Getting Past Your Breakup

Review A breakup is the best time to change your life, and this book will tell you how to do it. It will serve as a road map for getting over your ex and putting your energy back where it belongs: on you! Stories and strategies will keep you inspired as you permanently get over the breakup, get your confidence back and open yourself up to finding the love of your life. You can do it with this book. --DatingAdvice.com Elliott delivers the goods with a book that can help anyone get past a broken heart, and be stronger for it…The book provides solid, usable information told with compassionate understanding that really jump-starts a heart that is on standby…The tools are priceless, and the inspiration to come out on top is what really makes this book stand out in the ocean of other self-help titles out there. --Curled Up with a Good Book A well thought out and surprisingly thorough book about dealing with a breakup...With chapters on learning new boundaries and how to tell the kids, Elliot has covered topics that most books of this genre ignore outright. Chapter 2, The Rules of Disengagement, are a must-read for anyone who has ever suffered a bad breakup, particularly the list of items that keep folks stuck in their grief most notably the concept of needing closure after a failed relationship...Well written and thorough. Practical how-to s in every chapter. Warm and friendly tone that never comes across as condescending or judgmental. --About.com Product Description 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.   About the Author Susan J. Elliott JD, MEd is the creator of the Getting Past Your Past blog, bootcamps, radio show, and seminar series. A sought-after media relationship commentator, motivational speaker, certified grief counselor, and attorney, she has appeared on national and local (NYC) television and radio programs and has been interviewed and quoted in mainstream papers and magazines as well as websites and blogs. She lives in New York.