Break-ups are hard and painful, and it’s okay to be sad and hurt after a relationship ends. It’s important to honor these feelings and give yourself time to grieve the loss of the relationship. After the relationship ends, it’s important
Healthy Break-ups: Be clear & certain
A key part of healthy break-ups involves being as clear and certain as possible to help promote a sense of closure as the relationship ends. When you are able to convey clear reasons for the end of the relationship, it
Healthy Break-ups: Break up in person
If possible, break up in person and avoid breaking up in public. When you end a relationship in person it allows for both people to express their feelings, gain closure, and feel respected. Avoiding public breakups is also important, as
Healthy Break-ups: Listen actively
When a relationship ends, both people are likely experiencing a wide range of emotions, and it’s important to create space for both people to feel and express these emotions. Be sure to listen actively to one another. This means allowing
Healthy Break-Ups: Be honest about your feelings
When we talk about relationships, we usually focus on ways to build up and strengthen our connections with others, but what about when that relationship ends? We don’t tend to spend as much time talking about what to do in
For Teens: Surviving a Breakup
By Joy Kelly Breaking up is hard to do. You may have never heard this song by Neil Sedaka, but the lyrics of his infamous song, “Breaking Up is Hard To Do” really speaks to the difficulty of ending a