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Rebuilding Self-Worth After a Breakup: 4 Steps to Heal and Thrive
Going through a breakup can be an incredibly challenging and painful experience. Whether you initiated the breakup or were on the receiving end, both sides of the breakup often experience hurt and emotional turmoil. However, it's important to remember that healing and rebuilding self-worth is possible. Here are the four essential steps to help you navigate this difficult journey and emerge stronger and more confident than ever before.
Independence Day
Last winter, my heart was broken. Someone I loved very much walked out of my life. Out of my daughter's life.
He gave no reason.
He just bailed.
And for months after, I tried to heal. I tried to forgive. I tried to forget.
I tried to pick up the pieces of my heart and scotch-tape them back together.
My chest literally hurt. My rib cage ached. I felt haunted by the Ghost of Relationships Past. Everything I did. Everywhere I went. He was there.
I came to realize this heavy brick on my sternum was grief.
And that it is normal.
And that it sucks.
I Am Not Afraid
No.
I am not afraid.
I’m not afraid of what it means to live my life. To live as me. To speak my truth. To hold myself accountable.
To have my heart seen. Unsheltered.
To share the stories of my wounds. And my mending.
To utter words of intimacy. So thick. Only the strongest of souls will be left standing to witness them.
Because I have been to the bottom of the burning torch lake. I have lost my voice. My breath. My sight. My ability to move. And slowly sunk in complete surrender to what the mother would do with me.
And when I found rest. And opened my eyes to the cold light. I was given the gift of vision. And instead of the eyes of another. I now only see the flicker of mine reflected.
Moon Prayers
I said a prayer for my heart tonight.
I felt that cold seeping in.
The inky blackness that hides in my veins. Just waiting for a call to duty. To harden and cement a barrier so thick that I will be protected from this hurt.
The white hot barbed-wire that courses from my gut. Twisting and turning a tangled rusted knot. Weaving itself a corset through my rib cage. Suffocating and stifling. Tighter. Till there were only two words.
Love me.