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It's over- and it really hurts. But as unbelievable as it may seem when you are in the throes of heartache, you can move past your breakup. Forget about trying to win your ex back. Forget about losing yourself and trying to make this person love you. Forget it! Starting today, this breakup is the best time to change your life for the better, inside and out. Getting Past Your Breakup is a proven roadmap for overcoming the painful end of any romantic relationship, even divorce. Through her workshops and popular blog, Susan Elliott has helped thousands of clients and readers transform their love lives. Now, she'll help you put your energy back where it belongs- on you. Her plan includes: The rules of disengagement: how and why to go ""no contact"" with your ex How to work through grief, move past fear, and take back your life The secret to breaking the pattern of failed relationships What to do when you can't stop thinking about your ex, texting, calling, checking social networking sites, or driving by the house Complete with inspiring stories from real people and strategies to jump-start the moving-on process, Getting Past Your Breakup is the most effective plan for getting permanently past a breakup, getting your confidence back, and opening yourself to true love.

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Curled Up with a Good Book<br> Elliott delivers the goods with a book that can help anyone get past a broken heart, and be stronger for it...The book provides solid, usable information told with compassionate understanding that really jumpstarts a heart that is on standby...The tools are priceless, and the inspiration to come out on top is what really makes this book stand out in the ocean of other self-help titles out there. <br><p> ForeWord This Week, 4/22/09<br> Each of the book's steps has been thoughtfully developed from the author's personal experience and her training and experience as a grief counselor. <p>Bookviews, 6/09<br> This book identifies the frequent mistakes people make during the early days of a breakup and explains how to avoid them. [Elliott] shows how to use the pain to grow, reassess your goals, and create a healthier life. <p> Publisher's Weekly, 6/8/09<br> Provides sound advice for those still driving by the ex's house or obsessed with self-blame. <p>InfoDad.com<br> Tell[s] people who have suffered relationship devastation how to get through the stages of grief associated with romantic implosion-and how to pick themselves up afterwards and come out of their distress better than they ever were before...Elliott's comments on the stages of grief, although scarcely new, can be helpful to just about anyone who feels devastated by the end of an intimate relationship. <p> Midwest Book Review, June 2009<br> An effective book any general lending library will find popular. <p> Midwest Book Review, June 2009<br> A recommended read for those looking for more reasons to embrace better health. <br>About.com, Top Breakup Books, 1/1/10<br> An excellent breakup book that assists not only in dealing with the shock of a relationship ending, but also how to move past the breakup to become a stronger, better person in spite/because of it. Topics such as dealing with breakup myths ( I need closure! ) and boundaries (how do I not get into this situationg

Curled Up with a Good Book<br> Elliott delivers the goods with a book that can help anyone get past a broken heart, and be stronger for it...The book provides solid, usable information told with compassionate understanding that really jumpstarts a heart that is on standby...The tools are priceless, and the inspiration to come out on top is what really makes this book stand out in the ocean of other self-help titles out there. <br><p> ForeWord This Week, 4/22/09<br> Each of the book's steps has been thoughtfully developed from the author's personal experience and her training and experience as a grief counselor. <p>Bookviews, 6/09<br> This book identifies the frequent mistakes people make during the early days of a breakup and explains how to avoid them. [Elliott] shows how to use the pain to grow, reassess your goals, and create a healthier life. <p> Publisher's Weekly, 6/8/09<br> Provides sound advice for those still driving by the ex's house or obsessed with self-blame. <p>Info

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Susan J. Elliott JD, MEd is the creator of the Getting Past Your Past blog and seminar series. A motivational speaker, certified grief counselor, and attorney, and she lives with her husband and family in New York.

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