Hi, Laura here. Happy Thanksgiving. I love this time of year.

Whipping up family recipes, getting together with my kids.

But let's be honest, it's also stressful. Did you know a lot of couples break up in November?

It's called the turkey drop.

With that in mind, we've queued up a special treat.

It's from our friends at Embodied, an encore episode called Uncoupled Thank You Next.

It's about breaking up with someone in a kinder and gentler way.

You'll hear host Anita Rao, along with her guests, Love Letters Advice columnist Meredith Goldstein, and Slate advice columnist Stasia Brown.

They field questions from embodied listeners on things like how to navigate social media after a romance ends, and what to do with physical reminders, including whether to burn them.

Hey, if you read my book, you know what I did

with my wedding dress and how I feel about that. Like a lot of love topics, when it comes to

breakups, older doesn't necessarily mean wiser. I gained some insights from this episode. I think

you will too. So while you're basing the bird

or lining up to run in your neighborhood turkey trot, have a listen.

He described us once as trapeze swingers, two people aiming toward one another, reaching out for connection, but always missing, and then flying in the exact opposite direction.

After trying to think our way into a different pattern for the hundredth time, it became clear that things were too broken to mend.

We broke up.

And just like that, a seven-year relationship was in the rearview mirror, and I was

figuring out how to look forward. My sister packed my stuff into boxes while he hung out at a

coffee shop, and I lay face down on the floor. My best friend made me a temporary sanctuary in her house, and I discovered

for the first time that the term heartbreak is far from a metaphor. This is embodied. I'm

Anisha Rao. You've heard of Dear Abby, Ask Polly, or maybe even have your own favorite go-to advice columnist.

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