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Radio Headspace

Closure Isn’t Always What You Expect

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

For months, Dora believed that one final talk with her ex would finally make the past make sense. But when the moment came, it left her unsettled, and a bit relieved. In this episode, she unpacks why closure is less about getting answers and more about accepting that some endings will always be unfinished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, it's Dora here. Let's be real. Bedtime can feel like a constant battle.

0:09.5

The tantrums, the stalling, the screen fatigue, it's a lot. That's why we created Wiggle to Wind Down,

0:15.7

a brand new kid's sleep podcast from Headspace and Cocoa Mellon.

0:26.8

Each episode helps your little one move, breathe, and settle into a soothing bedtime story so they can relax and you can finally exhale.

0:31.8

Search for Wiggle to Wind Down wherever you get your podcast and make bedtime a little easier

0:37.4

for everyone.

0:53.7

Hi, you are now listening to Radiohead Space.

0:56.8

It's Dora here.

0:59.3

So here we are, the final piece of my post-breakup saga.

1:04.2

I'd learn to hear my own voice, stopped treating my healing like a performance review,

1:08.3

and was finally allowing myself to be soft. I was actually

1:11.8

doing pretty well. And then eight months after our breakup, I got a text for my ex. Hey, I know this

1:18.0

might be weird, but I'd really like to talk. I think we both deserve some closure. Closure,

1:24.4

the holy grail of breakup recovery. The thing every self-help article promised would set me

1:30.1

free. I was so excited. He literally called three of my closest friends and said, he wants closure.

1:35.8

We're finally going to get closure. Navi, who had watched me go through this entire journey just

1:41.3

sighed and said, Dora, what exactly do you think closure is going to look

1:45.0

like? I had this whole fantasy, you know. We'd meet at our old coffee shop, have this mature

1:50.7

healing conversation where we'd both acknowledge our mistakes, forgive each other, and walk away

1:56.6

with this beautiful sense of completion, like the final scene of a really good indie movie.

2:03.3

Two hours later, I'm sitting in my car

2:05.1

outside that coffee shop, crying and more confused

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