.236 which maybe available to you by mail. 00:19:32.926 --> 00:19:37.216 And lots of other resources in the show notes. 00:19:38.656 --> 00:19:42.586 And yes, I realized that it may be correct to get your hands on. 00:19:43.306 --> 00:19:49.036 Or to pay for them, but there are some resources in the show notes that 00:19:49.066 --> 00:19:52.036 do have options for financial aid. 00:19:52.486 --> 00:19:57.646 And there are quite a few people donating funds to keep this option 00:19:57.646 --> 00:19:59.716 open for as many people as possible. 00:20:03.106 --> 00:20:06.106 Even if you don't imagine needing the information yourself. 00:20:07.216 --> 00:20:13.036 I would suggest listening to the podcast medicine stories by Amber Magnolia 00:20:13.066 --> 00:20:19.306 Hill and it would be episode 73 and 74. 00:20:19.876 --> 00:20:23.686 Where she talks to her guests samantha is the Purim. 00:20:24.556 --> 00:20:27.726 And they go over herbs and. 00:20:29.226 --> 00:20:33.566 They talk about, womb sovereignty and. 00:20:35.486 --> 00:20:39.416 There's just a lot of really good information in there 00:20:39.596 --> 00:20:41.066 between the two episodes. 00:20:41.096 --> 00:20:41.516 So. 00:20:42.176 --> 00:20:44.666 I think you were just trying to get more familiar. 00:20:45.116 --> 00:20:49.076 With such things that is a really good place to start. 00:20:49.646 --> 00:20:51.056 And she also. 00:20:51.686 --> 00:20:58.766 Suggest there's another entire podcast called self managed abortion podcast. 00:20:59.306 --> 00:21:03.146 And I haven't listened to that, but it may be of interest to you. 00:21:04.916 --> 00:21:09.386 I was torn about including more information on holistic remedies here. 00:21:10.136 --> 00:21:15.026 And decided that since it's such a personal choice, that means quite a bit 00:21:15.026 --> 00:21:22.016 of personal research, I would include the links in the show notes to those 00:21:22.076 --> 00:21:28.946 episodes, and within her show notes, there is a lot of other resources that 00:21:28.946 --> 00:21:30.596 could steer you in the right direction. 00:21:31.886 --> 00:21:37.586 I've included a little primer in the show notes that I felt was 00:21:37.616 --> 00:21:41.936 very useful and I didn't want to regurgitate all that information 00:21:41.936 --> 00:21:46.376 because it's well written and concise. 00:21:46.436 --> 00:21:47.966 So I just included it. 00:21:47.966 --> 00:21:49.976 And I suggest you take a look at it. 00:21:50.576 --> 00:21:54.836 it's definitely worth reading even if you don't think you're going to need 00:21:54.866 --> 00:21:56.846 access to any of this information. 00:21:57.416 --> 00:21:59.696 It's just a good learning resource. 00:22:01.616 --> 00:22:06.806 I just want to say thank you for bearing with me as I am in this pain. 00:22:06.806 --> 00:22:11.846 And I know that you're I'm sure also in your own pain right now. 00:22:12.986 --> 00:22:16.526 And this is the she who is seeking podcast. 00:22:18.356 --> 00:22:21.626 Just feels funny to say, which is the love child of me. 00:22:22.656 --> 00:22:23.526 Meena Melissa Leigh. 00:22:23.936 --> 00:22:30.536 And all the views and ideas and thoughts regarding the topics in this episode 00:22:30.776 --> 00:22:32.636 are pretty widespread and standard. 00:22:33.056 --> 00:22:34.526 Usually I say. 00:22:34.946 --> 00:22:37.676 That they're my own thoughts, but this week, I think a 00:22:37.676 --> 00:22:39.056 lot of us are in agreement. 00:22:39.866 --> 00:22:42.056 And dreaming the same nightmare. 00:22:42.986 --> 00:22:45.386 The music is the beautiful songs. 00:22:45.386 --> 00:22:47.786 Snake river by siren in the sea. 00:22:48.776 --> 00:22:51.746 And please remember it is up to you to make good choices 00:22:51.746 --> 00:22:53.396 about your life and your health. 00:22:54.056 --> 00:22:59.096 And there are people all over in safe states who are setting up resources 00:22:59.096 --> 00:23:01.436 for those who need safe abortions. 00:23:02.276 --> 00:23:05.486 And I am so rooting for you and. 00:23:06.236 --> 00:23:11.216 I'm advocating for you and that you create a life that you love. 00:23:11.876 --> 00:23:13.886 And that you live it every day. 00:23:14.996 --> 00:23:17.996 You may want to copy and save the resources. 00:23:18.656 --> 00:23:21.476 In case you or someone, you know, needs them. 00:23:21.926 --> 00:23:23.246 So you don't have to track it down. 00:23:24.206 --> 00:23:25.706 Um, or. 00:23:26.306 --> 00:23:29.186 It might be handy to save it in case this episode gets 00:23:29.236 --> 00:23:29.336 Transcribing... 00:23:29.346 --> 00:23:30.126 taken down. 00:23:30.486 --> 00:23:32.496 I mean, I don't think that's going to happen, but. 00:23:33.336 --> 00:23:35.916 I don't know if it gets more Handmaid's tale up in here. 00:23:36.186 --> 00:23:36.636 You never know. 00:23:37.776 --> 00:23:42.636 So if you have any thoughts, come find me over on Instagram at Who's seeking. 00:23:43.566 --> 00:23:47.916 or@shewhoisseekingdottransistor.fm. 00:23:50.536 --> 00:23:54.166 Go in peace and power and Blessed be. 00:23:56.716 --> 00:23:58.936 And also, I'm sorry if. 00:23:59.626 --> 00:24:01.756 Talking about the Handmaid's tale is triggering. 00:24:03.046 --> 00:24:05.296 It is for me, but it's also what's on my mind. 00:24:05.386 --> 00:24:07.366 It's what, I'm the most fearful of. 00:24:08.566 --> 00:24:15.256 Not to mention like all of the, like, Witch hunting Interweaving between 00:24:15.256 --> 00:24:16.936 these things Oh, it's just a mess. 00:24:16.996 --> 00:24:24.321 okay love you bye I will link to those resources, make sure you check them out. 00:24:24.411 --> 00:24:26.301 And I hope they're helpful.