No two relationships are the same as one another. Therefore, no single way of dealing with a breakup is the model you should try to follow. Some couples find that dealing with the breakup of their relationship is very easy, and it feels like an almost natural process. For many others, however, dealing with breakup fallout takes years to recover from. Bear in mind, too, that dealing with a breakup need not necessarily mean your most intimate relationship. It could also mean falling out with a child or a parent or even a sibling. In some cases, dealing with a breakup could even mean stopping being friends with someone you have liked for many years. As such, there are many different emotions that people will feel as a result of a relationship breakdown. How you deal with them is, of course, another matter.
Born in 1953, Tara Brach is an advocate of the healing nature of certain aspects of Buddhism, specifically focussing on the in the Vipassana meditation tradition. This form of meditative Buddhism centres on prajñā, something that approximately translates as achieving insight into the true nature of reality. In addition to her work as a teacher and advocate of this form of healing and mental well-being, Tara Brach is a PhD level psychologist. She gained her qualification in clinical psychology from the Fielding Institute years after attending Clark University, in Massachusetts, where she gained bachelors degrees in psychology and political science. As such, she is one of the growing number of Buddhists in the West who combine their understanding of Eastern traditions, such as mindfulness, with their knowledge of psychology and science in their work, writing and teaching.
