Archive | Divorce And Break-Up

01 December 2010 ~ Comments

Healing From a Break up – Part 3

Healing From a Break up – Part 3, Dating and Relationship Video 6

Hi Mikko, How do you deal with the rejection of being broken up with?
– Nancy

Hello! In this video, Healing from a break up part 3, I answer Nancy’s question of how one deals with a break up. If you like this video, make sure to like it, and you can subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get notified when my future dating and relationship videos come out.

You can submit questions to my email, mikko@relationship-journal.com. I look forward to answering…

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29 November 2010 ~ Comments

Healing From A Breakup, Part 2 – Dating and Relationship Video 5

Healing From A Breakup, Part 2

This is video 5, Healing From A Break Up – Part 2, of my Dating and Relationship video series. I’m not only going to address the issue of healing from a breakup, but I’m going to discuss how men communicate, how women communicate, how to understand men, and how to understand women all in the context of a break up.

I hope you benefit from me answering Lisa’s question, Hello. I am interested in learning how to handle break ups more gracefully. I think communicating better…

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26 November 2010 ~ Comments

Healing From A Breakup – Dating and Relationship Video 4

Healing From A Breakup

Hello! Healing from a breakup can be very difficult. In video number 4 of my Dating and Relationship video series I address that issue brought up by Steven. From my Relationship-Journal Blog, Steven asks, Dear Mikko, How do you heal from a breakup or get over someone you still love?.

If you like the video, make sure to like it. You can also subscribe to my YouTube Channel. If you want more dating and relationship advice, feel free to browse through my Relationship-Journal Blog or my Mikko Blog. Also make sure…

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24 February 2010 ~ Comments

Healing From A Break-Up – My Actual Letter To My Ex-Girlfriend

Picture of my actual letter written in November 2000

Picture of my actual letter written in November 2000

Recently, I have gotten a lot of requests to expand on how to deal with a painful brake-up.

I decided I would share a very powerful method that I have personally used and continue to use every time life presents some challenges or painful events. I started using this method around the year 2000. It will help you transform any “negative” feelings you have to positive ones in only 15- 20 minutes.

As a side note, the reason I have quotations on…

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15 February 2010 ~ Comments

How To Break Up With Someone?

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How to break up with someone? Have you ever wondered what is the best way to break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend or your husband/wife? Maybe you have been going out with your girlfriend for a couple of months and you have begun to feel that she is not the right one for you and you now want to break up with her. Or maybe you have been married to your husband for ten years and you have recognized that your relationship with him is not healthy and you want to…

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16 October 2009 ~ Comments

Mikko, I Have Cheated On My Wife. What Should I Do?

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Mikko, I chose my wife very logically. We matched up on nearly 100% of things: on our way of life, way of thinking, on our goals, and so on. I thought that this common ground was the most important for a long-lasting relationship. So, I decided she’d be the one. I chose that over the physical attraction. Never really felt any, but I thought this would not really matter. It was quite easy to pretend at the beginning. But after a couple years, I cheated on her with…

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29 July 2009 ~ Comments

Mikko, How Do I Get Over From Missing My Boyfriend?

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Question from “Still In Love”:

Mikko, I have been in a relationship for a while, and now, my boyfriend and I have decided to take a “break.” But I find myself missing this person very much even though I know that it won’t work between us. Would you elaborate on how to end a relationship even though one still has feelings for the other person? How do you really move on and is it really possible to be friends afterward?

-Still In Love, San Francisco, CA

Dear Still in Love,

First…

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10 June 2009 ~ Comments

How To Grieve For The Loss Of A Loved One: Learn The One Big Mistake You Don’t Want To Make

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When you have lost a loved one, whether by breaking up with a girlfriend, through a divorce, or even because of a death, you are in pain. While it is human nature to avoid pain and seek pleasure, the biggest mistake you can make when grieving is to try to avoid feeling the pain when you really are in pain.

Unfortunately, most of us are masters of trying to hide how we feel, to the point where it may even become hard to know what our true feelings…

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08 May 2009 ~ Comments

How To Deal With Painful Divorce or Break-Up: Understanding When Love Is Not Enough

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This particular post is for those of you who are either going through a break-up or a divorce, or who have gone through one in the past and now want to understand your experience in a more positive way.

I am not going to lie to you; breaking up or divorcing is not easy. I don’t care what anyone says. Unless you have experienced it yourself, it is hard for you to understand the pain, hurt, and shame associated with it. It doesn’t really matter whether you are the…

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