Your Guide to Surviving a Breakup

The relationship is over Your ex-partner has both good and bad qualities; do not idealize or discount him or her Focus on: Yourself Personal growth Self-care Get complete with: Yourself Your ex Own: The magnificence of who you are Your part in the relationship breakup Give yourself time to: Grieve Be alone Recover Make sure that: You get touch, either from friends or a body therapist You have someone to come home to sometimes, like a relative or a friend Reinvent: Your community Yourself Your future Your dreams If you're experiencing the end of a short-term relationship, consider the following: Realize that: The pain you feel is not about your ex-partner, but about your past If you start healing your past, the pain will subside Holding on to anger at an ex-partner will keep you attached and in pain Get complete with: Your ex-partner All of your ex-partners your parents Give yourself: Room to grieve Room to grow Build for yourself: A community Self-esteem A life that you love Whether you are ending a long-term or a short-term relationship: Don't look for a new relationship until you are done grieving Trust that when ready you will attract the right partner Welcome the pain as an opportunity to evolve; it's through self-evolution that you will be able to create the relationship of your dreams Master Certified Relationship Coach Rinatta Paries coaches singles to attract and build loving, fulfilling, long-term relationships. For more information about Coach Rinatta Paries and the myriad of services she has created for singles, visit her Web site, WhatItTakes.com