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How To Grow From Your Breakup Pain (7 Science-Backed Ways)
Breakup pain is a fact of life. But there are ways to grow from it. In fact, here are 7 of them, backed by science.
Cheryl Strayed was born in late 1968 in Pennsylvania. Throughout her life, she endured many traumatically painful adversities that few of us will ever face: severe poverty, sexual and physical abuse, violent family drama, drug problems, and living in near-constant fear of the future.
And as if that weren’t enough, the particular events of Cheryl’s life wouldn’t make it any easier for her either.
She spent her childhood living in a dingy, handmade house without running water or electricity on 40 acres of land. She endured a father who physically abused her and her mother. She was raped by her grandfather at the age of three. And to top it all off, when she turned 22, she became an orphan — one who tried to escape her pain with travel and heroin.
Cheryl Strayed has seen it all. Yet, despite her struggles, she went on to become a New York Times bestselling author, renowned podcast host, political activist, and a voice of hope for millions of trauma survivors worldwide.
What’s most impressive about Cheryl, however, is not her career but how she turned her…
