Tips to help you move forward when you’re facing a loss or need to move past a relationship.
I was chatting with a friend last week who recently got out of a serious relationship and we had a good conversation on what helps with getting over a breakup.
Getting over a relationship or any sort of loss can be very challenging, but there are definitely healthy ways to get through it.
I recently went through a tough breakup earlier this year and had similar insights on the process of moving forward.
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel book summary.
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic by Esther Perel
“Esther Perel takes on tough questions, grappling with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. She invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home.
In this explosively original book, Perel explains that our cultural penchant for equality, togetherness, and absolute candor is antithetical to erotic desire for both men and women. Sexual excitement doesn’t always play by the rules of good citizenship. It is politically incorrect. It thrives on power plays, unfair advantages, and the space between self and other. More exciting, playful, even poetic sex is possible, but first, we must kick egalitarian ideals and emotional housekeeping out of our bedrooms.
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