 Author of My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, on how she picked herself up after a crushing breakup. 

"How a devastating breakup taught me a lesson about independence"

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The pain of it was almost unbearable. It was unlike anything I had ever felt. The trauma of separation tore at me. I missed him

Insist on yourself – I have never read a phrase that better captures every romantic relationship I have ever been in

Being taught that we must suppress our emotional needs is toxic, it bleeds

 Author of My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, on the realisation she came to when her relationship fell apart. 