Hello and welcome to Iway with Jameeda Jamel, a podcast about mental health and really about everything else.

It's just a very loose, sweary, candid and unashamed podcast about truly everything in the world.

And so if you're new here, then welcome.

And if you've been here for a while, then thanks for sticking around. I hope you're well.

I'm fine. Quite upset still about everything that's happening in Texas regarding reproductive rights.

I'm not going to get into the whole thing right now.

But I will say that if you are someone who has had an abortion, who feels bad about it, or if you are looking to have an abortion, and you feel confused or sad or stressed or alone, then you can read my post about it on Instagram.

It's easy to find. It's just a big orange square that says, I had an abortion.

And it's all about how relieved I was after mine and grateful and how I have no regrets.

And it's talking about the system that stigmatises abortion.

So it might make you just feel a bit less alone and better about everything.

I know that it created a huge conversation, like 550,000 people kind of got involved in the conversation.

And there are thousands of comments of people who've done the same thing gone through the same thing, or feel extremely supportive about people who need to do that thing.

So it might be something that you find comforting.

And also if you're someone who, and I can't imagine any of you are, but if you are someone who has been thinking about shaming someone else out of their abortion,

about making their own choice, about their own body and future, then read my post.

And then fuck off on a little walk and have a read about the impact of forced birth, not just on the individuals or those that you are forcing into this world unwanted,

but also on society as a whole, on the economy, on health, on everything.

It damages our entire society as a whole.

So don't participate in that, please.

Anyway, I'm so excited to announce today's guest.

I really freaked out when she said yes to me on here because I'm such a big fan.

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