The Breakup That Paved My Self-Love Journey (From Heartbreak to Healing)

Mary’s Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for Women

Mary Jelkovsky

Self-love, Body-image, Mental Health, Body Image, Relationships, Women's Health, Self Love, Advice For Women, Self Love For Women, Love Yourself, Education, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This episode is my honest reflection on a breakup that happened 7 years ago—long before I met my husband. It was a relationship that was equal parts toxic and transformative for my self-love journey. It ended up breaking my heart and somehow healing it, too. I’ve shared bits and pieces over the years, but today I’m telling you my full breakup story—not just for the sake of storytelling, but to offer you insights into what healing really looks like, especially after a hard breakup. Tune in for a vulnerable chat + breakup advice.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mary's Cup of Tea, the Self-Love Podcast for Women, though all self-lovers are welcome here.
0:07.1	I'm your host, Mary Jolkovsky. I'm an author, speaker, retreat leader, and all-around
0:12.7	self-love advocate. And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.
0:20.0	Hello, self-lover. Before we dive into today's podcast episode, I want to make
0:24.5	sure you know about my two books on self-love. If you're struggling with body image or self-acceptance,
0:30.2	then I highly recommend you check out my first book, The Gift of Self-Love. It's a comprehensive
0:35.2	workbook to help you build confidence, recognize your worth,
0:38.9	and learn to love who you are. Thousands of people have this book and the five-star reviews are so
0:44.5	amazing. They give me so much life. So I hope that this is something that can help you too. You can get
0:49.7	it wherever books are sold by searching for the gift of self-love or go to my website maryscup of tea.com
0:56.1	slash book. After releasing the gift of self-love and reading all your positive feedback, I realized
1:01.8	that we really needed something to keep us going every single day. So not a deep dive workbook,
1:07.4	but maybe like a micro dose of self-love in your daily life, which is why I wrote
1:12.7	100 days of self-love. It's a guided journal with, you guessed it, 100 prompts that cover so many
1:18.6	areas of life, including body, identity, purpose, emotions, mindset, relationships, and more.
1:25.5	So you can really think of it as a metaphorical multivitamin, something to keep you going,
1:30.3	or as I like to say, growing, on your self-love journey.
1:33.4	You can get this journal wherever books are sold as well by searching for 100 days of
1:37.5	self-love, or go to Mary's Cup of Tea.com slash journal.
1:41.2	It's my mission to share all the self-love tea with you, so I hope that both my books and this
1:46.0	podcast can do just that.
1:53.2	I got an irksome comment the other day on YouTube out of all places that said, aren't you married?
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