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Breakup & Healing

Guidance on moving on, healing, and self-love after a breakup.

How to Handle Mutual Friends After a Breakup

September 16, 2026 by Olivia Parker
A group of friends laughing around a dinner table after a breakup splits a shared friend group

My friend Nadia called me from a parking lot at 6:15 on a Saturday in October. She had four words on her screen and could not move. The text said Theo is coming too. She had been broken up with him for exactly eleven days. Nadia sat in that car until the ramen place stopped … Read more

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How to Stop Checking Your Ex’s Instagram Every Night

October 9, 2026September 15, 2026 by Olivia Parker
Woman sitting on a couch holding her phone after a breakup

My friend Dani called me at 11:40 on a Tuesday night in March. She talked so quietly that I had to turn the TV down. She had just watched her ex Ryan’s story for the fourth time that day. She wanted me to explain why she could not stop. I did not have a clean … Read more

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Getting Back Into Dating After Heartbreak

September 12, 2026 by Olivia Parker
Woman sitting alone by a window with coffee thinking about dating after heartbreak

What I learned about dating again after my breakup, starting with eleven minutes in a coffee shop parking lot.

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How to Co-Parent After a Breakup

September 12, 2026 by Olivia Parker
Mother holding her young son by a window while learning to co-parent after a breakup

What my sister learned about co-parenting after a breakup, from handoff spots to shared calendars to keeping your kid out of the middle.

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How to Heal After a Breakup

October 9, 2026September 12, 2026 by Olivia Parker
Woman sitting by a window with coffee while learning how to heal after a breakup

The small, unglamorous choices that actually helped me heal after a breakup, from the first ugly two weeks to the weekly habit that gave my life shape again.

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Signs You Are Not Over Your Ex

October 5, 2026September 12, 2026 by Olivia Parker
Woman sitting by a window with coffee thinking about signs you are not over your ex

The quiet signs you are not over your ex, from someone who spent nineteen minutes crying in a grocery store parking lot before she admitted it.

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