The series exploring each of the 7 Houses of Heartbreak comes to a close with the final Heartbreak House Seven: Surrender Do broken hearts heal stronger than they were before? How do you know when your breakup healing is done? Do you have to be perfectly healed? Where do you keep your toothbrush? In this […]

The series exploring each of the 7 Houses of Heartbreak continues with Heartbreak House Six: Surging + Staging. This house is where you finally get to breathe after a LOT of messy, deep heartbreak recovery. The emergencies are over and you can chill on the porch. It’s comfy in many ways – so much so […]

We interrupt our series on the 7 Houses of Heartbreak to bring you this: the Soft Shoulder is a whole year old! Danette celebrated 18 years of self marriage! The Raptors won the NBA finals! There is much to celebrate and be grateful for. In this episode, Danette talks about healing, receiving, how to navigate […]

In this series exploring each of the 7 Houses of Heartbreak, Danette introduces Heartbreak House Five: Self Takes the Wheel. This is everyone’s favourite House of Heartbreak – the one with the breakup haircut. The one where you quit your job, sign up for axe throwing and ask big questions like, what pattern am I […]

In this series exploring each of the 7 Houses of Heartbreak, Danette introduces Heartbreak House Four: Sob, Stitch + Sling. This house is all the crying, the mending, the mud slinging and bad behavior. It’s throwing their belongings over the balcony. Bawling in public. Embracing the mess and making space for things to get as […]

So what the hell happened? Have you ever asked yourself this about a relationship that ended? When did the end begin? In this series exploring each of the 7 Houses of Heartbreak, Danette introduces Heartbreak House Three: Surfacing + Story. This house is about allowing the multiple truths to come into light, at their own […]

Seeking Sanctuary is something we might do at any time – not just when we are heartbroken. And, you might be going through the 7 Houses of Heartbreak for something other than a romantic breakup! Your heart has more nuanced settings than “broken” or “healed”. There are spaces we occupy as we move through the […]

Your heart has more nuanced settings than “broken” or “healed”. There are spaces we occupy as we move through the fascinating and beneficial experience of heartbreak recovery. In this series exploring each of the 7 Houses of Heartbreak, Danette introduces Heartbreak House One: Shatter + Shock.

Sometimes ALL THE THINGS happen at once and you stop trying to keep track of how long you’ve been managing obstacles. You’re breaking patterns and making changes and sometimes these things take time. It is easy to lose sight of where we are hoping to be when we get through it all. In this episode, […]

Sometimes we come to a self-love reckoning exactly when it feels like we have no one. While this coming home moment is beautiful, in the moment it can sometimes be pretty tough. What do you do when it seems the only resource you have is yourself? In this episode, Danette discusses the art of collecting […]