Ep. 338 - She stopped wanting him … and that's when he came back
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
If you've ever thought, "I know my ex isn't right for me… so why do I still want him?" this episode is going to land in a very real way. You'll hear a raw, honest conversation with someone who lived that exact experience—logically knowing the relationship didn't work, but still feeling pulled toward him and hoping it could somehow come together. Instead of forcing herself to move on or trying to convince him to change, she focused on something most people skip. In this episode, we unpack what shifted when she stopped centering him and started building a life she was genuinely excited about—and how that changed the entire dynamic between them. If you're in that space where you still want your ex back, this will give you a much more effective approach than chasing, waiting, or trying to "fix" yourself—and show you what becomes possible when you finally release the hold they have on you.
The Get Over Your Ex in 3 months or less program (opens June 1st!): https://dorothyabjohnson.com/getoveryourex/
Listen to Ep. 60 - How to love your life without them: https://dorothyabjohnson.com/2020/09/29/how-to-love-your-life-without-them/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You were listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 338. |
| 0:05.0 | She stopped wanting him, and that's when he came back. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:26.5 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:28.8 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:37.2 | Hello, hello, beautiful Bravehe Hearts. How is everyone doing? I am so excited to be here. You guys, |
| 0:43.7 | I'm having like a blast from the past. I am so, so eager and excited to dive in today's episode. |
| 0:51.6 | So I am doing, this is a part of a series where I'm bringing on |
| 0:55.7 | Braveheart's who worked with me forever ago. Either did the Get Over-Yarks program or worked one-on-one |
| 1:01.7 | with me. And we are going to do a little life update, a little life catch-up because, number one, |
| 1:09.4 | I just want to catch up with these individuals. |
| 1:11.1 | But number two, they're doing epic, amazing things, living their bigger and better life. |
| 1:16.1 | And I feel like it's so important that we hear from them. |
| 1:19.3 | So today, I have the beautiful Purvaja. |
| 1:24.5 | So good to see you, Boo. |
| 1:27.0 | So Pervajah was actually someone I worked with one-on-one, |
| 1:31.6 | which is like iconic. This was a long, long time ago. So I loved the work that we did. |
| 1:39.0 | We worked together for a longer period of time, to be honest, because we worked on getting |
| 1:43.2 | over your ex and we worked on |
| 1:44.3 | a couple of other things. But she has an episode, it's episode 60, how to love your life without |
| 1:50.4 | them, talking about how to love your life without your ex. And that was released in September of |
| 1:55.9 | 2020. Wild. Crazy. So welcome, boo. Welcome back. We're excited to have you here. Tell us where you are, |
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