4 Post-Break-Up Confidence Boosters

"When life hands you lemons, make a lemon-tini."

That's my motto. I know breakups are never fun. But after you do the hard work of getting through it, it's your time to shine. All you need is a little polish! Here are 4 sure-fire ways to get your groove back.

Get back on your feet

"What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back up." - Sarah Dessen.

Sarah knows her stuff. There's no time like the present to change your Facebook status back to Single and loving it. Don't let that old baggage drag you down one more day. I know it's hard to click on that drop-down menu and hit 'Single', but you've got this.

How To Banish Your Gorilla's Forever

So when you last left your heroine I was crushed remember?  That handsome guy that made my heart skip a beat every time I saw him was gone. For real gone. He moved to another state with barely a ‘good-bye’ and a pat on the butt like I was an old college buddy. And I was left crushed, which necessitated more wine and random dates than is generally thought acceptable.

Do Gorillas Have A Conscience?

Okay I lied. Well not really lied. More like circumvented the glaring truth that taunted me mercilessly. Lying sounds so calculating and full of bad intent. As Anais Nin would say, 'I simply chose to see things not as they are, but as I am'. Or as I wanted it to be.  The man I’d been falling head over heels in love with for over a year was wrong for me. I knew it, he even knew it.  My idealist heart purred sweet nothings in my ear; “but, he knows just how to make me laugh”, “and he’s got a fabulous job”, “and he’s so delicious bed”…