Blame Slows but Anger Can Speed Recovery From Breakup

Blame Slows but Anger Can Speed Recovery From Breakup

Like violent waves crashing against your very being, overwhelming, disorienting emotions overtake you during the breakup process. As time passes (often lots of time) the reality of the breakup begins to set in. For many, it is later in the breakup process that you...
After Breakup, Who Says Your Feelings Have to Make Sense?

After Breakup, Who Says Your Feelings Have to Make Sense?

When your relationship first ended, you may have been far clearer about why the relationship didn’t work, and why your ex was wrong for you. However, you now find yourself having uncomfortable thoughts about the ex—longing, melancholy, and memories of the good times...
Blake And Gwen: Why An Intense Situation Can Make Opposites Attract

Blake And Gwen: Why An Intense Situation Can Make Opposites Attract

The burgeoning love affair between Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, two of the coaches on the NBC show “The Voice,” has a lot of people talking. Both are creative, talented musicians, whose life histories, home lives, previous relationships, musical backgrounds, career...
4 Ways to Support Your Friend Through Breakup

4 Ways to Support Your Friend Through Breakup

What can you say? What should you do? You care about your friend, but you know trying to be there for your friend is fraught with no-win situations and conflicts. You can see much more clearly than they can what should or shouldn’t be done, but everything you say...
Breakup in the Age of the Internet

Breakup in the Age of the Internet

When the pain is at its worst, can you imagine being able to make a clean break from everything and everyone that reminds you of your ex? With modern technology, the incredible amount of access you have to your ex makes a clean break nearly impossible. Figuring out...