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My Best Break-UpAshley C. Ford Breaks Up With The Man She MarriedIn this special episode recorded live at The Greene Space in New York City, writer Ashley C. Ford explains how she broke up with her college boyfriend, Kelly, so they could figure themselves out and grow as individuals.
2018-12-2824 minMy Best Break-UpShan Boodram Breaks Up With Her High School CrushWe’ve all fantasized about reconnecting with a high school crush, but sometimes reality isn’t so dreamy.
2018-12-2628 minMy Best Break-UpBonus Break-Ups: Courtney Perkins (Not All Geminis) Sees The SignsWe asked Courtney Perkins, creator of the hilariously accurate @NotAllGeminis Instagram account, to answer our questions about astrology and relationships. Which signs are most compatible? Which pairings will have the worst breakups? What’s the difference between sun, moon, Mars, and Venus signs, and how do they influence the way we date? All this, plus Courtney explains how she saw the Brangelina trainwreck coming and why Geminis are just misunderstood.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.co...
2018-12-2109 min2018-12-1927 minMy Best Break-UpBonus Break-Ups: Phoebe Judge Is Redefining Love StoriesPhoebe Judge explains how she’s gained a sense of certainty about love.
2018-12-1410 minMy Best Break-UpJenny Han Breaks Up With Her DentistBehind author Jenny Han’s smile is the story of a breakup. Eight years ago, she met a dream dentist—gentle, caring, warm—and fell into a routine of blissful cleanings. Then, her dentist dropped a bombshell: She thought Jenny should get braces and jaw surgery to correct a misalignment. Other specialists disagreed, but Jenny found herself strangely conflicted about standing up to this woman who’d spent so much time poking around in her mouth.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Insta...
2018-12-1224 minMy Best Break-UpKelli Dunham Breaks Up With JesusComedian Kelli Dunham was raised Evangelical, not Catholic, but she always knew she loved Jesus. So, at age 19, she decided become a nun, offering herself up in service to God and the Church. She tried to be obedient, following her strict order’s rules, but finally she realized that the Jesus she loved wasn’t the Jesus of the convent—and that her identity as a queer woman called her to find a new community.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instag...
2018-12-0524 minMy Best Break-UpBonus Break-Ups: Stories of Love Gone Very, Very WrongWe asked you to share your best break-up stories, and wow, did you deliver.
2018-11-3005 minMy Best Break-UpConnie Lim, aka MILCK, Breaks Up With CigarettesConnie Lim (aka MILCK) had a long love affair with cigarettes, even though she knew it was unhealthy—and a serious risk to her career as a singer. And like so many bad relationships, when it came time to break up, she found she couldn’t do it cleanly. It took a few tries, a few rebounds, and a whole lot of frustration. Once she made it to the other side, though, she realized why she’d needed cigarettes in the first place.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hea...
2018-11-2826 minMy Best Break-UpHannah Gadsby Breaks Up With Self-DeprecationLots of comedians poke fun at themselves for laughs. And as Hannah Gadsby explains, her deep unease with success, coupled with the invisibility she often felt as a queer, autistic woman, turned self-deprecation into an automatic response on stage and off. But now Hannah has made a conscious decision to view the world in a new way—without a filter of shame.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.com. #MyBestBreakUp
2018-11-1937 minMy Best Break-UpGrace Bonney Breaks Up With The Pursuit Of PerfectionDesign*Sponge founder Grace Bonney knows what it’s like to strive for someone else’s idea of perfection. For a long time she tried to be the person she felt the niche design blog world wanted her to be: thin, straight, flawless — basically, an Anthropologie rack come to life. Then she turned 30 and realized that, in fact, she needed to be herself.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.com. #MyBestBreakUp
2018-11-1426 minMy Best Break-UpKarolena Theresa Breaks Up With Bad Body ImageFor a long time, comedian Karolena Theresa thought a perfect body was something she should strive for. But eventually that mindset started interfering with all the other things she cared about, like performing, napping, and rocking bikinis. So she had to call it quits with bad body image.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.com. #MyBestBreakUpEpisode Sponsors: Daily Harvest, CODE: My Best Break-Up; Boll...
2018-11-0721 minMy Best Break-UpTracy McMillan Sends Her Son To College - And Goes On A JourneyRelationship expert Tracy McMillan faced the toughest break-up of her life when her son turned 18 and went away to college. She’d overcome her own difficult childhood and vowed to be the best parent she could be—and that, she realized, meant sending her son off to college to start is own life's journey. Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.com. #MyBestBreakUpEpis...
2018-10-3127 minMy Best Break-UpArianna Margulis Breaks Up With An Extreme MeditatorArianna Margulis got dumped in the middle of Central Park. By a guy who claimed she “interfered with his meditation schedule.” (Really? Really.) Luckily for all of us, Arianna channeled her hurt into the hilariously relatable Instagram cartoon @butlikemaybe and lived to tell the tale.Hosted by Maeve Higgins. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.com. #MyBestBreakUpEpisode sponsors: Framebridge.com code MYBESTBREAKUP and Stitchfix.com/MYBESTBREAKUP.
2018-10-2427 minMy Best Break-UpTrailerA trailer for the newest show from Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine all about Break-Ups.
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