Ep. 323 - How to start the New Year after a breakup (When a fresh start feels overwhelming and painful)
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Starting a new year after a breakup can feel paralyzing when the idea of a "clean slate" brings pressure instead of hope. In this episode, I walk you through a simple, structured process to help you move forward without forcing clarity you don't have yet. Using the Breakup Life Wheel (or Bigger & Better Life Wheel), you'll learn how to assess where you actually are, identify what needs attention now, and turn that insight into three clear intentions with concrete actions you can take in real life. We'll also land on a single word for 2026 that anchors your decisions and gives you direction when motivation wavers. If you're standing at the beginning of the year unsure how to rebuild after a heartbreak, but ready to start anyway, this episode will give you a grounded place to begin.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex episode number 323. |
| 0:05.6 | How to Start the New Year after a breakup when a fresh start feels overwhelming and painful. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:30.2 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:33.7 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. Hello, hello, beautiful brave hearts. Welcome to 2026. So freaking fun. I'm having a blast so far. |
| 0:48.0 | How are you guys doing? So I actually have three main intentions this year and I'd love to share them with you if you are open to it. |
| 0:56.9 | And I can share with you how I landed on these. And you can also come up with your own annual intentions if it feels aligned. |
| 1:07.0 | Now, before we dive in, I want to share that my beautiful, amazing virtual assistant Ray, whom I adore, |
| 1:15.9 | and I have actually set up a really fun page where you can actually ask me any question that you |
| 1:24.5 | have, and I'll do an entire podcast episode on it. So you can ask me |
| 1:29.5 | something that's like related to your breakup, you can ask me something related to building |
| 1:33.8 | your bigger and better life or even if it's something personal, if there's anything you desire |
| 1:39.7 | to know about me, I'm pretty much an open book. So if you have any specific questions that you'd love |
| 1:45.4 | for me to answer on the podcast, you can drop that question for me at Dorothyabjohnson.com |
| 1:52.3 | forward slash podcast question. And I'll link that in the show notes for you as well. But I will not |
| 1:59.9 | share your name. This will be anonymous. It's just you |
| 2:02.9 | put your name and your email in there. We collect that so that if we do create a podcast off of your |
| 2:10.1 | question, we just want to make sure that we email you and let you know that it's been chosen. |
| 2:15.2 | So don't worry about me sharing any of your personal information |
| 2:18.2 | that you might include in your question. I'll be sure to remove any identifiers that you give me |
| 2:23.3 | and it will be completely anonymous. But I am very excited to be able to offer this to all of you. |
| 2:30.6 | I love when things are more interactive and I hear from all of you. And this year, |
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