Heal Your Heartbreak

In today's episode, let's talk about the breakup healing process. This episode runs hand and hand with the official release of my first book, The Breakup Workbook that is available today! Throughout the book there are almost 100 different writing exercises to complete from the beginning to end season of your breakup. It's so impactful to me to be able to share with you all my advice in a book that...

On today's episode, I got to talk with Kylie who is a 29 year old therapist who shares her story of finding herself again after her breakup and divorce. Kylie was with her now ex-husband since she was 19 years old, they we're married, and share a daughter together. This episode covers a lot of things, including navigating divorce, the process of coparenting, and has a great perspective of why her...

On today's expert episode I am talking to Krista St. Germain who is a master certified life coach, post-traumatic growth and grief expert, a widow, and a mom. I've been wanting to get an expert on grief for awhile now, being such a misunderstood topic that we know so little about. Krista went through her own extremely heartbreaking experience 6 years ago, losing her husband and over the course of...

I titled this episode "the next person you date" and discuss some of the stumbling blocks & experiences that tend to happen with the next person you date after going through a breakup. The biggest theme on this topic is that consciously or subconsciously we tend to put a lot of pressure on the next person you date after a breakup, and compare everything they do to your ex - but that it isn't a...

On today's episode, I got the opportunity to interview Vanessa Marin, a licensed psychotherapist specializing in sex therapy. Her main goal is to help others stop feeling weird about sex, and start making it more fun. Throughout this episode, Vanessa talks more about sex as it relates to breakups: Is it normal to cry after the first time you have sex with someone new? Is it normal to feel like you...

On today's solo episode, we are talking more in depth about breakups due to unfortunate circumstances (i.e. addiction, mental health issues, relocating, family disapproval). How do you wrap your head around the relationship being great, except this one thing getting in the way? How do you wrap your head around the relationship being great, except this one thing, this one unfortunate circumstance?...

On today's listener episode, I got the opportunity to talk with Mary who is 26 and going through her first heartbreak. She was devastated by her breakup, but was able to get to a place where she understood it wasn't about her or something she did, her ex just wasn't capable of committing to a relationship. In Mary's breakup, her ex left the door opening saying things like "right now it can't work"...

On today's solo episode, we're talking about the indirect impacts that come from a breakup including the loss of your ex's family. In the event of a breakup you don't just lose one person close to you - but also in most cases, their family as well. Throughout the episode I talk more about how there is a mourning period and grieving process that happens, and how its okay to be sad for losing that r...

Welcome to another expert episode of the podcast! On today's episode I got the opportunity to talk with Gabrielle Stone, the best selling author of the book Eat, Pray, FML as well as the host of the FML podcast. Gabrielle's story from beginning to end is riveting in itself, filled with a lot of heartbreak, but along the way she learned a lot of valuable lessons she is able to share with us through...

On today's solo episode we are talking about what does it mean when my ex does blank ? I shared this question on my Instagram last week and got SO many responses in such a short time and thought this would be a great episode to touch on. Ultimately, what does it mean when my ex does blank ? It means very little to nothing about you, and thats the moral of the story. When your ex does something, ta...

On today's solo episode, we are re-visiting the topic of social media stalking your ex. We know it's not great to be obsessed with looking at your ex's social media while going through a breakup, but thats a lot easier said than done. What do we do when we can't stop looking? No one is here listening to hear the advice of "just don't look", so on today's episode we are diving into my methodology w...

On today's listener episode, I got to interview Maggie who got out of a year and a half relationship back in November. With this being her first serious relationship, she didn't have a lot of context on what a "normal relationship" looked like. We talk about her journey in learning that it's OKAY to have needs. Having and expressing needs in a relationship shows self-confidence, self-worth, and se...

On today's expert episode, we are talking about anxious attachment style with seasoned psychotherapist and couples counselor, Jessica Baum. We've talked about attachment theory before on the podcast, but Jessica elaborates more and talks about anxious attachment in relationships. How you can exist in a peaceful, grounded relationship even as an anxious person. We tend to feel like if we have an an...

On today's solo episode we are talking about the topic of Do Ex's Always Come Back? Some of the unhelpful advice we sometimes hear on social media, is "they always come back", but this isn't always the case. Throughout this episode we will dive into some of the reasons ex's do come back, as well as why they don't. You attract what you promote, so often times the fact that your ex hasn't come back...

On today's episode, I got the opportunity to talk with Shaun Galanos, a VERY highly recommended and requested guest! We are calling this episode Breakup Hot Takes, where we talk about all of Shaun's takes on different things we like to talk about here at Breakup Bestie including being friends with an ex, the no contact rule, boundaries, etc! Loved getting to hear Shaun's take on these topics, and...

On toady's expert episode we are talking all about divorce with divorce attorney Nicole Sodoma. Nicole has an interesting perspective, as a divorce attorney and having gone through one herself, and we are thrilled to have her here on The Heal Your Heartbreak Podcast as an expert guest. Throughout this episode we talk about the process of going through a divorce, coparenting, the logistics of going...

On today's solo episode I wanted to cover a question I get a lot on our Thursday Q&A that we do over on my Instagram page @yourbreakupbestie. When your ex is mean to you post breakup it feels awful, and it's a fair question to want an answer to, and to feel confused about. There are a lot of variations of this situation whether they are cold during the breakup, or after it hurts regardless. Br...

On today's listener episode I got the opportunity to talk with Natasha B. Natasha went through a breakup about 7 months prior to our interview after being with her partner for 2.5 years. Her breakup came unexpected and without closure, which is such a good example and situation of how you can put so much into a relationship and do so many things right - but can't fix a relationship that isn't with...

On today's solo episode, we are talking about breakups and mental health. As a disclaimer for this episode, I am not a therapist and I am not a psychologist, but am just here to share my personal experiences. In this episode, we talk about different things that we can control and what we can't in regards to mental health in relationships & breakups, how mental health issues influence our relat...

On today's episode I had the opportunity to interview Florence Williams, journalist, author, and podcaster. Florence specializes in the physical and scientific effects of our body when experiencing a breakup. She talks about what is going on in our body, and how our brain is responding to the pain we are feeling. We can all relate and understand that there is something physical happening, through...

On today’s solo episode, we are talking about the differences between men & women going through a breakup. There are so many stereotypes and myths about how men and women experience breakups so differently, but since running Breakup Bestie and hearing more stories and experiences from the male side - it’s become so clear how similarly the experiences truly are.   To find out which Break U...

On today's episode I got the opportunity to interview expert Dr. Heidi Brocke who is a toxic relationship awareness and healing specialist. After spending a long time in a narcissistic and toxic relationship herself, she now coaches others in identifying their own toxic relationships and how to get out of them. On today's episode we talk about what a toxic relationship is, coming out of a toxic re...

On today's solo episode, we are talking about never getting an apology from your ex. This topic is tough because at the end of the day, we can't force an apology out of our ex - but that doesn't make it any less difficult to deal with in break ups. Things we cover in this episode are how to move on when you deserve an apology but don't get one, why you shouldn't wait for an apology, and how to dea...

This is officially the first male listener episode we've had here on the Heal Your Heartbreak Podcast, and you won't be disappointed! I got to interview Kyle, who got out of an on and off relationship five months ago. They had rushed into things, and he knew deep down things just weren't right, but he did what he could to stay in the relationship. Throughout the episode, Kyle talks about how much...

On today's episode we talk about how to change who you are attracting in your relationships. There are big differences between dating mistakes most of us make, and PATTERNS that are likely linked to beliefs we have about ourselves. In this episode we dive into how to following a breakup we can best use our time to make some changes that allow you to change the type of person you attract in the fut...