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Why you haven't moved on (Reason #1)
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Most people try to move on from a breakup by just giving it time.
"Time heals all wounds," they say.
But I disagree with this.
Yes, this might be true for small physical wounds (your body naturally repairs itself).
But emotional wounds? Especially the ones left behind after a breakup?
Time alone won’t fully heal those.
In fact, for a lot of people, time just makes the pain more bearable—but never truly resolves it.
Even worse, a lot of people unknowingly hold onto the past.
They replay painful memories in their mind.
They overanalyze what went wrong.
They fall into moments of weakness—scrolling through their ex’s Instagram, only to feel worse afterward.
Then they ask themselves, "Why did I do that?"
I know this because I've helped clients that were going through this exact problem.
And what they truly wanted is relief.
To finally feel free and at peace.
But most people don’t even know *why* they’re still stuck and haven't moved on yet.
So over the next three days, I’ll be sharing with you the three reasons why you haven’t been able to move on.
Insight on this would be key to helping you get ideas to be able to move forward again.
For today's email, I'll share the first one:
Reason #1: You have repressed thoughts and emotions
The feelings you haven’t fully processed don’t just disappear with time.
That's like sweeping trash under the rug and telling yourself that your living room is now clean.
On the surface, it looks like it.
But what happens when you've swept too much trash under there and it's just a mound with a rug on top of it?
The exact same thing happens when you have unexpressed thoughts and emotions about your ex.
You may not think about them all the time.
You may even tell yourself that everything's fine.
But deep down, those unexpressed emotions are still there.
That’s why, months or even years later, something small can trigger a wave of emotions out of nowhere.
A song.
A smell.
A familiar place.
Because unexpressed emotions don’t vanish with time…
They stay there under the proverbial rug.
And the reason you haven’t fully moved on?
It’s because you never fully faced those emotions in a way that allows you to process, release, and integrate them.
Now, I'm not saying that you should contact your ex and give them a piece of your mind and tell them all about how they've hurt you or how you miss them—
That might just make things worse and cause more pain for more people.
There are better and healthier ways to address those unexpressed thoughts and emotions to help you get closure.
Which is exactly what we'll do in a workshop on Wednesday called The Closure Kit.
In this workshop, I'll show you how to free yourself from heartbreak using Emotional Tools that take less than 20 minutes to integrate.
These Tools are designed to help you address the unexpressed thoughts and emotions you have around your ex so that you can finally start to move on.
You can get the details here:
(Heads up, this link expires in 2 days)
Aligned Work. Effortless Success.
Zach
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