How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships

Brittany Bliss and Reid Givens, the musical couple behind Brittany and the Blisstones, join Pete and Seth to discuss their experience navigating dual divorces, family separations, and how they rebuilt their lives and identities together – after building lives for nearly two decades with other partners came to an end.

Show Notes

Brittany Bliss and Reid Givens each had been married for 19 years to other people before divorcing them. While figuring their new lives out, they met each other and fell in love. Now, almost five years later, they not only are about to get married but also have started a band together. In today’s episode, Brittany and Reid talk with Seth and Pete about lessons learned along the way and how they’re making it work.

They talk about their previous marriages, why they didn’t work, and the divorces. How did that shift what they knew they’d have to do in future relationships? Brittany and Reid share their meet-cute, which is truly adorable. But how challenging is it to not bring you previous marriage’s issues into your new relationship? There’s a lot to learn, and we hear them talk about the the half-life of their previous marriages and how to navigate those elements in their new life together. As Reid says, “Any part of it can bleed into all the rest of it.” How true, how true.

There’s also talk about the magic of pre-defined phrases to use when working through issues. We’ve all heard of safe words. Yeah, that’s essentially what we’re talking about. But, you know, for talking about gripes, issues, irritants and more.

It’s a great conversation about the ups and downs of marriage, divorce, and reconnecting. We haven’t had a couple on before, and we couldn’t have asked for a better pair to be the first. Join us!

Links & Notes

  • (00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
  • (00:26) - Meet Brittany Bliss & Reid Givens
  • (03:34) - The Meet Cute
  • (05:50) - Reid's Divorce
  • (09:00) - Brittany's Divorce
  • (11:38) - Sponsor: Soberlink
  • (13:09) - Moving Forward Together
  • (15:03) - Being Open
  • (16:33) - Coincidences
  • (17:50) - Open, Honest, Vulnerable
  • (18:36) - Previous Relationship's Half-Life
  • (23:26) - Processing at Different Speeds
  • (25:17) - Reid's Thinky Face
  • (27:21) - Intentionality
  • (28:05) - Knowing Your Patterns
  • (30:47) - Establishing Codes
  • (36:41) - Not Being on Trial
  • (37:43) - Help When Being Triggered
  • (40:01) - Schedule Conflict
  • (44:36) - Working Together
  • (47:05) - Any Part of It Can Bleed Into All the Rest of It
  • (48:58) - Wrapping Up

Creators & Guests

Host
Pete Wright
Podcaster and co-host, Pete Wright brings years of marriage and a spirit of curiosity to the divorce process. He's spent the last two decades interviewing experts and thinkers in emotional healing and brings that with him to the law, divorce, and saving relationships in the process.
Host
Seth R. Nelson
Seth Nelson is the founding attorney and managing partner at NLG Divorce & Family Law. He is a Tampa-based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems.
Producer
Andy Nelson
Hailing from nearly 25 years in the world of film, television, and commercial production, Andy has always had a passion for storytelling, no matter the size of the package.

What is How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships?

Seth Nelson is a Tampa based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems. In How to Split a Toaster, Nelson and co-host Pete Wright take on the challenge of divorce with a central objective — saving your most important relationships with your family, your former spouse, and yourself.