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Breakups suck.
But they are also an opportunity...
While they are hard to navigate, breakups help illuminate our pain points and areas that could benefit from attention and growth. They can show you where you’ve been abandoning yourself.
The process of splitting apart hurts. It disappoints and exhausts. It requires that you to take the little energy you have left and pivot in an entirely different direction. All of this as you are hit with an emotional tsunami and can hardly focus on having one straight thought.
Focus and clarity are essential to living a purpose-filled life, but they are near impossible to access during and soon after a breakup. As you drown in confusion and obsess over your ex and what might have gone wrong, I’d like to encourage you to use this time to put your attention on the person who needs it the most now — you.
Below are five ways in which you can begin to practice loving and caring for yourself as your world implodes from within and turns you inside out. After the storm passes and healing sets in, these practices will continue to serve you.
1. Get Space.
Love yourself by doing less and resting more.
