#228: Dear Mary, should I stay friends with my ex?

Mary's Cup of Tea: the Self Love Podcast for Women

Mary Jelkovsky

Self-love, Body-image, Mental Health, Body Image, Relationships, Women's Health, Self Love, Advice For Women, Self Love For Women, Love Yourself, Education, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Dear Mary, I would love some of your wisdom in relation to my ex. Things fell apart for reasons that are complicated and awful. But we tried to remain friends. I feel I made an effort, I kept messaging, I asked him about his life, I organized a catch up. I still had lots of feelings to process but I put them aside because I wanted to maintain a friendship. I backed off a bit while he was on holidays and when he came back and messaged me, I was in a bad place mentally. It took a week or so for me to respond and I told him the truth - that I wasn’t doing well. His response had no empathy. He didn’t ask what was going on or if I wanted to catch up. Do I tell him how I’m feeling or do I accept he can’t meet my emotional needs and let the friendship go? Love from, Anonymous If you enjoyed this episode, share and tag @maryspodcast on social media! Get Mary’s self-love books: 1. [*The Gift of Self-Love](https://maryscupoftea.com/gift-of-self-love),* an interactive workbook that will help you build confidence, recognize your worth, and learn to finally love yourself. 2. [*100 Days of Self-Love](https://maryscupoftea.com/100-days-of-self-love),* a guided journal with 100 prompts to help you calm self-criticism and learn to love who you are. Mentioned In This Episode... Ep. 203 Coping with Getting Ghosted & Family Estrangement with Minaa B.: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marys-cup-of-tea-the-self-love-podcast-for-women/id1495128359?i=1000653572865

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mary's Cup of Tea, the self-love podcast for women, though all self-lovers are welcome here.
0:07.1	I'm your host, Mary Jolkovsky. I'm an author, speaker, retreat leader, and all-around
0:12.7	self-love advocate. And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.
0:19.9	Hello, self-lover. Before we dive into today's podcast episode, I want to make
0:24.4	sure you know about my two books on self-love. If you're struggling with body image or self-acceptance,
0:30.1	then I highly recommend you check out my first book, The Gift of Self-Love. It's a comprehensive
0:35.1	workbook to help you build confidence, recognize your worth,
0:38.6	and learn to love who you are. Thousands of people have this book and the five-star reviews are so
0:44.4	amazing. They give me so much life. So I hope that this is something that can help you too. You can
0:49.5	get it wherever books are sold by searching for the gift of self-love or go to my website maryscup of tea.com
0:56.0	slash book. After releasing the gift of self-love and reading all your positive feedback, I realized
1:01.7	that we really needed something to keep us going every single day. So not a deep dive workbook,
1:07.3	but maybe like a micro dose of self-love in your daily life, which is why I wrote 100 days
1:13.5	of self-love. It's a guided journal with, you guessed it, 100 prompts that cover so many areas of
1:19.1	life, including body, identity, purpose, emotions, mindset, relationships, and more. So you can really
1:26.1	think of it as a metaphorical multivitamin, something to
1:29.3	keep you going, or as I like to say, growing on your self-love journey. You can get this journal
1:34.2	wherever books are sold as well by searching for 100 days of self-love or go to mary's cup of tea.com
1:40.1	slash journal. It's my mission to share all the self-love tea with you, so I hope that both my books and
1:45.7	this podcast can do just that.
1:53.3	Dear Mary, I would love some of your wisdom in relation to my ex. Things fell apart for reasons
1:58.8	that are complicated and awful, but we tried to remain friends.
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