Healing and Joy After Heartbreak with ’The Breakup Monologues’ by Rosie Wilby

2023-02-08

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Today, I’m joined by award-winning comedian, author, and podcaster Rosie Wilby to discuss her latest book, The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak. Rosie has a generous and open-minded way of talking about breakups, heartbreak, and all the messiness in-between. In our conversation, Rosie shares what it was like to rehash old relationships when researching this book. We especially bond over the idea of falling in love with someone who is so utterly unavailable and how painful it can be to hold onto a relationship that’s doomed for fail...

In our conversation, Rosie shares what it was like to rehash old relationships when researching this book. We especially bond over the idea of falling in love with someone who is so utterly unavailable and how painful it can be to hold onto a relationship that’s doomed for failure.

Rosie also unpacks how she uses humor to process her experiences and invite people to look at their relationships through a new lens. You’ll hear in the short excerpt that she shares how witty and painfully relatable her comedy is.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Topics Covered:

● What inspired Rosie to write a book about breakups

● How unrequited love can psychologically push you into new growth

● Stylistic choices that Rosie made to demonstrate how the ending of one chapter is always the beginning of another

● How Rosie uses comedy as a tool to make topics like infidelity, breakups, and heartbreak accessible to a broad audience

Guest Info:

● Rosie's Website

● Rosie's Instagram

● Rosie's Twitter

● Rosie's Podcast

● The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak