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The Broken Bird: 7 Steps To Survive Any Breakup

February 24, 2026 · 14 min

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He cheated, she left, and she's still a broken bird... 7 steps to survive any breakup.


Krissy went in for a beauty treatment and walked out having talked a heartbroken stranger through her own breakup playbook. The woman had been cheated on in September and was still mourning a man who never deserved her. So Krissy gave her her mum Dee Dee's line ... "only you can make you unhappy" ... and a 7 step plan you can start the day it ends.


What you'll get:

• Why no contact for 30 days is step one

• The pros and cons list to write while it's fresh

• How to reinvent yourself and know your worth


Chapters:

(00:00) The broken bird

(01:04) He cheated in September

(02:34) Only you can make you unhappy

(04:40) Write the pros and cons

(06:09) Never settle for less

(08:10) Step one: no contact

(09:01) Step two: stop talking

(09:16) Step three: the list

(10:20) Steps four and five

(11:14) Reinvention and worth

(13:13) Fly like an eagle


Got a breakup or a toxic situation you want Krissy's take on? Send your dilemma to @wildlyappropriatepodcast on Instagram.


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Listen:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wildly-appropriate-w-krissy-marsh/id1790057838

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1TIH5sHckXXmnh8qjMb43S


This conversation is for information and is not a substitute for professional mental health support.


Produced by Dreamers Media

www.dreamersmedia.co

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