Welcome, friend, to the radical idea that shapes this entire podcast: Heartbreak isn’t just a breaking. It’s also an awakening. And a remaking.

When you’re navigating divorce, separation, or the collapse of a dream you built your life around, you may feel completely lost. But, friend, you’re not lost. You are somewhere. You’re in one of life’s most profound rites of passage: a dark night of heartbreak.

In this episode, look and listen for:

• Why heartbreak is far more than the end of a relationship; how it can become a profound spiritual initiation.
• A Dark Night of Heartbreak and it’s five phases, each that carry you from falling apart to emerging more fully awake, aligned, and lit-up.
• The first phase, Initiation: how you know you’re in it, what to do when you are, and the ‘medicine’ hidden inside it.
• My own dark night of heartbreak, journeying through illness and divorce, guided by my own inner nightlight.
• Three simple practices to help you resist trying to “get over,” “move on,” or just endure your ordeal, but instead to let this heartbreak remake you.

Resources:

• Pre-order Waking Up in the Dark Night of Divorce and receive two beautiful book bonuses:
  
  1) The Waking Up Workbook to accompany the book, with all the practices from the book plus space for you to write and draw; and
  2) Book Club with LiYana: 3 weekly meetings in which I’ll read from the book, we’ll practice together, discuss, and have Q+A.
  liyanasilver.com/wakingup

• The Heartbreak Transformation Map: a free guide clarifying why relationship loss feels so hard — and the five phases that help you through it.
  
  This map guides you through:
  • The five phases of a Dark Night of Heartbreak
  • What each phase is helping you learn, unlearn, and transform
  • How to identify the phase you’re in right now
  • The medicine available in each phase
  • The mindset, tool, or skill that will often help when you’re in that particular phase (but might not work in another phase!)
    liyanasilver.com/map

• For all episodes, head to: wakingupinheartbreak.com

About LiYana Silver

Relationship coach and author of Waking Up in The Dark Night of Divorce and Feminine Genius, LiYana works with women at the knife’s edge of heartbreak — reckoning with divorce, breakup, and heartbreak so complex it feels like a dark night of the soul.

For over 24 years, LiYana has guided women (and their partners) through (not around) the darkest passages of their lives. Through her transformational methodology, LiYana helps individuals, couples, and groups reclaim what they lost in the relationship, break repeating patterns, and emerge awake, aligned, and lit-up.

A former professional dancer and lover of painting with oils, LiYana lives in Asheville, NC with her son, their two cats, and a frankly impressive number of houseplants.

Connect with LiYana:

Website ~ liyanasilver.com
The Heartbreak Transformation Map ~ liyanasilver.com/map
Fresh From The Fire newsletter ~ liyanasilver.com/newsletter
Waking Up in The Dark Night of Divorce substack ~ liyanasilver.substack.com/
Waking Up in The Dark Night of Divorce book ~ liyanasilver.com/wakingup
Feminine Genius book ~ liyanasilver.com/femininegenius