Ep. 277 - How to feel loved this valentine's day (even if you're newly single)

How to Get Over Your Ex

Dorothy AB Johnson

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.7 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Valentine's Day can feel overwhelming when you're newly single—reminders of love are everywhere, and the loneliness can feel sharper than ever. But what if, instead of dreading it, you used this time to lean into love in a way that actually makes you feel connected, supported, and at peace? In this episode, I share three defining relationships—one where I was left, one where I did the leaving, and one where I stayed—to show you how love exists in every stage of your journey. You'll learn how to shift your perspective, embrace love from your past, present, and future, and walk into Valentine's Day feeling empowered rather than anxious. If you're ready to transform this holiday from painful to powerful, this episode is for you.

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0:00.0	You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex episode number 277.
0:05.4	How to Feel Loved this Valentine's Day, even if you're newly single.
0:26.9	Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time.
0:32.6	I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. Hello, hello, my beautiful brave hearts. I love you so much. I personally have been reflecting a lot.
0:47.0	I kind of wonder if this is like a core theme of a lot of people or if it's just me. But I recently gave birth to my baby Teddy and I'm almost
0:58.9	four months postpartum and obviously a lot has happened in those four months. I became a mom
1:07.0	and then my dad was also diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I've healed a deep wound with my mother in being postpartum it's interesting like after having a baby I almost feel more like a baby like I want my mom more now than now that because I am a mom I don't I don't know how to put that but's a weird experience. So then also my last living grandmother passed away of dementia.
1:31.8	So it's been interesting to say the least. There's been a lot of ups and downs,
1:38.5	and it's just been a different experience. And I've been contemplating a lot and reflecting a lot in various
1:49.0	ways. I just, one of the things that I keep thinking is like, if I could take photos of this
1:54.9	life that I'm living right now and send them to my past self in 2016, the version of me that
2:00.7	felt like she had just lost everything and
2:04.5	show her just like how much freedom I gained in losing everything. She had really just gained a ticket
2:12.0	to do life her way instead of her ex's way. And I think that that's been really hitting me hard in the
2:20.3	last couple of months of just having so much freedom to be on maternity leave, freedom because I
2:28.9	live where I wanted to, freedom and doing what I love to do for work, freedom to be able to take care of my dad.
2:37.2	There's just so many things that have, they're like coming to fruition now.
2:42.8	And that 2016 year old or 2016 year version of me, I was 26 at the time.
2:50.3	I just, I wonder, I'm constantly wondering what she
2:53.4	would think if she saw this right now. And I'm, yeah, just curious, are you guys wondering this?
2:59.5	Are you contemplating stuff like this? Or is it just me? But today I woke up and I was like,
3:05.8	I want this week's episode, the week of Valentine's Day,
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