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Getting Past Your Breakup

How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
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Getting Past Your Breakup offers a compassionate and practical roadmap for overcoming the pain of ending any romantic relationship, including divorce. Susan Elliott guides readers through the rules of disengagement, emphasising the importance of no contact, and offers strategies to cope with grief, conquer fear, and reclaim personal confidence. Filled with inspiring real-life stories and effective advice, the book encourages self-growth and helps readers open themselves to true love again.
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This book is ideal for anyone experiencing the end of a romantic relationship who seeks a positive and practical path to healing. It suits readers wanting to understand breakup grief, regain confidence, and build healthier future relationships.

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From the creator of the Getting Past Your Past blog, a tough-love method for making life after a breakup an empowering experience

Getting Past Your Breakup : How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You

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It's over—and it really hurts. But as unbelievable as it may seem when you are in the throes of heartache, you can move past your breakup. Forget about trying to win your ex back. Forget about losing yourself and trying to make this person love you. Forget it!

Starting today, this breakup is the best time to change your life for the better, inside and out. Getting Past Your Breakup is a proven roadmap for overcoming the painful end of any romantic relationship, even divorce. Through her workshops and popular blog, Susan Elliott has helped thousands of clients and readers transform their love lives. Now, she'll help you put your energy back where it belongs—on you.

Her plan includes:

  • The rules of disengagement: how and why to go no contact with your ex
  • How to work through grief, move past fear, and take back your life
  • The secret to breaking the pattern of failed relationships
  • What to do when you can't stop thinking about your ex, texting, calling, checking social networking sites, or driving by the house

Complete with inspiring stories from real people and strategies to jump-start the moving-on process, Getting Past Your Breakup is the most effective plan for getting permanently past a breakup, getting your confidence back, and opening yourself to true love.

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Critics praise Getting Past Your Breakup for its thoughtfully developed steps based on Susan Elliott's personal and professional experience as a grief counsellor. ForeWord This Week highlights its well-structured guidance, while Bookviews and Publisher's Weekly commend its practical advice for avoiding common breakup mistakes and overcoming obsessive behaviours. InfoDad.com values the helpful explanation of grief stages, and Midwest Book Review recommends it as an effective and popular resource for general lending libraries.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780738213286

Publisher: Hachette Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 May 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: Da Capo Lifelong

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 246g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Susan J. Elliott JD, MEd is the creator of the Getting Past Your Past blog and seminar series. A motivational speaker, certified grief counselor, and attorney, and she lives with her husband and family in New York.

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