How to Find the Strength to Leave a Bad Relationship – Gloria Steinem

It’s surprisingly difficult to leave an unhealthy, distant, or just plain bad relationship! You’d think it’d be simple – if you don’t like the way your boyfriend or husband treats you, then leave – but it’s actually quite complicated. Here are some suggestions for leaving bad relationships, motivated by a woman’s question on my article [...]

How to Stop Feeling Guilty Over a Relationship Breakup

On my article about letting go of someone you love, a reader asked how she can stop feeling guilty about breaking up with her boyfriend of four years. Here are my suggestions, starting with a quotation from a strong woman in history to start!

“This is all you have,” says Dr Laura Schlessinger. “This is not a [...]

Overcoming an Unexpected Relationship Breakup – Eleanor Roosevelt

The end of a relationship is especially difficult to overcome when you don’t know for sure why it ended! These ways to overcome an unexpected relationship breakup are based on a reader’s question on 10 Tips for Surviving a Breakup. These tips aren’t just for the end of romantic relationships – they include the end of friendships, too.

Here’s what Eleanor [...]

5 Stages of Leaving an Abusive Relationship – Tina Turner

The life lesson: leaving an abusive relationship involves five stages of separation. The successful woman: Tina Turner – one of the greatest singers of all time – who was in an abusive marriage for 16 years.

“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself,” says Tina Turner. “If you are unhappy with anything . [...]

Giving Up for Your Own Good – Anna Quindlen

The life lesson: sometimes you have to give up on your goals – for your own good. The successful woman: Anna Quindlen, a Pulitzer-prize winning author.

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing,” says Quindlen, “is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of being yourself.”

Sometimes you have to give up for your own [...]

Letting Go of Other People’s Expectations – Maria Shriver

The life lesson: to be fully yourself – authentic and real – you have to let go of other people’s expectations. The successful woman: Maria Shriver, journalist and author of Just Who Will You Be?

“As long as I was trying to anticipate what people wanted from me, as long as I was trying to fulfill other people’s expectations, [...]