Break Up On Purpose by John Kim

Break Up On Purpose by John Kim

An honest guide to breaking up and breaking through with practical advice from the bestselling author of Single on Purpose, John Kim.

Every breakup is painful. Yet it is also a transformation. A breaking down and breaking through to a new version of who you are now, after you have severed ties. Nothing will change you like a broken heart. Yet every breakup is different.

John Kim, The Angry Therapist, has guided thousands of patients through breakups of every brutal, freeing, heartbreaking kind—and he’s lived through failed relationships and his own divorce recovery. Through his journey as a therapist and as a partner and father, John has identified eight types of unique breakups—and provides a roadmap for getting over a breakup, no matter the type:

• The Big One Break-Up (the One you Compare All To)
• The Blindsided Break-Up
• The “Flat Soda” (Mutual) Break-Up
• The You Cheated/You Left Me for Someone Else Break-Up
• The Soap Opera Break-Up
• The Almost-Relationship Breakup
• The Break Up That Never Ends
• The D-word (Divorce)

Each type elicits different responses and requires different approaches to healing and starting over. Utilizing his signature “self-help in a shot glass” approach, Break Up on Purpose is a three-part guide to healing from heartbreak. You’ll find stories from John and his patients documenting every type of breakups, discover honest reflections about what really went down, and engage in Break Through Work to master the steps necessary to truly heal and grow.

Break Up on Purpose shows us how a breakup can be the ultimate tool for personal growth, where we discover bodies rewired, trauma processed, false beliefs dissolved, and new standards set.

"Break UpOn Purpose. is a clear guide and powerful toolbox for learning from heartbreak. John Kim‘s simple yet profound roadmap can help us recognize our harmful relationship patterns and find freedom in healing." — Justin Baldoni, bestselling author, actor, and director  “Therapist Kim provides a sensitive and approachable guide to bouncing back from heartbreak…he offers valuable, nuanced insights that are enriched by candid disclosures about his own breakups. The result is a solid starting point for the lovelorn.” — Publishers Weekly

John Kim is a licensed therapist, speaker, and author of the bestsellers I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck and Single on Purpose. He writes for Psychology Today, among many other publications, and has been featured in the New York Post and on Vice, NPR, and Armchair Expert. He lives in Costa Rica, where he is raising a daughter with his partner. He writes books, sends daily texts, and helps his online community of like-minded singles find themselves first—and, of course, he still rides his motorcycle to coffee shops.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780063275331
ISBN 10	0063275333
Title	Break Up On Purpose
Author	John Kim
Series	On Purpose
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2025-01-16
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.