Join the Tiny Buddha list to get 20 free gifts, including challenges, workbooks, and more! “It’s not your job to like me—it’s mine.” Byron Katie Why are breakups so painful? Whether we are the dumper or the dumpee, the range of emotions we feel is universal: devastation, sadness, and anger. Oh, and there’s the acute pain, as if your heart had been gouged from your chest, stabbed a dozen times with a butter knife, and booted to the curb. Am I right? Of course I am. I’ve been there. We all have. I intimately experienced a broken heart and its … Continue reading How to Heal a Broken Heart Using Mindful Self-Compassion