{"id":6698,"date":"2025-12-12T20:55:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:11:46","slug":"unfuck-your-breakup-using-science-to-heal-and-thrive-after-the-end-of-a-relationship-or-friendship-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/unfuck-your-breakup-using-science-to-heal-and-thrive-after-the-end-of-a-relationship-or-friendship-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfuck Your Breakup: Using Science to Heal and Thrive after the End of a Relationship or Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Breaking it off? Got dumped? Parting ways with a pal? Ouch, that hurts. Even beyond the heartache, embarrassment, and logistical strain of the moment, breakups can summon up all our old baggage to\u00a0play havoc with our lives and heads. Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of books like <em>Unfuck Your Brain<\/em> and <em>Unfuck Your Intimacy,<\/em> brings you a kind, relatable, and plain-language guide to all things break-up: deciding to do it (or not), doing the thing, and picking up the pieces afterward to build a life that suits you better than ever. Whether or not the breakup was your idea, or if\u00a0the partnership was romantic, sexual, or platonic, no matter the seriousness\u00a0of the bond or\u00a0the shared responsibilities and finances involved, parting ways can be a canon life event with powerful transformational potential as you rise from the wreckage. And it&#8217;s never too late to come back to your best self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking it off? Got dumped? Parting ways with a pal? Ouch, that hurts. Even beyond the heartache, embarrassment, and logistical strain of the moment, breakups can summon up all our old baggage to\u00a0play havoc with our lives and heads. Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of books like Unfuck Your Brain and Unfuck Your Intimacy,&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/unfuck-your-breakup-using-science-to-heal-and-thrive-after-the-end-of-a-relationship-or-friendship-2\/\" title=\"Read Unfuck Your Breakup: Using Science to Heal and Thrive after the End of a Relationship or Friendship\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-out-now"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Breaking it off? Got dumped? Parting ways with a pal? Ouch, that hurts. Even beyond the heartache, embarrassment, and logistical strain of the moment, breakups can summon up all our old baggage to\u00a0play havoc with our lives and heads. Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of books like <em>Unfuck Your Brain<\/em> and <em>Unfuck Your Intimacy,<\/em> brings you a kind, relatable, and plain-language guide to all things break-up: deciding to do it (or not), doing the thing, and picking up the pieces afterward to build a life that suits you better than ever. Whether or not the breakup was your idea, or if\u00a0the partnership was romantic, sexual, or platonic, no matter the seriousness\u00a0of the bond or\u00a0the shared responsibilities and finances involved, parting ways can be a canon life event with powerful transformational potential as you rise from the wreckage. And it's never too late to come back to your best self.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<p>Breaking it off? Got dumped? Parting ways with a pal? Ouch, that hurts. Even beyond the heartache, embarrassment, and logistical strain of the moment, breakups can summon up all our old baggage to\u00a0play havoc with our lives and heads. Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of books like <em>Unfuck Your Brain<\/em> and <em>Unfuck Your Intimacy,<\/em> brings you a kind, relatable, and plain-language guide to all things break-up: deciding to do it (or not), doing the thing, and picking up the pieces afterward to build a life that suits you better than ever. Whether or not the breakup was your idea, or if\u00a0the partnership was romantic, sexual, or platonic, no matter the seriousness\u00a0of the bond or\u00a0the shared responsibilities and finances involved, parting ways can be a canon life event with powerful transformational potential as you rise from the wreckage. 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