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5 Things To Do When Your Heart is Broken Into a Million Pieces
You’ll be good as new in no time!
Breaking up sucks. Losing a job sucks. Falling out with a friend sucks. Really, anything that makes our heart sad, just sucks. I’m no stranger to heartbreak. I’ve lost businesses, money, friends, relationships, jobs, you name it, it’s gone.
I’ve also lost a lot of my self love while going through all this crap.
Now I’m not telling you this to make you feel sorry for me. Oh hell no. I don’t even feel sorry for me. I had what I had and now it’s gone. C’est la vie. I’ll tell you though, immediately after the loss, the heartbreak can be crippling, amirite?
I can’t even count how many times I’ve curled up in a ball on the floor and sobbed my eyes out hoping the end would come soon. Yup. I have. I’m sure many of you have as well. Thank God we don’t we stay there, right? Phew.
So how do we love and honour ourselves again after a big heartache or let down? How can we soften the blow or better yet, help to shorten the time we mourn?
I’m all about self love and I believe that the more we love ourselves the easier it is to get over hurts. Here are 5 simple self love tips that have gotten me through the worst of times in my life. I hope some of them will help you too, either now or in the future.
Date night
With yourself. Take yourself to a movie or a coffee house or for dinner or wherever but go out by yourself and though some may argue and say this is depressing, trust me, it’s not. It’s actually very therapeutic. Why? Because you get to do some serious self reflection and it is during this time you will discover that you really are amazing and you are going to be ok.
You’ll see. Put on your sparkly earrings, your favourite dress/suit and tie and get out of the house. You never know who you may meet while you’re out!
Flowers!
When was the last time you treated yourself to flowers and honestly, who doesn’t love a fresh bouquet on their dining room table? If you can’t really afford to treat yourself to a beautiful arrangement from the florist then go out into the fields and pick some flowers there! Flowers have…
