Christine Gallagher
Author and former therapist, Christine Gallagher , spends her time during this unusual interview with Glass talking about her prior work as a “Divorce Party” planner—a therapeutic approach she wrote about a number of years ago to help her clients get through the divorce process. Her book, The Divorce Party Handbook, lets viewers know how to plan such a party, what activities to engage in during it and how to keep such an affair upbeat and cathartic. On a more serious note, Gallagher alleges that a “divorce breakup ceremony” (a party) could be one of the most significant ways to mark such a milestone in one’s life, just like a birthday or graduation party. Glass urges her to share some of her divorce party stories and she does. TheHourGLASS podcast viewer just might find Gallager’s suggestions, and those of Glass , one more positive way to move on.
Christine Gallagher
Though born in the U.K., which may account for my twisted sense of humor, I now live in Los Angeles California. I’ve always been a writer and can list a questionable body of work to support that fact. Beginning with a dark story of a mother’s suicide in Vietnam written at age 11 and published in the local paper, I went on to write for alternative newspapers, wrote dog commercials, made short films on an odd range of issues like pig farming and juvenile delinquents, and even wrote Ronald Reagan’s last speech (a fluke!) I’ve written several books on revenge, divorce and relationships and blogged for the Huffington Post. I’ve also written for PBS including a landmark series on photography and a series of fun arty shorts on West Coast artists. I ventured into fiction and won the Diane Thomas Screenwriting Award from Steven Spielberg himself (omg!) This led to lots of Hollywood meetings and a scary horror movie for television which, in its time, was the highest rated film for the network on which it aired. (Imaginary Playmate) This movie was based on a true life story which is always the best source of material. The recently published Divorce Party Handbook emerged from my company The Divorce Party Planner which is an expansion of a book written in 2003 which spawned the whole Divorce Party trend. I’ve just written two novels — SWIMMING WITHOUT GOGGLES, a thriller centering on a 15 year old L.A. girl, and RUBY’S REVENGE, a fun novel for women. Both are eagerly awaiting interest from publishers.
