Ep. 98 - It's my fault my ex left
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
It's not your fault your ex left. But it feels like it when you did something they asked you not to do or you showed up in a way you're not proud of.
Tune in today to learn how to stop ruminating and overthinking about how you might still be together if only you had done something differently. It's a simple shift. You're one thought away from knowing it wasn't your fault and it never will be.
What to expect:
- Learn what happens when you continue to believe it was your fault
- Understand how to stop ruminating and overthinking what you could have done differently to stay together
- Become clear on what will really get you a different outcome
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 98. It's my fault my ex left. |
| 0:06.4 | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting |
| 0:19.6 | over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:24.6 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:30.7 | Hello, my beautiful brave hearts. |
| 0:33.4 | Today we are talking about, it's my fault. |
| 0:37.4 | My ex left the relationship. We have all been there, |
| 0:41.4 | right? Your partner says not to do something, but you do it. Or if you're a classic Dorothy, |
| 0:47.8 | you show up in a way that you're not proud of because you are reacting to an overwhelming or urgent emotion, right? |
| 0:56.7 | And then all of a sudden, your relationship's done. |
| 0:59.7 | So I had a brave heart tell me that her ex told her not to call her because he was busy. |
| 1:08.1 | She called and then he broke up with her. |
| 1:15.4 | So she believed it's her fault that they broke up and she can't stop thinking about, you know, what if I wouldn't have called? Maybe we would |
| 1:20.2 | still be together. And I want to talk about this because I know she's not the only one who is |
| 1:26.0 | struggling with something like this. So here's the problem. |
| 1:31.1 | When we choose to believe it was my fault, I want you to think about how you feel when you're |
| 1:39.1 | believing that, when you're telling yourself that. How do you feel when you're saying, |
| 1:45.4 | if I wouldn't have called, he wouldn't have left? |
| 1:48.6 | We'd still be together. |
| 1:50.3 | If I wouldn't have done that specific thing, |
| 1:53.5 | he wouldn't have left and we would still be together. |
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