034: Cutting Off The Exes with Dr. Benjamin Ritter

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 9 a.m.

The Founder of Live for Yourself (LFY) Consulting and The Breakup Supplement Dr. Benjamin Ritter helps clients develop their internal leader while cultivating greater levels of alignment, confidence, and emotional intelligence in the areas of Life, Intentions, Values, and Expectations. He joins Chelsea to talk about leading oneself in the wake of heartbreak. He’s full of wake up calls, aha moments, and plenty of wise counsel as he challenges Chelsea to rethink what it means to block an ex and provides advice to two listeners who have written in with a dating question as well as a question surrounding confidence and comparison. At minute 5, the conversation starts. Gems to look forward to:+ losing oneself in relationships + the arrogance of thinking you’re The One+ the difference between a soulmate and life partner+ what healthy merging looks like in love+ the aftereffects of an abusive relationship+ the consequences of staying too long+ slowing down and focusing on the person in front of you+ there isn’t scarcity. there’s opportunity everywhere+ just because you invested in something, doesn’t mean you have to keep investing + sometimes loving something is letting it go+ the fact that you’re trying is good enough sometimes+ relationships are the only thing that’s meant to fail, until the one that doesn’t; the same thing happens with business+ the correlations and similarities between the learnings and teachings in your professional life and dating life+ the irony of putting time, intention, and investment in business and yet thinking all it takes in love is a swipe+ making friends via dating apps+ to develop your love, you have to develop your leader+ what to do once you find someone you are interested in committing to+ we shouldn’t be chasing; we should be understanding what we want and living intentionally+ rethinking the word “block” and “erase”+ disconnecting in order to respect where you are in your life right now+ the discomfort of feeling like an ex has a false perception of you are+ how fixing is controllling+ the way to move forward without internalizing+ separating yourself from your ex’s behavior and actions+ judging your ex when you see how they’re living without you+ a person may not change within a relationship but will definitely change without it+ to lead yourself after a breakup, you must disconnect from your ex+ instead of being defensive, focus on how you can connect+ the false ideology of success+ success and achievement is self-defined + getting lost on a path+ doing something solely because you’ve told someone you’re doing it+ every relationship will end until one doesn’t+ changing isn’t failure, it’s progress+ the quality of the questions Plus, so much more.—To connect with Dr. Benjamin Ritter, visit:His website: www.benjamin-ritter.comLive For Yourself Consulting: http://liveforyourselfconsulting.comThe Breakup Supplement: https://www.thebreakupsupplement.com/Instagram: www.instagram.com/ritterbenj—Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea at: www.breakupward.com/shopConnect and send in your questions and/or letters on Instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak or by email Chelsea@breakupward.com