On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Still Thinking About Your Ex? (Use This 2-Step Reset to Stop the Spiral for Good!)

May 15, 2026·30 min·5-min readnarrativeself improvement
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This episode confronts the psychological, neurological, and emotional mechanisms behind romanticizing an ex after a breakup, revealing how the brain distorts memory and amplifies loss not as proof of great love, but as symptoms of addiction, memory reconstruction, and unresolved attachmen

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People

Jay ShettyElizabeth LoftusHelen FisherSue JohnsonPema Chödrön

Books

The Power of Nowby Eckhart Tolle

Topics

AnxietyMental HealthMindfulnessSelf ImprovementTherapy

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