Episode 458: Breakups, Emotions, and Healing with Dr. Elizabeth Cohen
Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is on the podcast this week! She’s a therapist who helps women maneuver through life’s toughest transitions. Most of us have been through something life-changing, either a breakup or a loss of a job. These changes can kick up complex emotions, and Dr. Cohen joins me to discuss the array of feelings that surface, and how to process them, and eventually heal.
Dr. Cohen received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Boston University. As part of her graduate training, she treated clients at the world-renowned Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders in Boston, MA.
We talk about:
- Some ways a woman can process her anger following something life-changing like divorce, loss of job, etc (6:58)
- What it means to live by design versus living by default (21:25)
- Dr. Cohen answers, “What is the long-term impact of divorce?” (30:45)
- How to believe in your ability to heal (39:52)
- Letting go of resentment in a broken relationship (40:30)