Sometimes your partner is your harshest critic — Your partner should be one of your biggest supporters. If they don’t celebrate your wins, take an interest in your interests and support you through the tough times, then why are they with you? Of course, it's not possible to be a consistently supportive partner all the time. There were…

Should I keep those photos? — Shortly after my ex blindsided me with a horrific breakup, I went on a photo cleansing spree and decisively deleted all photos with him or us in it. I wanted to erase all memories of him and looking at those photos, even having them on my photo, anywhere where they…

Time does heal all wounds — A year ago, I sat down at the kitchen table of my ex’s parents' house and listened in disbelief as he laid out all the reasons we had to part ways. A year has passed since my life upside down and everything that I knew to be true and good…

You don’t want to burn all your bridges — Ending a friendship is never an easy decision, especially one that has lasted for a significant time or since childhood. The decision to actively end a friendship is not one I take lightly. I cherish my friendships and they are a great source of joy and comfort to me but…

These feelings can be excruciating — Breakups are painful, but they are also common. Everyone will most likely experience at least one, if not a couple. But god, they hurt. They are rarely ever peaceful and amicable, often traumatic and always painful. Is there anything more painful than someone telling you they don’t want to be…

There are many but this one takes the cake — I could never get back with my ex: Not because he lied and didn’t the tell truth about a few things. Not because his avoidant attachment style and his fear of conflict and intimacy led him to deceive me and blindside me with a breakup. Not because he was a terrible communicator and his lack of communication skills…

In search of a life outside of work — When my ex broke up with me because, in his words: “You don’t have your career figured.” It crushed me. According to him, I was failing at life because I hadn’t found my dream job or “passion” that I wanted to do until the early hours of the morning. Instead…

Because I have no idea — Before my ex blindsided me with a breakup, I was blissfully ignorant that he was totally emotionally unavailable. I thought he was just like a lot of men and had difficulties talking about his emotions. But he didn’t just struggle with talking about his emotions, he had almost no vocabulary…

He left you. He walked away. — Why do we pity the one who was “left”? I was “left”. My ex walked away from me and I felt a lot of shame for a long time after the breakup. Did I do something terribly wrong? But he didn’t leave me, he left our relationship. He left a…