Prescriptions To Help Remedy Emotional Hard Times

A PRACTICE FOR YOUR MIND

Mending a broken heart begins with a commitment to self compassion. Self compassion is a positive attitude towards yourself that is accepting and forgiving when life situations are less than optimal.

Adopt a kindly approach to your setbacks by using kinder and more understanding words when talking to yourself.

Try this:

Find a comfortable place to sit or lie down, close you eyes and rest your hands on your heart. Settle into a slow and steady breath. Say this mantra silently to yourself:

“May I hold my pain with tenderness, and may I offer loving kindness to myself.” Repeat 10x

A PRACTICE FOR YOUR BODY

Grounding exercises help you anchor yourself in the present moment, which can take the focus away from the heartbreak causing you distress.

Try This:

Press your bare feet into the floor (or outside in a patch of grass!) as hard as you can for a few seconds. Release the pressure and notice how your feet feel. Squeeze your hands into a fist. Squeeze tighter for a few seconds then slowly release.

Repeat for 1-2 minutes

Read: Essay: How to ease the pain of heartbreak by Ziella Bryars

Journal Prompts For When You Feel Heartbroken

Pick an area of your life — career, home, friends, health, wellbeing — write what you’re grateful for. Repeat for as many areas as you like.

Write a list of ways to show yourself love — like cooking your favorite meal, buying yourself flowers, watching your favorite film, running yourself a bath. Can you do one when you finish journaling?

What’s something (that’s not a romantic relationship) that you dream of having? What’s something you could do today, this week or this year to start that journey?

Listen

Guided meditation — Reclaim your inherent value by Sarah Blondin

Yoga for heartbreak — Yoga for a broken heart with Adriene