Ep. 187 - How long does it take to get over a breakup?
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Let's tackle one of the most common questions after a breakup: how long does it take to get over it?
We'll explore why it's not about the length of the relationship or how long it's been since the breakup. People heal at different rates, and the process can vary depending on factors such as the level of attachment, what you're making the breakup mean about you, and individual coping mechanisms. We'll talk about why relying solely on time as a metric for healing can be misleading and frustrating. Instead, we'll offer practical tips and insights on what really helps in the healing process.
After this episode you'll know exactly what to do to get over your breakup without it "taking time".
Want to have tangible tools to apply today's episode to YOUR breakup? Check out our resources here.
Get Over Your Ex in 3 months or less: https://dorothyabjohnson.com/getoveryourex
5 months of healing in 5 days: https://dorothyabjohnson.com/5-day-training-course/
Other episodes on time:
Ep. 20 - Time has nothing to do with getting over your ex
Ep. 121 - I've been wasting your time
Bonus - More on time and heartbreak with Vikki Louise
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You were listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 187. |
| 0:05.5 | How long does it take to get over a breakup? |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:27.1 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:33.6 | Hello, my beautiful brave hearts. |
| 0:36.3 | How is everyone doing? I'm so excited about today's podcast episode. |
| 0:41.2 | We are taking it back down to the basics. This is one of the most common questions I get in my |
| 0:49.0 | career so far in the five years I've been working. I feel like it's this question and then if there's one |
| 0:54.6 | piece of advice, what would you give? And I have a lot of episodes actually about time and |
| 1:02.7 | heartbreak. I'll tag some of those other podcast episodes in the show notes. But I just wanted to |
| 1:10.1 | talk about and address the very specific question of how long |
| 1:14.6 | does it really take to get over a breakup and how long does it take to heal from heartbreak. |
| 1:21.0 | And here's the thing, y'all. You've been around for a beat. You know it's not about time. |
| 1:30.1 | So if you are new to this podcast, |
| 1:32.1 | this is the first one you're listening to. |
| 1:34.4 | Welcome. |
| 1:35.1 | I'm so excited to have you here. |
| 1:37.2 | And the first thing you're going to have to know |
| 1:39.2 | is time has nothing to do with your healing. |
| 1:44.1 | If you're anything like me, you've probably heard |
| 1:46.7 | it's going to take half of the amount of time that you were together to get over this. Maybe you've |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dorothy AB Johnson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dorothy AB Johnson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.