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Every time a negative belief enters your head, repeat the word "forward" as your mantra! Every time you start feeling negative emotions, swap these out for new and very different emotions—one which doesn't show up on the "Post-Break Up Emotions to Indulge In" list.

And be proud of yourself. Yes, proud. If you've gotten hurt, it means you've put yourself out there in the world. You have jumped into the pool of life—swimming, splashing and making waves—instead of hiding beneath the solitary life's big umbrella, wearing a huge floppy hat and oversize sunglasses with your body smeared in SPF 45.

One of my favorite philosophers, Aristotle, said: "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

I think what he means is that life will have its ebbs and flows. Unfortunately, life can sometimes feel like ebb, ebb, ebb, brief flash of flow, more ebb, ebb, ebb. But every ebb always offers the opportunity to think a new thought flavor and feel a new emotion flavor. The more varied the flavors of life you get to taste, the more interesting, layered, educated, self-developed, worldly, experienced and mightier as a human you will be!

Here's one last and highly helpful post-breakup healing mantra: "It is better to have loved and lost—and discover a far more fabulous life plan than originally conceived—than to live with a cheating Prince Harming for the rest of your life."


Karen Salmansohn is a best-selling author known for creating self-help for people who wouldn't be caught dead reading self-help. Get more information on finding a loving happier-ever-after relationship in her book Prince Harming Syndrome.

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