Having the Courage to Make a Life-Altering Sacrifice with Coco Cohen

Joining Yuliana this week is Coco Cohen, a leading fitness professional based in New York. Coco tells her courageous story of giving up her daughter for adoption to give her daughter the wonderful life that she, herself, was unable to provide. As any mother would testify, this has to be the most painful sacrifice a parent could make, and on Thursday, December 2, 2021, Coco reveals how she made this supremely difficult decision out of love and selflessness – a decision not for herself but for her child.

She begins the conversation by recounting the event that redirected the course of her life —giving up her baby for adoption. Coco then courageously speaks about why and how the heart-breaking decision was made, and about maintaining a relationship with her daughter over the years. She also discusses being open-minded about having the uncomfortable conversation of “why” with her daughter when she gets older, and the episode comes to a close with Coco identifying the one song that resonates with her life- a song about choosing our lives and letting our scars show. Possibly the most courageous story shared on Phoenix Tales to date, Coco’s account of her life-altering sacrifice here today is a moving one that you will not soon forget.