Thank You Heartbreak

TYHB listener’s voted for a solo episode so here it is. It’s 1:55 am and Chelsea has just returned from an evening out with her ex boyfriend and the first love of her life. It was an unexpected, unfiltered, unmediated rendezvous and so is this episode. Chelsea reflects on their night together and, really, the relationship her and her ex shared. She talks about why their time together was a Breakupward moment in and of itself and why she thinks she’s able to see her ex all these years later with nostalgia and without any trace of animosity, regret, or sadness. She also talks about how her world has begun to feel small and what that suggests to her about how she's living her life. Of course, in typical Chelsea fashion, she mentions Maya Angelou, Oprah, and touches upon Brené Brown's belief that maybe what the world really needs is less retrospective wisdom and more brave hearts showing people what it looks like, feels like, and sounds like to be in the midst of change. Chelsea wonders aloud about what