For our first Healing Heroines conversation of 2026, Kassy shares her painful experience of pregnancy loss and her own medical trauma in a state with some of the most restrictive pregnancy laws in the U.S.

Kassy recounts navigating the aftermath of this tragedy and how finding Hero and Rev. Lizzie, along with Jubilee church during the pandemic, helped reconnect her to a faith spacious enough to hold anger, silence, and unanswered questions.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:52] The legal and medical context that shaped Kassy’s hospital experience and limited clinical intervention during her pregnancy
• [00:22:49] What it felt like when physical pain signaled her body shutting down rather than going into labor
• [00:36:58] How pregnancy loss disrupted Kassy’s relationship with her body and sense of bodily ownership
• [00:38:11] The tension of loving a body while simultaneously feeling betrayed by it
• [00:43:40] How choosing faith as an adult differed from using religion as a last resort during crisis
• [00:44:31] What it meant for faith to feel reciprocal—something that reached back instead of remaining one-sided
• [00:50:35] How Rev. Lizzie supported Kassy by walking alongside her without explaining or fixing the trauma
• [01:05:01] Why anger, grief, and yelling at God can be part of an honest spiritual life after trauma

Resources Mentioned

• God Didn’t Make Us to Hate Us by Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail

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