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Back To Happy: The Breakup Recovery Podcast

Back To Happy: The Breakup Recovery Podcast

Angie Day- Breakup Recovery Strategist 169 Episodes Aug 20, 2026

Hosted by certified life and relationship coach Angie Day, this podcast focuses on helping listeners recover from breakups and divorces. Each episode explores the emotional challenges of heartbreak, offering compassionate guidance to process feelings and find closure. The show aims to empower listeners to rebuild their lives and move toward emotional resilience and happiness. It also encourages listeners to take a free quiz to discover their relationship attachment style.

Episodes

The Rumination Trap
The Rumination Trap Aug 20, 2026 18:16 Once you learn how to regulate your nervous system when it gets hijacked, a subtle mental trap often emerges: you start using your psychological knowledge to endlessly analyze your ex. In this episode, we deconstruct the "Detective Trap"—why your brain uses analysis as a defense mechanism to stay mentally tethered to the past. Building on our Body Audit framework, learn how your own DEOS style fue
The Body Audit: Regulating Your Nervous System During a Breakup
The Body Audit: Regulating Your Nervous System During a Breakup Aug 13, 2026 18:08 When you decide to step off the emotional rollercoaster and detox from relationship drama, your nervous system experiences physical withdrawal. Your brain doesn't pause to reason—it immediately boots up your DEOS: your Default Emotional Operating System. In this episode, building on our work in The Drama Detox, we explore why you can't always "think" your way out of a physical panic response or so
The Drama Detox: Breaking the Addiction to Relational Chaos
The Drama Detox: Breaking the Addiction to Relational Chaos Aug 6, 2026 16:07 Have you ever wondered why you can't seem to stop checking up on your ex, replaying old arguments, or wanting them back—even when you know the relationship was chaotic and painful? In this episode, we build on our work in Guarding Your Peace by turning the lens inward. We expose the hidden culprit keeping you stuck: a neurochemical addiction to relationship drama. Explore why our brains crave dram
Guarding Your Healing : Spotting Insecure EOS In Other People
Guarding Your Healing : Spotting Insecure EOS In Other People Jul 30, 2026 16:14 As you do the deep internal work of understanding your Emotional Operating System, releasing shame, and rebuilding self-trust, your awareness naturally expands. You begin to notice the emotional dynamics of the people around you—friends, family members, acquaintances, and even your ex. In this episode, we focus strictly on protecting your personal recovery space. Learn how Anxious, Avoidant, and F
The Shame Reset: Unpacking the Hidden Guilt
The Shame Reset: Unpacking the Hidden Guilt Jul 23, 2026 15:07 Now that we've explored the four Emotional Operating Systems (Anxious, Avoidant, Fearful, and Secure), many listeners hit a quiet, heavy wall: subconscious shame. You might find yourself thinking, "If only I had been less needy," "If only I hadn't brought up that argument," or "If I were better, they would have stayed." In this episode, we deconstruct the difference between toxic shame and healthy
MVP: Silencing Self-Doubt After a Breakup
MVP: Silencing Self-Doubt After a Breakup Jul 16, 2026 16:05 The MVP Replay Series: Most Valuable Podcasts While I'm away recharging and practicing the self-care we talk about every week, I'm opening the archives to bring you our MVP Series. These are the "Most Valuable Podcast" episodes—the conversations that have sparked the most breakthroughs, the most emails, and the most life-changing shifts in our community. Whether you missed these the first time aro
MVP: Protecting Your Energy After A Breakup
MVP: Protecting Your Energy After A Breakup Jul 9, 2026 15:50 The MVP Replay Series: Most Valuable Podcasts While I'm away recharging and practicing the self-care we talk about every week, I'm opening the archives to bring you our MVP Series. These are the "Most Valuable Podcast" episodes—the conversations that have sparked the most breakthroughs, the most emails, and the most life-changing shifts in our community. Whether you missed these the first time aro
The Secure Breakup Style (EOS)
The Secure Breakup Style (EOS) Jun 25, 2026 14:08 In the finale of our series on the Emotional Operating System (EOS), we arrive at the destination: the Secure attachment style. If your recovery has felt like a choice between chasing or running, this episode is your roadmap to a third way. We deconstruct the "Secure Code" where connection is safe, autonomy is respected, and your peace is non-negotiable. Learn how to identify secure behaviors, eve
The Fearful-Avoidant Breakup Style (EOS)
The Fearful-Avoidant Breakup Style (EOS) Jun 11, 2026 15:43 As we continue our deep dive of our series on the Emotional Operating System (EOS), we look at the most complex style of all: the Fearful-Avoidant (or Disorganized) style. If your breakup has felt like a chaotic cycle of "come here" and "go away," or if you find yourself swinging between intense longing and sudden repulsion, this episode is for you. We deconstruct the "Push-Pull" code where the de
The Dismissive-Avoidant Breakup Style (EOS)
The Dismissive-Avoidant Breakup Style (EOS) Jun 4, 2026 15:05 In our series on the Emotional Operating System (EOS), we move from the "Fire" of the Anxious style to the "Ice" of the Dismissive-Avoidant style. If you or your ex tend to shut down, disappear, or become hyper-independent after a breakup, this episode is for you. We deconstruct the code that views vulnerability as a threat and independence as the only path to safety. Learn how to identify "deacti
The Anxious Breakup Style (EOS)
The Anxious Breakup Style (EOS) May 28, 2026 18:50 When a relationship ends, why do some of us experience a panic so deep it feels like a threat to our very survival? In this episode, we introduce a new framework for your recovery: Your Emotional Operating System (EOS). We dive into the Anxious Breakup Style—the "code" that drives protest behaviors like obsessive social media checking, "one last text" impulses, and the desperate need for closure.
Reality Check: Breakup Memory Audit
Reality Check: Breakup Memory Audit May 14, 2026 18:15 When a relationship ends, your brain often becomes a biased editor. It cuts out the arguments, the cold shoulders, and the broken promises, leaving you with a "Highlight Reel" that makes the breakup feel like a tragic mistake. In this episode, we deconstruct the psychology of selective memory and how trauma bonding keeps us addicted to the "good times." Learn how to perform a "Full-Picture Audit"

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