Wise Women in Heartbreak
Part 3: The Last 7
I asked 22 women this question:
How do you heal from heartbreak?
Their answers blew me away. Read Part 1: The First 7 and Part 2: The Second 8 for so much inspiration.
As I’ve been compiling these 22 profound responses, I have had my own heart cracked open, again. Thank god. It’s a windy process that comes in waves and often when I least expect it.
Surrendering to grief is a deeply human experience that shows me the depths of who I am as a woman. When I let it take me, I am left cracked open — and from there, what’s present is love and truth.
The Last 7 Women: Raw & Unedited
16. Karen
66, New York, New York
Prayer. I’d been married for 25 years when I filed for divorce, and even as I did, I prayed for myself and also for him.
Boundaries. I read up on the extensive nature of his addiction and it made me so sad that I couldn’t handle it. So I stopped reading the 7 books I bought about his disease and I created a strong boundary to stop taking care of him. That was hard but I was learning to take care of myself. I was good to him during our divorce and I would have brief phone conversations with him…
