Ep 5 | Divorce is a Lifestyle The Adults Aren't Alright

What do you do when you land the fairytale life and then it doesn’t work out? We've been sold on the romantic ideals of our parents: you find the love of your life and you marry them. And yet the divorce rate in the US hovers between 40-50%. So what if that fairytale’s not forever? What happens then? 

I hash all this out with my good friend, Jared Dunn. We're both members of the Formerly Married Club, but with two completely different divorce experiences. We compare and contrast those experiences here. 

This episode is all about maneuvering through massive life change (divorce, career pivots) and finding yourself on the other side.

In this episode:


Jumping off metaphorical cliffs to find happiness in work
Navigating a relationship that no longer serves either party (and working to stay friends throughout)
The other side of divorce and how it feels to put yourself back out there (spoiler: terrifying)

Timestamps in case you want to hop around:


7:50 Look at us, just not feeling our age AT ALL
12:40 Pivoting careers (and industries!) when you're not happy
29:40 We were sold a version of success as kids that didn't exist by the time we came of age
39:35 Social media and peeling back the curtain of vulnerability 
49:56 Gross influencer behavior + NSale rant
1:00:33 Let's all get divorced (Ain't No Wifey!)
1:03:54 Our different experiences in getting divorced (and boy, are they DIFFERENT)
1:20:15 Dating after divorce
1:29:00 To have kids or not to have kids?
1:45:45 Guess what, no one actually has it figured out

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