Dating disasters can leave you feeling stuck in survival mode, far from the softness you crave. The truth? Your soft girl era doesn’t come from submission or waiting for someone to rescue you. It comes from learning to regulate yourself, choosing partnership over power struggles, and aligning your actions with the love you truly want.

Yearning for your past partner is a normal process of grieving. These feelings will always be a rollercoaster of days when you’re good, moments when you’re sad, and months of stillness and processing of deeper emotions and rooted issues. The love you have for your person is real, but your inner soul is calling you to love yourself and yearn for your own soul alignment in the same way you yearn for that past connection.