Guest post: You Don’t Have To EVER Stop Loving Your Man
Ok so recently I have been having all these light bulb moments. You know, those instances where in a single second, you find the meaning you have been searching for your whole life! Yeh those.
So this one I want to share with you guys, especially for those of you hat are finding it hard [...]
Reader story: He did me a favour by cutting contact.
Dee has kindly shared her thoughts on The No Contact Rule and she is a great example of how you can turn the tables on him and your negative experience and gain something really positive - YOU.
“My No Contact actually began by HIM cutting off contact with me…. completely! The relationship ended over a heated [...]
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 10: Thou must close the door and move forward
In the final post in the Ten Commandments of Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up, it’s all about shutting that door on your relationship.
There is a fundamental belief about break ups that many women have and it’s that that you need two people for closure.
Now whilst it would be nice if we could meet up with our exes and get that closure so many of us seek, the fact of the matter is that you are far more likely to leave with more questions than answers, which could effectively set you back.
Exes very rarely meet our expectation of what we think closure is about and quite frankly, unless they’re down and out, crawling around your feet begging for another chance, and you get the opportunity to walk out with a flounce, there is no type of meeting that is likely to leave you satisfied…and not wanting.
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 9: Thou mustn’t give up on love
Whilst you’ve been mourning the loss of your ex, you’ve probably decided that you’re not going trust again, that you’re just going to keep it casual, or make tings difficult for the next man. You may even decide that you don’t think you can ever love again.
I remember crying over some assclown about ten years [...]
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 8: Thou need to get a life
If you’re recovering from a break up right now, what does your life involve? Waking up and wondering if the day will bring contact from him? Closing your eyes again and wondering what work will say if you call in sick again? Going to work and either underperforming because you’re distracted or going hell for leather working long hours in an effort to avoid home? Checking your mobile every 5 minutes for texts? Sifting through your junk folder to make sure you haven’t missed an email? Double checking that the answering machine is still working? Crying when you hear ‘your song’? Crying on your friends shoulder at the girls night out? I could go on…
I know it’s broke, I know it hurts, I know it’s gradually healing (hopefully), I know you might even have a little hope in there that he might come back, but Thou need to get a life! Literally.
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 7: Thou shalt forgive…but thou shouldn’t forget..but don’t cling…
At the time when I broke up with the Mr Unavailable that seemed to kickstart my many realisations about myself, I was also struggling with a difficult illness and sought alternative therapy in kinesiology to manage potential allergies. So imagine my surprise when I found myself having to discuss forgiveness and the many hurts I [...]
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 6: Thou shalt understand WHY and do something with the knowledge
So you know that it’s best put a big wedge of space between you and your ex , that you really have to stop obsessing, that you’ve got to stop fearing the pain of the break up and confront it, that you’ve got to s top doubting yourself and get angry , and that you need to be accountable . So what now?
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 5: Thou shalt be accountable
We’re up to commandment 5 in the Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Series and today I’m focusing on accountability.
I used to chalk up all of my dodgy dating experiences to ‘bad luck’ and even laughed them off, but as time passed it occurred to me that I cannot lay all of the blame for my relationship failures at their doors. They were and probably are still assclowns but I was the only recurring character in each relationship.
Accountability in relationships is key and if you ever want to move on in a healthy way after a break up and grow from the experience, you must remember: Thou shalt be accountable.
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 4: Thou shalt stop doubting yourself and get angry
So imagine that you’ve broken up with someone, and each time your rational voice says something like “You know, this guy is a fool. Look at how terrible you were feeling when you were around him!”, you have a moment of clarity where you recognise the truth…and then the scared, insecure voice comes chiming in [...]
Coping With and Moving On After a Break Up Commandment 3: Thou shalt stop fearing the pain of breaking up and confront it
One of the things that is a primary destructive driver behind relationships is the F word, fear. In the Thirty Days of Drama Reduction series, it became apparent to many readers that their key motivations in their relationships was fear. That’s internal and external fear, which is why it is important when you want to [...]
