Keys to Getting Over a Break-up
by Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC
Someone recently asked me:
How do you get over a break up?
Following is the answer that may help you too:
When a relationship ends, we experience all kinds of feelings of loss.
Maybe we lost our best friend and lover, someone we truly love,
someone we had future plans and dreams with. It takes time to heal
from a break-up. It’s a process of letting to. Letting go is sometimes
difficult. But regardless of why the relationship ended, there are
some things we can do to help us move forward. We can ask ourselves:
What am I holding on to? If it’s anger, we can work on forgiveness. If we’re holding on to disappointed hopes, we can set new goals for ourselves.
What is worth holding on to? Anything that we have learned that can help us to grow and be better is worth holding on to. We also have memories we can cherish of the love shared and good times together.
Finally, when we truly want nothing but the best for the other person, we are free to find the best in ourselves.
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars.
You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
~author unknown
Keys to Getting Over a Break-up
Written by Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC
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Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a psychotherapist, author, teacher & musician. She is the cofounder of New Day Counseling, a family marriage counseling and child teen counseling center, BeHappy4Life.com, an award-winning, self-help and inspirational site where you can find hundreds of free resources & words of inspiration to change your life, and Baby-Poems.com where you can find beautiful baby poems, baby quotes, cute sayings & baby videos that will touch your heart & increase your joy & gratitude for the children you love & enjoy! Check out Krystal's new Be Your Best blog, Give Thanks Journal & Words of Inspiration blog!
There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go is not the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.
~author unknown
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