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Despite Everything
Chris Wiewiora doesn’t want closure. He wants a new beginning. Our story is the story of how I went back for her. Here’s how it happened: The first time we went out, it wasn’t really a date—she was an...
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Living the Impossible Dream
Most people would say he shouldn’t still be alive, but he is. A heartwrenching excerpt from Robert Levithan’s new book. (Written on my 60th birthday): If I am not grateful, I am truly a fool. When I...
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Getting Over Your Ex: 7 Tips
We can spin our heads following a divorce. The truth to healing is to learn to be good to ourselves. There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took...
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Sorrow is Not Depression
Ken Druck knows about grief – he lost his own daughter suddenly – and he knows that grieving a major loss is not the same as Clinical Depression. – My family doctor told me I was “depressed” and...
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5 Ways Not to End a Relationship—Unless You’re “That Person”
It’s not always easy to take the high road when you’re breaking up. Here are 5 low ways to end it, along with 5 healthy ways to achieve closure. ___ What do you do when “what may once have been a...
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How to Move on and Find Closure
When a bad relationship or bad experience is over, people tell us to move on. But how? Wellcast has some answers. ___ Closure is thrown around as the magic word that puts an end to suffering and...
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Why the Hardest Goodbyes Are the Ones You Didn’t Get to Say
When a relationship ends, how can you look for closure when you have no idea what it is you’re looking for? —— Closure — I didn’t really understand what that meant until recently. I’ve heard people...
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Sons of War: The Hidden Story Behind Brotherhood
Two survivors of the war between Iraq and Iran were separated in the chaos by enemy lines, but were reunited more than twenty years later. ––– It’s said that one must thrive in order to survive—that...
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The Only Relationships We Obsess Over Are the Unfinished Ones
Unfinished relationships are the most difficult to recover from. You’re not sure why they ended, you still have feelings, and you can’t find closure. —— Throughout your youth, you’re bound to watch...
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View image | gettyimages.com I went through the motions, like they do in all romantic comedies, all the way down to the bottom of the wine glass. In many ways, it was more of a performance than...
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A Man and His Music: Between the Lines of Suicide
When is music more than rhythmic passion? Three years after committing suicide, a young musician’s work is being heard worldwide for the first time. — It’s said that passion drives a man’s soul. It’s...
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View image | gettyimages.com I went through the motions, like they do in all romantic comedies, all the way down to the bottom of the wine glass. In many ways, it was more of a performance than...
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Happy Birthday, Almeda Cruz
Charles Bane, Jr. reflects on how the strong but sturdy hand of a woman guided him to manhood during hard times for his family. — I was extremely ill throughout my childhood. I never write about it or...
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How to Get Closure When You Don’t Know Why it Ended
Embed from Getty Images She doesn’t know why he broke off their engagement but it’s still possible for her to find peace. ____ What do I do when my future husband decides to end our relationship...
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This is What Real Closure Is
Embed from Getty Images He learned that holding on wasn’t working — She’d left my house early the previous night. She wasn’t texting me like she had been texting me. So when I was at my friend’s...
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When a Marriage Ends, Asking ‘Why?’ is the Worst Thing to Do
Embed from Getty Images You’re not really trying to learn anything. You’re looking for a reason to beat yourself up. ____ How many of us make the “mistake” of marrying the wrong person? There must be...
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The Power of Love: On Friendship, Acceptance and Death
This testimonial of love and acceptance between two friends is sweeping social media, yet few have heard it—until now. — Since the beginning of time, man has known that the sun rises and sets at a...
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Despite Everything
Chris Wiewiora doesn’t want closure. He wants a new beginning. Our story is the story of how I went back for her. Here’s how it happened: The first time we went out, it wasn’t really a date—she was an...
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Living the Impossible Dream
Most people would say he shouldn’t still be alive, but he is. A heartwrenching excerpt from Robert Levithan’s new book. (Written on my 60th birthday): If I am not grateful, I am truly a fool. When I...
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Getting Over Your Ex: 7 Tips
We can spin our heads following a divorce. The truth to healing is to learn to be good to ourselves. There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took...
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