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(Matt Monday): The “No Contact Rule” Explained

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

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The 21 Day No Contact Period

A 21 day no contact period after a break up is designed to be more of a principle in practice than a rule. In the wake of a break up, it's really black and white. Someone may still reach out to us. There are all manner of ways that we try and engage with each other. The space at least means that we aren't consistently reactivating that wound every time we talk to someone. And when some one breaks up with you, they're not entitled to know everything about what you're feeling every day. Is no longer their journey. It's a separate thing. That mystery can actually be a good thing. Five, it raises the stakes for the person who broke

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