Browsing: After Breakup

It’s easy to assume that missing someone means you want them back. Sometimes that’s true. Other times, what keeps surfacing…

Memory has a way of keeping the version of ourselves we became in a relationship, even as the details of…

Most conversations about closure assume a certain shape. Something happens, something breaks, something ends, and from there, the work is…

People love the phrase “just move on.” It sounds clean, efficient, and responsible. The problem is that it assumes there’s…

The phrase “the one who got away” sounds romantic, but psychologically, it’s rarely about romance alone. What stays is an…

Most people don’t realize it at first. They usually picture a big love. Something serious. Something that almost lasted. The…

Most lessons are missed simply because they don’t announce themselves as lessons at the time. What shows up inside a…

Most of these realizations don’t arrive while the relationship is still happening. They surface later, after the conversations have ended…

When people talk about moving on after a breakup, they often frame it as leaving someone behind. As if the…

After a breakup, “moving on” is often talked about like a finish line. Like one day you’ll wake up and…