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Why do we cry? How come love hurts? And what’s a happiness researcher doing talking about sadness, anyway? Helen Russell is a journalist and happiness researcher and How to be Sad is a new podcast based on her book of the same name - exploring why we get sad, what to do when we’re sad, and how we can all get happier by learning to be sad, better. Because let’s be honest – we are in unprecedented times. None of us are where we thought we’d be this time last year and we’re all struggling. We’re having to get better at having difficult conversations and finding ways of handling our sadness. Join Helen as she talks to some high profile people from all walks of life who have done just that. Each week, special guests share their own experiences of everything from heartache to burnout, anxiety to addiction, the differences between sadness and depression - and how they cope. Find out more @MsHelenRussell #HowToBeSad and order How To Be Sad at https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-sad-the-key-to-a-happier-life-helen-russell?variant=39445841018958
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Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Rosie Green is an award winning journalist and columnist who’s spent 20 writing about beauty, fashion, spas and health - as well as interviewing and styling countless celebrities. But she was blindsided when her marriage of 26 years broke down. Nothing prepared her for hitting what Rosie calls ‘rock bottom’ - nor for the response she got when she wrote about her breakup, and the devastation and heartache it left in it’s wake. She talks honestly and openly about how she managed to move forward - about the experts, books and advice that can help anyone who’s experienced a split to feel better and less alone. Her mission now, she says, is to share: “everything you need to create a truly arse-kicking plan b.”
Here, Rosie and Helen talk about:
- ‘Missing a pride chip’
- Losing our gut instinct and how to get it back
- Gaslighting, abandonment, and history repeating itself
- Antidepressants and rebuilding a life
- How as journalists we get to ask the burning questions
- Tackling the ‘jobs laced with hurt’ post heartbreak
- Being brave (and how we’re all braver with a good ‘team’)
- How calm seas do not a good sailor make
- In praise of having a wild time in our 20s
You can find Rosie on Instagram @lifesrosie or on Twitter @RosieGreenBQ and her book, How To Heal a Broken Heart is out now.
Follow Helen on social media @MsHelenRussell
How To Be Sad, the book, is out now.
Thanks to Joel Grove for production and to Matt Clacher at HarperCollins for making this podcast happen.
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