Clear your mind after a relationship breakup

Relationship breakups often result in recurring thoughts of your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend continually running through your head even though you may have broken up some time ago.

Unfortunately, it’s the thoughts you have in the feedback loop that impact your emotions and make you feel terrible. So how does one go about slowing down the memory cycle and detoxifying and clearing their mind of reoccurring memories?

Fortunately, there are proven ways to get over an ex, get over relationships, get over heartbreak, get over unrequited love, and get back on track. However, there is a process and you will need to start by:
(1) accept the need for change;
(2) take responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; Y
(3) commit to taking ACTION to change your circumstances by clearing and changing your mind.

Memorizing really good reasons to detox your mind after a relationship breakup will go a long way toward achieving your goal. Here are 6 really good reasons to clear your mind after a relationship breakup:

1. You will truly love, honor, and appreciate yourself.
2, you will wish the greatest good for yourself
3. You will be giving yourself the time and space to heal
4. You will be removing blocks to your happiness
5. You will be increasing your energy levels
6. You will stop feeling bad and you will be emotionally healthier and happier

Below are some strategies and tips to help you clear your mind after a relationship breakup.

1. Stop worrying
Worry is triggered when our mind constantly replays the worst case scenario over and over again (like being on a constant replay show on a DVD). It is well documented that only 15-20% of what worries us actually happens. That means that 75-80% of what worries us does not manifest itself, what a waste of time!

2. Take a fast from negative news and thoughts
Being bombarded by global, national, local, business and private news is sure to have an adverse effect on your mind (especially if the news is particularly bad). Fasting from the ‘news’ for a period of 7-10 days is a great way to give yourself space and clear your mind.

3. Slow down and take a deep breath
Slowing down in this fast-paced world of instant gratification can be difficult, but it’s not impossible. It is especially beneficial to stop a chattering mind that is in overdrive. Focusing on correct breathing can work wonders in this area, especially if you’re prone to overbreathing while you’re excited (which can be quite damaging).

4. Clean up the memories
You may think this is the hardest thing in the world, but there are proven techniques where you can disassociate a memory of your ex by depriving your mind of the triggers that lead you directly to the memory. [See Forget About Ex.]

5. Picture Perfect
The thoughts we have reach our brain through language and images. Visualization and the images we imagine are therefore a shorthand language for our brain. A technique to have more control over our imagination (especially if we feel that we have a poor one) is through scrapbooking. When words are too much, escape to a vision poster. Capture your heart’s desire in image form by cutting up your old magazines and creating a collage that resonates with your heart. It’s a great release from having to articulate what you want.

6. Mediate
Focus on one thing or even nothing through mediation. Whether it’s in the morning (my favorite time) or at night when you meditate to capture your quiet moment, take care of it! It is a gift to remember who we are when our lives bombard us with requests, demands and responsibilities.

7. Exercise – Take care of your body
Daily and weekly exercise lifts your spirits through the release of endorphins. It’s also great for clearing the cobwebs of the mind. Enjoying a regular exercise routine will be like a breath of fresh air for your gray matter.

8. Be creative
Increasing the activity of the right side of our brain can allow us to exercise its ability to solve problems, seek solutions and harmony. Focusing on a creative search allows us to escape into our imagination where everything is possible and where we do not have to have a specific goal or result.

9. Prioritize – First things first
Focusing on one thing at a time and prioritizing is a mind-clearing technique. For example, writing down just 3 things you have to do in one day will be much more motivating than bombarding yourself with a list of 50 things you want to accomplish by the next week. This will allow you to clear your mind of the never-ending list of to-do’s, must-do’s and must-do’s that plague us and act as a psychic drain.

10. Do nothing.
For at least 1 hour of your waking day, give up the desire to do anything that has a purpose or goal.