This week’s guest is Rosie Wilby, an award-winning comedienne, author and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and is published globally by Bloomsbury.
Timestamps:
00.00 Intro to podcast
00.30 Intro to Rosie
02.00 Rosie’s move from singer/songwriter to comedy?
06.25 Rosie’s book “The Breakup Monologues” The unexpected joy of heartbreak
08.30 Rosie explains why lesbians have more relationship breakups than heterosexuals
10.00 Fixed and growth mindset Book by Carol Dweck: Mindset, Changing the way you think to fill your potential
12.30 The chemistry at play when we meet and fall in love
15.00 Stories in the book: Mills & Boon addict and how Rosie was able to add in lots of her own story in the book
16.00 Friendship and other types of breakups, and how the book is for everyone even if you’ve been in a relationship for a very long time.
17.25 The breakup stories
18.25 Women’s friendships compared to men’s
20.50 The language of dating today
21.50 Sleeping in the same bed as your partner
24.30 Happy endings
How to connect with Rosie:
Twitter @rosiewilby
Instagram @breakupmonologues
Twitter and Instagram will include details to future gigs.
Places to purchase Rosie’s book can be found here: https://linktr.ee/breakupmonologues
To book Rosie as a speaker on relationships, personal growth et al. https://londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/rosie-wilby/
Rather watch this on YouTube? https://youtu.be/0G0Oh1lSLGo
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