Working with Your Ex When You Don’t Want To Be Friends: How To Cope

Working with Your Ex When You Don’t Want To Be Friends: How To Cope

Picture this: After dating your emotionally unavailable coworker, they’ve ended the relationship. I can’t give you what you want; it’s me, not you; I’m not ready for a relationship; I still have feelings for my ex; you knew my situation; I...

Podcast Ep. 254: Are You Inadvertently Avoiding a Successful Outcome?

Sometimes, despite our fervent desire to no longer be in a painful and uncomfortable situation, we are stuck. We keep going back or we stick to the familiar pattern. In this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, I talk about why our fear of what being...

Building habits challenges our identity. We’re capable of more than we think.

Training for the London Marathon in 2018 revealed stark parallels between the training and going No Contact with an ex. Even though, at the time, I hadn’t done the latter for thirteen years, the same angst and doubt gripped me. I started from scratch with a dose...

Knowing if you’re on the right track with No Contact or getting over someone

Post-breakup as you endeavour to come to terms with the loss of the relationship, it’s not uncommon to fret a little (or even a lot) about whether you’re on the ‘right track’.  If you’re No Contact, the enforced distance can cause you to wonder if you’re...

Podcast Ep. 230: Why you’re still having thoughts about that certain someone or thing

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep thinking about someone or something even though you think you should be moved on by now, this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions is for you. It’s not necessarily that you, for instance, want to get...