Ep. 186 - Overcoming "I don't matter" after a breakup or divorce
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
*TRIGGER WARNING: contains talk of depression, hopelessness and suicidal thoughts." In this podcast episode, Breakup Coach Dorothy addresses the heavy topic of overcoming the belief of "I don't matter" after a breakup or divorce. She shares her personal journey and how this belief manifested for her after a miscarriage. Dorothy talks about the main issues with this belief pattern, such as a lack of awareness and the actions it can lead to, like hopelessness and suicidal ideation. She encourages listeners to wake up to the fact that they may have this belief and discusses how it can affect their lives, while providing actionable next steps to heal from this belief. Although it's a tough topic, Dorothy believes it's essential to have a discussion about it to help anyone who may be struggling with this same belief.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 186, overcoming I Don't Matter after a breakup or divorce. |
| 0:19.4 | Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:27.9 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:33.6 | Hello, Brave hearts. |
| 0:35.7 | I am so excited to be here with you today while also already feeling a vulnerability hangover. |
| 0:44.0 | I love you guys to pieces. |
| 0:45.8 | I seriously feel like I'm hanging out with my bestie. |
| 0:47.7 | Every time I sit down and do the podcast each week, it takes me about three hours |
| 0:52.2 | kind of for each episode. |
| 0:56.8 | If you've never listened to an episode here, welcome first off. But secondly, a lot of my episodes are very jam-packed, you know, |
| 1:04.7 | straight to the point with direction and like next steps. And it might be a 20 minute episode but it takes me three hours |
| 1:15.5 | to write down everything I can think of on that topic and then condense it in a way where I |
| 1:21.7 | tell you a story about it. We look at the exact problem and then the solution as well as your call to action and your |
| 1:28.6 | conclusion. And I love episodes like that. I'm just personally not someone who like still |
| 1:33.1 | listen to people chat back and forth. I like here's the problem I'm trying to solve and |
| 1:37.5 | here's the solution. So it's literally some of my favorite time is being spent on the podcast |
| 1:43.0 | outside of, you know, the Get OVX program and |
| 1:46.1 | coaching and creating workshops and teaching within there. I love, love, love it. So I love hearing |
| 1:53.9 | from all of you. I've been kind of active on Instagram at breakup coach Dorothy again after |
| 2:00.0 | having some time off and you guys come |
| 2:03.0 | hang out with me over there and it's super fun to hear from you and you're coming up with |
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