How to Survive a Breakup Over The Holidays
The Love, Happiness & Success Podcast with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
Music Credits: “Another Lonely Christmas,” by Prince
It’s not “The Most Wonderful Time of The Year” when your heart is broken.
Even if the holiday season usually delights you, it’s hard to be cheerful when you’re consumed by painful memories of holidays past. The first year post-breakup, or post-divorce, can be especially traumatic. You can’t stop thinking about your Ex, and the fact that you are not together anymore. Thinking about the ice skating rink that you held hands at last year, how you’re going to explain this to your anxious Grandma, or even the sight of sparkling lights is enough to throw you into a heavy state of sadness.
Holidays can be stressful under the best of circumstances. The season can also feel particularly lonely if you’re nursing a broken heart over the holidays. Emotional pain feels isolating and difficult to share when it seems like everyone else is happy and having a good time. And of course the last thing you want to do is go to a party when, 1) you need to fake cheerful “okay-ness” and, 2) you’re worried about running into your Ex or their friends. That’s not even taking into consideration how challenging it is for the newly single to negotiate high impact social situations without their usual “plus 1.”
In short: this time of year makes a hard situation feel even harder.
If you’re like most people in this position, you probably have lots of questions: “How should I handle myself in certain situations?” “Should I even try to go to parties this year, or should I lay low?” “How do I take care of myself?” and “Will this loneliness and pain ever end?”
Truthfully, the answers to those questions are not always easy or simple. The answers really depend on where you are in the breakup recovery process. On this edition of the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast, I’m going to walk you through the stages of healing after a breakup, and show you how to actually use the opportunity of this challenging time of year to move your “heartbreak healing process” forward more quickly.
Not only will your “what to do” questions be answered, but you’ll also get a good roadmap for the recovery process ahead. I hope that this information will help you invest in yourself, and make the coming year a fresh, positive new chapter of your life.
All the best to you,
Music Credits: “Another Lonely Christmas,” by Prince
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Music Credits: “Another Lonely Christmas,” by Prince
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Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby is the founder and clinical director of Growing Self. She is a licensed psychologist, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a board-certified coach, as well as the author of “Exaholics: Breaking Your Addiction to Your Ex Love,” and the host of The Love, Happiness & Success Podcast.
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