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15 Things To Do Over The Holidays Instead Of Texting Your Ex

Looking back on your relationship with rose-colored lenses?

Ten Common Signs Of Burnout

Knowing some of the common signs can help.

4 Tips If Your Ex Reaches Out Over the Holidays

If you just went through a breakup, the holidays are bound to bring up memories of your ex.

Five Ways I'm Making It Through The Holidays Post-Breakup

A few weeks before the holiday season began, my relationship came to an end. It's been a heartbreaking yet curious experience.

Breakups

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Mend Guides

The Story I'm Telling Myself About My Breakup

Vanessa Zoltan

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Why You Feel Confused After Your Breakup

Gabrielle White

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Ajay Relan's Advice on Heartbreak and Vulnerability

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Self Care CEO Danielle Cuccio's Advice on First Love Heartbreak

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How to Stay Motivated Even When You're Devastated after a Breakup

Gabrielle White

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Patricia Echeverria's Advice on Breakups, Forgiveness + Finding Purpose

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How To Focus At Work While You're Heartbroken

Gabrielle White

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Research Shows Why Some People Are Better At Breaking Up

Gabrielle White

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Am I Being Too Picky?

Jessica Munoz

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Singer Mereki Beach on Grief and What They Don't Tell You About Love

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How To Feel Better Immediately, According to Research

Gabrielle White

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10 Ways To Get Reacquainted With Yourself

Jessica Munoz

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Clinical Psychologist Dr. Jen Chrisman's Advice on Breakups, Vulnerability And Motherhood

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Have Hope! Research Says Hard Relationship Work Pays Off

Gabrielle White

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Can You Be Friends With Your Ex? Research Says Absolutely

Gabrielle White

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Chef Mary Shenouda On Living With An Open Heart

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What Happens When Your Ex Becomes a Stranger

Chrissy Kelly

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Why Facebook Can Make Your Long Distance Relationship Complicated

Gabrielle White

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Ask Stef: My S.O. Struggles with Addiction and We Are Expecting

Stefanie Marshall

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Yogi Rachelle Tratt's Advice on Breakups + What Keeps Her Heart Open

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What to Do When Your Man Picker Is Off

A Mender

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Sophie Calle's Powerful Heartbreak-Inspired Art

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Life is Messy and Timing is Perfect

Antonella Saravia

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Comedy Writer Molly Mitchell Shares Her Breakup Rituals: Loser Laps And Bathtub Wine

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Meditation Teacher Megan Monahan's Advice on Breakups + Talking to Your Ex

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A Breakup Is A Chance to Dig Deep

Deborah

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My First Week Being Single After 17 Years

Erin Blaskie

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Ask Stef: I'm Finally Single But Now No One Else Is

Stefanie Marshall

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Light Watkins Shares What He's Learned about Relationships

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Landing on Planet Singledom

Violette Claire Anderson

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Real Advice for Managing Social Media During a Breakup

Jessica Munoz

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Ask Stef: If They Like Me, Does Timing Still Matter?

Stefanie Marshall

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MyIntent Founder Chris Pan on Heartbreak, Bro Advice and Intentions

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Ask Stef: I Am Obsessed with My Ex's New S.O.

Stefanie Marshall

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Ask Stef: I'm Scared of Being Alone

Stefanie Marshall

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Alexandra Lee on Her First Heartbreak And Learning to Let Go

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I Don't Want to Feel Pain

A Mender

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Letting Go of the Fear of Heartbreak

Deborah

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#howimend: An Interview Series on How People Mend

Elle Huerta

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Ask Stef: Do You Stay Friends with Your Exes on Instagram?

Stefanie Marshall

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Author Lisa Phillips Explores Unrequited Love

Elle Huerta

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This Time Between Relationships Is the Most Fertile Territory for Self Growth

Deborah

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Ask Stef: My Ex (Who Cheated on Me) Wants To Get Coffee. Should I Go?

Stefanie Marshall

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Forty Legitimate Things That Went Through My Mind After My Breakup

Nicole Cifani

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The Strength of the Broken Hearted

Deborah

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Ask Stef: Did I Confuse Love with Something Else?

Stefanie Marshall

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Ask Stef: I'm Still Not Over My Ex + It's Been a Year. Is It Pointless to Date?

Stefanie Marshall

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When It's Over, It's Not Quite Over: Break Ups in the Age of Social Media

Tanya Mulkidzhanova

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Love Is Buying The Ticket Without Knowing How You're Going To Take The Days Off

Antonella Saravia

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On Being Brave Enough To Break My Own Heart

Deborah

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I Resolve to Continue Loving

Sinikiwe Dhliwayo

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Ask Stef: Why Do I Always Fall for People Who Are Unavailable?

Stefanie Marshall

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Ask Stef: I Hooked up with My Ex + Haven't Heard from Them. Now What?

Stefanie Marshall

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Why All Relationships Are a Gamble

Maria

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It Took Me Six Years To Leave My Bad Relationship

Stacey Roberson

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I'd Be Lying If I Said I Was over It

A Mender

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Ask Stef: Is Losing Touch with Friends Just Part of a Serious Relationship?

Stefanie Marshall

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The Anger Is Overwhelming

Deborah

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Ask Stef: How Do I Deal with Mutual Friends after a Breakup?

Stefanie Marshall

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I Miss You. Three Little Words Are All I Have to Say

Chrissy Kelly

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I'm Learning Everyday How to Move Forward

Mike

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What Heartbreak Feels Like

Sari De

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Ending A Relationship That Seemed Perfect But Felt Wrong

A Mender

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Five Mistakes I've Made In Relationships

Victoria Rudi

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Five Signs That You're Actually the Rebound

Chanelle Henry

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Ask Stef: My Partner Is Friends with Their Ex + I Struggle with It

Stefanie Marshall

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How I Stopped Being a Rebound: Save That for Basketball

Chanelle Henry

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What I Learned from a Simultaneous Breakup and Layoff

Rob Nero

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Ask Stef: I Am Full of Doubt about My Breakup. How Do I Deal?

Stefanie Marshall

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The Best Way to Recover from Heartbreak, According to Science

Elle Huerta

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Ask Stef: My S.O. Is Shutting Down. Is It Too Late to Save My Relationship?

Stefanie Marshall

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Why Should Thirty Carry Any Significance at All?

Elizabeth Maria

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The Strength Is in Letting Go

Sandra Vega

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What No One Can Tell You about Losing Someone You Love

Kena Paranjape

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What My Parents' Divorce Taught Me About Heartbreak

Elle Huerta

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Breaking Up With Friends

Lisa Gerber

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The One Question You Should Ask Yourself Every Day After a Breakup

Wade Brill

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What I Learned When I Contracted Herpes After a Breakup

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The Heartache of Realizing What's About to Happen

Neni Demetriou

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Too Invested: Why We Stay in Unhealthy Relationships

Quinn

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Losing My Husband, My Greatest Teacher And Gift

Kena Paranjape

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A New Light on Sadness

Antonella Saravia

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There's a Half-Life to the Pain of Heartbreak

Katherine Cox

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After It All, I Am Courageous

Emily Smith

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What Makes a Partnership Last?

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Be the Glue When Things Break

Lorna Faxon

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The Casualties of Heartbreak: Dealing with Lost Friendships

Risa

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How to Deal with Friendship Breakups

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Lessons Learned After Ending a Marriage

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Three Women Answer the Question: What Is Love?

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The Story Of My Long Distance Love Life

Stefanie Marshall

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What Do You Do When They Come Back?

A Mender

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The Last Time I Saw You

A Mender

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The Moment When the Past Becomes the Past

Chantielle MacFarlane

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One Woman On Why She Chose To Be Sober Post-Breakup

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A Very Long And Unclear "It's Not You, It's Me"

Kelly Roberts

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One Woman Talks About Ending Her Marriage After Infidelity

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Following Your Heart Even When It's Scary

Elle Huerta

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No Pressure, No Diamonds

Tracey Tabone

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How To Find A Therapist

Daniela Tempesta, LCSW

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