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Breakups and divorce

A breakup or divorce is not the end. In this section we'll encourage you to use the right strategies to handle the emotional pain and start this new stage of life -- healing and rebuilding -- the best way possible. We'll explain how to handle these situations that can be so personal and delicate.

Can Heartbreak Damage Your Health and Well-Being?
Breakups and divorceCan Heartbreak Damage Your Health and Well-Being?It's no secret that heartbreak can be very debilitating. The emotional pain and anguish that comes with a break-up often...
7 Tips for Talking to Your Children About Divorce
Breakups and divorce7 Tips for Talking to Your Children About DivorceA few decades ago, children of divorced parents were in the minority and suffered more often from confusion, disorientation, and...
The 5 Most Common Reasons for Falling out of Love
Breakups and divorceThe 5 Most Common Reasons for Falling out of LoveFalling out of love, just like falling in love, is something natural. However, it's a situation that always saddens us....
How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Ex
Breakups and divorceHow to Stop Obsessing Over Your ExMost of us have faced a breakup at some point. When this happens, we can feel the whole world is...
How to Overcome Depression Due to Infidelity
Breakups and divorceHow to Overcome Depression Due to InfidelityIt's not easy to overcome depression due to infidelity. When facing a betrayal of this caliber, most people don't know...
When Forgiving Infidelity Isn't Possible
Breakups and divorceWhen Forgiving Infidelity Isn't PossibleAn extramarital affair violates trust, ends complicity and commitment, meddles in intimacy, brings suffering, and is a betrayal of trust....
Healing When Your Relationship is Falling Apart
Breakups and divorceHealing When Your Relationship is Falling ApartAll couples go through a series of stages throughout their relationship. And while there are couples who always seem to...
7 Tips for Getting Past a Traumatic Divorce
Breakups and divorce7 Tips for Getting Past a Traumatic DivorceA traumatic divorce is a loss and therefore involves a grieving process. In reality, it's the death of a life,...
How to Get Away From Your Ex, According to Walter Riso
Breakups and divorceHow to Get Away From Your Ex, According to Walter RisoToday, we'd like to give you five tips to get away from your ex. After all, when we spend a...
How to Leave a Toxic Relationship
Breakups and divorceHow to Leave a Toxic RelationshipIs your partner emotionally, physically or verbally abusive? Do they drain your energy? Are you not getting back what you...
How to Recover from a Breakup
Breakups and divorceHow to Recover from a BreakupIt’s always difficult to go through a breakup, no matter how long you were with your partner. It’s very important to take action and as soon as you get through...
How to Overcome an Emotional Break-Up
Breakups and divorceHow to Overcome an Emotional Break-UpAll of us have gone through an emotional break-up at one point or another. However, it's still a really tough and...
5 Physiological Reactions To a Breakup
Breakups and divorce5 Physiological Reactions To a BreakupIf you have ever gone through a breakup, you have probably experienced the five physiological reactions below. Usually these reactions...
The Mourning Room and the 5 Stages of Grief
Breakups and divorceThe Mourning Room and the 5 Stages of GriefThe mourning room is a room we all have to go into after a loss. However, there are some ways...
The Risks of a Temporary Separation
Breakups and divorceThe Risks of a Temporary SeparationIt's pretty normal for couple who live together to sometimes have problems understanding one another or in resolving a dispute. The real...
How to Improve Self-Esteem After a Breakup
Breakups and divorceHow to Improve Self-Esteem After a BreakupEach breakup, whether or not it is traumatic, has a series of consequences. Among them is the effect on our self-esteem....
Five Important Questions that You Must Ask Yourself Before Ending a Relationship
Breakups and divorceFive Important Questions that You Must Ask Yourself Before Ending a RelationshipEnding a relationship is a big and very important decision. It's therefore essential that we use this situation as an...
After You Finally Leave a Toxic Relationship
Breakups and divorceAfter You Finally Leave a Toxic RelationshipA toxic relationship wears you down, damages your identity, and dilutes your self-esteem. It distorts your basic concepts of what authentic...
When Your Relationship Isn't Going Anywhere
Breakups and divorceWhen Your Relationship Isn't Going AnywhereWhy do people stay together even though their relationship isn't going anywhere? Romantic relationships sometimes stagnate for various reasons. Many...
To Let Go is Incredibly Courageous
Breakups and divorceTo Let Go is Incredibly CourageousLetting go is quite scare, however, it's one of the healthiest decisions you could make. Furthermore, it's one of the most...
Will Promising to Change Get Your Relationship Back?
Breakups and divorceWill Promising to Change Get Your Relationship Back?Are you promising to change in order to get a relationship back or keep one? Has anyone ever done this...
Why Do Relationships End?
Breakups and divorceWhy Do Relationships End?There are many reasons why relationships end. Generally, we think more about the negatives like infidelity, a lack of respect, a physical fight, psychological manipulation... However, these aren't the only...
Dealing with Loss and Overcoming It
Breakups and divorceDealing with Loss and Overcoming ItDealing with loss is human and everyone must learn how to overcome it. This is because we all lose someone...
The Difficulty of Moving on After a Breakup
Breakups and divorceThe Difficulty of Moving on After a BreakupWhen a relationship ends, both partners have to grieve. Sometimes we're unable to let go of our ex, regardless of the...
I Loved You Until My Dignity Said: I Deserve More
Breakups and divorceI Loved You Until My Dignity Said: I Deserve MoreDignity is a personal and emotional boundary that works as a psychological shield. Depending on where we set this limit,...
3 Steps to Forget an Impossible Relationship
Breakups and divorce3 Steps to Forget an Impossible RelationshipHave you ever fallen in love with someone who simply wasn't a good match for you? Have you ever gone...
How to End a Relationship in a Healthy Way
Breakups and divorceHow to End a Relationship in a Healthy WayWhat's the best way to end a relationship? Sometimes, fights, problems, and differences of opinion lead to a traumatic breakup. However,...