Breakup Survival Playlist #5: Seasonal Affective Disorder
“A relationship, I think, is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.”
Woody Allen
This is the hardest stage of surviving a breakup. And it’s also often the longest. You’ve done a good job getting back to [...]
Breakup Survival Playlist #4: Boiling the Bunny
“Revenge is sweet and not fattening.”
Alfred Hitchcock
I’m not advocating real acts of revenge against someone who has broken your heart; that would make you look like a pathetic and disturbed individual. As I’ve said before, “Don’t get even, get even better.” But that doesn’t mean a fantasy life filled with schemes of sadistic torture against [...]
Breakup Survival Playlist #1: Shock and Awe
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.”
Martin Luther
When relationships end, music = therapy. When you’re the dumpee, a breakup soundtrack is crucial to getting through it. In my recent post The Girls’ Kickass Guide to Getting Over a Breakup, I promised that [...]
