Break Up, Don’t Break Down provides a road map for
anyone who’s trapped by the past anger, guilt and pressures
of a failed relationship. Here you’ll find ten steps to
happiness despite your breakup. This user-friendly manual
is designed to show you how to get past the pain, stress and
disappointment that come from breaking up, and to move
you past the hurt and pain caused by a broken love affair.
Chapter by chapter, you will find a simple, direct,
uncomplicated discussion of issues that range from ending
the dysfunctional relationship to dealing with guilt or peer
pressure, minimizing the negative effects on your children,
creating a new life and finding new love.
It doesn’t matter if you have a PhD or a GED, I tell it
like it is, using down-to-earth language. Go ahead and take a
break from your therapist, stop calling and worrying your
friends, wipe the tears away. Break Up, Don’t Break Down
will help you get over the pain of a dying relationship and
show you how to get on with rest of your life.
D. Ivan Young
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Use Break Up, Don’t Break Down as a tool to end what
used to be a relationship. It’s not a feel-good book; this is a
relationship manual created to guide you through the
breakup process. When crying, and talking to friends and
relatives doesn’t ease the pain, this book serves as a
supportive, non-judgmental companion. It contains
everything you need to ease you through the breaking up,
separation or divorce. Using, wisdom, sound logic, faith
and proven relationship strategies, Break Up, Don’t Break
Down is filled with the information and the motivation you
need to successfully deal with the separation and ultimate
healing from a destructive, abusive or unhealthy
relationship. No longer will you be left feeling helpless.
Contained within are:
 Emotional survival skills
 Dealing with pain and guilt
 Helping children adjust to separation or divorce
 Help with loneliness
 Establishing a new identity
 Skills that teach you how to resuscitate your life
 Creating a new life plan
 How to find and keep quality people in your life
 Finding, keeping and understanding love
 Getting rid of emotional baggage
 Cleaning up self-destructive thoughts
 Finding, meeting and keeping the love of your life