Split Happens: Using Laughter to Get Through Your Divorce with Comedian Keila Dolle
How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships
English - September 26, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsRelationships Society & Culture Kids & Family divorce relationship split break-up Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Finding Humor and Healing Through Hard Times
In this How to Split a Toaster episode, hosts Seth Nelson and Pete Wright interview comedian, podcaster, & filmmaker Keila Dolle about using humor to heal during divorce and trauma.
Keila Dolle hosts the mental health podcast Crying Behind Sunglasses, where she has raw, honest conversations about mental health issues while finding the humor in them.
Key Discussion Points
Key Takeaways
Finding ways to laugh during painful events provides immense emotional and physical relief.Humor bonds and connects us to others with similar struggles.Focus on your day-to-day relationship with kids, not their last name.Plus, we tackle another listener question! A woman asks whether she should change her children's last names after a contentious divorce to disassociate from her ex's surname. Seth and Pete advise her to focus more on building a quality relationship with her kids rather than their name.
Whether you're going through divorce or other hardships, this episode will equip you with tools to find positivity through humor. Check it out on How to Split a Toaster!
Links & Notes
(00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
(01:19) - Meet Keila Dolle
(02:14) - Keila's Podcast
(07:36) - Her Divorce Story
(13:30) - Sexy Therapist
(20:26) - Laughing at Hard Things
(23:25) - Self-Deprecating Humor
(24:51) - Humor to Reset
(25:40) - Chemical Impact and Gallows Humor
(27:55) - Marker 10
(30:47) - Support Line
(32:15) - Changing How She Looks at Relationships
(37:16) - Plugs
(38:05) - Listener Question
(44:18) - Wrap Up
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