No BS Breakup Survival Guide with Dara Pollak
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Dara Pollak, content creator, writer and former food blogger, returns to discuss her journey through a devastating breakup and her path to healing. Dara shares her emotional and transformative story of being blindsided in a serious relationship and how she managed to reclaim her life. She offers practical advice on dealing with breakups, including the importance of therapy, the benefits of no contact, and ways to find personal joy amidst the grief. Dara also introduces her new book, 'The Ultimate No BS Breakup Survival Guide,' which provides a comprehensive approach to overcoming heartbreak and finding strength within.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People. |
| 0:10.1 | Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories. |
| 0:16.0 | Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate the dating scene together. |
| 0:23.3 | Dara Pollock, welcome back to seeing other people. |
| 0:26.5 | Thank you. So happy to be here. I'm sorry. I'm flustered. There's so much stimulus right now with the dog and just everything. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm so excited to be back. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:11.1 | You're doing great. We've had a morning. We have had a morning. We have a morning. We really have. But I'm so excited to have you. Last I had you on was probably a year and change ago. Oh my God, was it? Oh, wait. Is it that long? That's crazy if it is. It's been a while. We've seen each other since. Oh, yeah, yeah. But I think you might be right. I think we came in either December or something. Like, so about a year ago. Yeah, that's crazy. Okay. Time is a flat circle. Yes, thank you. For those who are listening to your voice for the first time, first of all, I'm so happy for them. Oh, I'm not. My voice is terrible. But thank you. |
| 1:12.1 | Well, I need them to know that, A, I'm a funnier person when I'm around you. Oh, my God. I love that. I have a 100% success rate with that. Oh, my God, amazing. So hopefully that's six. But give the people the Dara 101, a little bit of background about you. Okay, I will try to keep this brief because my background is like so scattered, I feel. |
| 1:29.0 | But started out as a food blog. a background about you. Okay, I will try to keep this brief because my background is like so |
| 1:28.2 | scattered, I feel, but started out as a food blogger back in 2008. I'm old, everyone who was |
| 1:35.1 | listening. And I kind of shifted over the years into just more of like a content creation space. |
| 1:40.5 | It's mostly still in the food industry. I work with restaurants and food brands to help them create content, manage social media. But I was a food blogger primarily, you know, first. So writing is |
| 1:49.7 | always something that I've been very passionate about. Comedy is something I'm very passionate |
| 1:54.2 | about. I dabbled in stand up a little here and there. I was a dancer way back when, for those |
| 1:58.9 | who do know me, I have very long sad story about how I got hit by a car when I was 17 and I almost lost my leg. |
| 2:06.4 | And that is actually how I started my food blog was just because I was laid up and couldn't do anything else with dancing, couldn't pursue that dream anymore. |
| 2:14.4 | So I kind of found solace and a creative outlet in food and cooking. |
| 2:18.0 | So that's how it all kind of started. And yeah, snowballed into a bunch of other things. |
| 2:22.3 | And now here we are. Which for the record, until about a month ago, I didn't know that about you. |
| 2:27.6 | Wait, really? I had no idea. And you posted something about it. And I read what you wrote. I I always I love what's coming already. |
| 2:39.1 | You're one of maybe like 10 people where I'm very invested in your life. We don't talk on a daily |
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