Her Side of the Stories
Anna Janssen was twelve when something happened that shaped the way she would love, grieve, mother, and trust for the rest of her life. Decades later, she found her own daughter on the other side of the same nightmare — and became the only person who could meet her there. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, she sits with Asal Zara and tells the truth about silence, the love she lost in a single phone call, and the woman she became on the other side of all of it: a healer, a mother, a power woman who is finally soft. This isn't a story about what happened, it's a story about what stays. What it does to the way you love. The way you grieve. The way you mother. The way you finally, after everything, learn what forgiveness actually means — and who it was always for. Anna speaks about losing the man she loved in a single phone call. About anger. About the years she spent avoiding pain by avoiding everything. About the moment she became the only person her daughter could turn to — and what she said. About finding herself again on the other side of all of it. This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on Her Side. If you've ever survived something you weren't ready for, kept something to yourself for too long, or wondered whether the past will ever stop sitting in your body — this is for you. — — — CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome 02:01 Three years after the war 03:38 A happy childhood 06:45 At 12, something happened 09:28 The strength that came out of her 11:54 Telling her mother 12:45 "Don't tell your father" 15:02 What it did to intimacy — until today 15:22 Forgiveness is for yourself 15:40 The pattern survivors don't talk about 17:16 The smell that stayed 20:43 Anger and forgiveness 22:46 Seeing him again at 23 26:43 Blaming herself 28:13 The school years 30:27 The confusion no one names 33:18 The anger her son could see 37:27 Texas 38:50 Falling in love in America 39:38 The day he didn't come 42:14 The funeral she ran from 43:18 Italy 47:56 Meeting the father of her children 51:18 Her second great love 54:48 Living on a boat 57:24 The Sunday afternoon 59:41 Walking back onto the boat 61:50 What her daughter did 65:07 The silent retreat 66:33 A year of teaspoons 67:12 The letter 69:10 Becoming a power woman 70:34 Her trauma vs her daughter's 72:13 "The trauma stays. But you can change it." 73:12 Becoming a healer 78:45 How to actually forgive 80:20 Walk in the water and forgive 81:33 What she'd say to them now 82:25 Her advice 84:36 Becoming softer — — — Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic, emotionally honest conversation series exploring the inner lives of women — what they've survived, what they've become, and what they've never said out loud until now. Hosted by Asal Zara. Filmed in Ibiza, Spain. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. New episodes every Tuesday, 3PM CET. If this episode meant something to you, the kindest thing you can do is share it with the woman who needs it. And subscribing (it's free) is how we keep telling these stories. — — — FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIES YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hersideofthestoriesofficial Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0NdDte4w6fgcuZZwZH1rpi?si=5u1ARRWURf2ynKa0n3Fe8g Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-side-of-the-stories/id1890695561 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hersideofthestories Website: www.hersideofthestories.com FOLLOW ASAL ZARA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asal_zara__ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asal-zara-aa845766 — — — #hersideofthestories #asalzara #annajanssen #childhoodtrauma #traumahealing #grief #forgiveness #motherdaughter #womensstories #realstories #survivorstory #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #losingapartner #emotionalhealing
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