How to Walk Away With Grace and Dignity and Let Go of Resentment and Remorse

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Abby: When you have the clarity to understand that your relationship is not healthy and you can't stay in it but you love the person. How do you walk away with grace and dignity and let go of the resentment and remorse that may have come from the relationship? Abigail: I think a lot of people feel like well in order to leave in order for me to say we want to end this relationship or at least in the way that it exists right now romantic sexual whatever, they are terrified of saying yes. So what they do is then they make it dirty Yes they get dirty," she says. "I just wasn't able to be completely honest"

How to end a relationship lovingly, how to love an addict, and how to keep surprising yourself in midlife (buy the tap dancing shoes). Plus, why Cheryl decided to cut down her drinking.

For our past episodes with Cheryl, listen to Episode 118 Cheryl Strayed: Don’t Let Your Dreams Ruin Your Life and Episode 119 It’s Okay to Want What You Want: Cheryl Strayed as Dear Sugar.

For the Amanda episode Cheryl mentioned, listen to Episode 177 How to Face Your Biggest Fears with Amanda Doyle.

About Cheryl:

Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide and was made into an Oscar-nominated film. Her bestselling collection of Dear Sugar columns, Tiny Beautiful Things, was adapted for a Hulu television show that will be released in April. In 2016, the book was adapted as a play that continues to be staged in theaters around the world. Strayed is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Torch, and the bestselling collection Brave Enough. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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