10 Tips for Getting Over a Relationship

Daria Benedict
the change exchange
2 min readFeb 20, 2017
Photo of the author in her bachelorette pad taken by Sye WIlliams. (Gwen Stefani as photographed by Jill Greenberg appears in the background).
  1. get yourself a bomb-ass bachelorette pad and make it feel like home.
  2. listen to the music that gives you all the feels. and just cry it out. and then you will love the music again.
  3. practice saying “yes” to the universe when before you would say no. it’s a wonder the new opportunities this will open up for your new life.
  4. find healthy rituals that make you feel good. dancing, running, practicing musical instruments, drawing, painting, coloring, decorating, DIY, hiking, cooking, meditation, etc. whatever it is, create a regular ritual to have things to look forward to.
  5. stay up all night sometimes with friends. you’ll be tired the next day but the memories will be so worth it.
  6. throw away all of your old underwear (including “period” underwear, ladies) and buy all new sexy stuff. you deserve to wear the sexy stuff all the time.
  7. in the same vein as #6, buy yourself beautiful lingerie or loungewear. walk around the house in it when no one is home. sleep in it alone.
  8. allow people to give you compliments. learning how to simply accept a compliment and let someone tell you you are good or beautiful is difficult for a lot of people. learn to accept one once in a while.
  9. love yourself where before you hated yourself. i spent a lifetime hating myself and the second i decided to start loving myself…my body, my flaws, my habits…i have been 1000% happier.
  10. surround yourself with people who inspire you and make you laugh. you can’t go wrong with this one.

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Daria Benedict
the change exchange

Writer. Lover. Pianist. Activist. Singer. Rapper. Philosopher. Digital Strategist. Marketer. Passionate producer of ideas that change the world. @dariaofchange