"So full of artless jealousy is guilt,

It spills itself in fearing to be spilt."

Jealousy can take many different forms, nearly all of which can be found in a single Shakespeare play, how we can spot it in others and heaven forbid, even in ourselves - and together we’re going to come clean about our resentful feelings in this department, and see if we can find a way, if not to avoid it completely at least to share space with it like the uncle who annoys you at Christmas but who you can cope with from a distance for the rest of the year.

I think you're likely to know which play I'm talking about - it's pretty much the set text of jealousy - yet Othello isn't the most jealous character in the play. Ooh given away which play it is now.

Key Shakeaways

1 The last person to admit they're jealous is usually you. By which I mean me. All of us. You know what I'm talking about here. Acknowledge the feelings, suppressing them won't make them go away.

2 Do what Shakespeare's characters did (along with Elsa): let it go. Let it GO!

3 Follow the advice of Orlando in As You Like It, stop worrying about other people and concentrate on your own life.

Shakespeare plays referred to in this episode:

Othello, The Winter's Tale, As You Like It

Other jealous references:

A famous John Lennon song. I'm sure you won't struggle to 'imagine' which one. (No, not that one)

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