S1E27 Awfully Hilarious with Heather Hendrie

“It is not normal to be in pain, it has just been normalized.” 

Have you ever had an experience that felt just awful, and then you share it with a friend, and you end up laughing about it? Us too. In today’s episode, I connect with the author of the Awfully Hilarious series, Heather Hendrie. We talk about her books, building connection through discomfort, being seen, and how to navigate the throws of being human.

Learn more about Awfully Hilarious at: www.awfullyhilarious.com

Learn more about Heather Hendrie at: www.heatherhendrie.com

 

Socials:

@awfullyhilarious

@heather.hendrie

 

What you can expect from this episode:

00:55 Introductions with Heather Hendrie

2:56 What are the Awfully Hilarious books? 

7:48 It’s okay to talk about women’s health

12:20 Who are we behind the mask? Transpersonal therapy.

16:20 Overcoming the fear of talking about taboo topics

23:14 Talking openly helps us all be ourselves, no matter who you are

28:00 Connection matters, and therapy might be the only connection for some

29:15 More about the authors of the short stories in Awfully Hilarious

34:40 Misdiagnosis in women’s health and PMDD

43:40 You are trying hard enough, it isn’t always the answer to try harder.

47:00 Blue Zones and Connection Points

50:00 Hope for our future and future generations

55:30 Read Awfully Hilarious, and a plug for future projects

 

Resources from this episode:

Lucy Peach - The Period Queen

Shalene Gupta - The Cycle 

Liz Plank - For the Love of Men

 

Shopping for these amazing books:

If you’d like to buy the books and are in North America:

https://bookshop.org/a/99252/9781738803507

https://bookshop.org/a/99252/9781738803521

 

If you live internationally, you can find the books here:

awfully hilarious pp paperback

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" kindle

https://amzn.to/3YjXp7r

 

awfully hilarious stories paperback

https://amzn.to/3zRsZkJ

 

" kindle

https://amzn.to/3BWmH3M