Episode 263: The Power of Laughter in Divorce with Andrea Rappaport
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Discover how laughter can lighten the weight of divorce in this week's episode. When your whole world feels on fire, bringing levity to divorce can be like a breath of fresh air. My guest this week, Andrea Rappaport, knows a thing or two about imparting humor in one's life while navigating difficult situations. Andrea is a recovering comedian who is the co-host of the top-ranked Apple podcast, How Not to Suck at Divorce.
Andrea and I look at the delicate balance between humor and seriousness in this episode when discussing divorce. Plus, we talk about why finding the right attorney is essential and the need for having a supportive squad by your side.
Featured topics:
- Why humor is so important when we're struggling (3:30)
- Some of the mistakes Andrea made in her divorce and what she learned (10:30)
- Checking expectations: "If you have an unhealthy marriage, you will likely not have a healthy divorce." (11:53)
- Hiring the RIGHT attorney for your divorce (14:15)
- Why you need and DESERVE a team of support as you go through this process (44:20)
Learn more about Andrea Rappaport:
Andrea Rappaport is the co-host of the top-ranked Apple podcast, How Not to Suck at Divorce. As a recovering comedian, she STRONGLY values the need for humor in our lives while navigating difficult situations. Andrea is proudly divorced and a mom to two little boys whom she loves almost as much as a shopping trip to TJMAXX. She has recently been engaged to a man who makes her laugh and loves her deeply. When she's not shopping or podcasting, Andrea co-runs a Chicago-based marketing and messaging firm, Rappaport & Schaer.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate some of |
| 0:23.3 | the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. I've been to |
| 0:29.1 | hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side of this process |
| 0:35.1 | with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey everyone. Welcome back. So listen up. A couple things. First of all, I just want to give a |
| 0:52.9 | shout out to the members of my Phoenix Rising |
| 0:56.9 | community for being so incredibly awesome. And if you are going through a divorce, if you have made |
| 1:05.7 | the decision and you're like, oh my God, what now? And you really see and feel the power of community and how that |
| 1:17.9 | can aid in your process. If you want to hang out with me and get my wisdom on how to go through the process and get sort of my eyes and ears on your case |
| 1:31.3 | and what's going on. Phoenix Rising is the place to be. Truly, truly, the women are getting |
| 1:39.1 | so much out of it and they have great things to say about it. And I would love to have you in there. |
| 1:46.1 | So if you are interested in joining an incredible group of women going through their divorces at the same time as you may be going through yours, |
| 1:56.2 | the place to go is kateanthony.com decided that's right decided you've decided now what the hell |
| 2:05.5 | are you going to do you're going to join phoenix rising that's what you're going to do come join us |
| 2:10.4 | today's episode is awesome um i love talking to andrea rapaport. She's hilarious. |
| 2:19.9 | And that's kind of her deal. |
| 2:22.2 | She is a recovering comedian. |
| 2:30.3 | And she is the co-host of the top-ranked Apple Podcast, How Not to Suck at Divorce. |
| 2:38.5 | And, you know, according to Andrea, when your whole world feels like it's on fire, bringing levity to divorce can be like a breath of fresh air. So we're going to have a laugh today. We're going to |
| 2:46.1 | lighten the weight of all of this. And we're going to talk about why humor is so important when we're |
| 2:53.7 | struggling. So without further ado, here is my conversation with Andrea Rappaport. |
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