They pursued you. Said they were ready.Made it feel safe to open up.
And then... they left. Or faded. Or got “confused.”
Now you're the one left behind — trying to make sense of it all.
In this episode of Sappy Hour, JB answers two emotional voicemails:
💔 The first — from someone still stuck in the confusion of a breakup that started with deep connection… and ended in silence.
🧠 The second — from someone lost after love ended, trying to reconnect to their inner compass and find clarity again.
This episode is about the limbo after love. The in-between where you're not who you were… and not yet who you're becoming.
—👁️🗨️ What we unpack:
Why people pull away after things get real.
What “be patient with me” really means.
The sacred season of emotional limbo
How to rebuild after a breakup without losing yourself
Practical steps for restoring clarity, energy, and self-worth
Why you attract how you feel about yourself (and how to shift that)
—📘 JB’s new book Sappy Medium is out now:
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—Release & Return Practice (20–40 min)Intention:
“I release the version of us that cannot continue, and I return my energy to myself.”
What You’ll Need
- Paper + pen (2 sheets minimum)
- Something safe to burn or tear/shred (bowl, lighter, water, or trash bag)
- A small object that represents self (stone, ring, bracelet, necklace, something she’ll see often)
- Step 1 – Ground the Body (3 min)
Sit or stand with feet on the floor. Inhale through nose 4, hold 2, exhale out mouth 8. Repeat 5 rounds. Then do a 30-second shake out: arms, legs, jaw, shoulders. (Shaking helps discharge sympathetic arousal—trauma-informed practitioners use it to down-regulate.)
Cue: “I’m in my body. I’m safe enough to feel this.”
- Step 2 – Name the Two Truths (5–7 min writing)
On Paper #1, draw a line down the middle.Left column: “What I Loved / What I’ll Miss.” Include the small things: the laugh, road trips, the way he cared about your family.Right column: “What Couldn’t Work / What Cost Me.” Patterns, misalignment, emotional exhaustion, waiting to be chosen, living in maybe.
Why: Holding both truths prevents the brain from idealizing or demonizing—key to unhooking.
- Step 3 – The Unlived Life Letter (5–10 min)
On Paper #2, write a letter beginning: “To the life we never got to live…”
Include:
- The future you imagined
- What you wanted them to see in you (and her family)
- What you hoped the relationship would become- The moment you knew it wouldn’t work
- Gratitude for what it awakened
- anything else you'd like
A line of release: “I can’t keep waiting at a door that’s closed. I release you to your path and I return to mine.”
No edits. This is emotional drainage, not literature.
- Step 4 – Read & Feel (3–5 min)
Read the letter out loud. When emotion rises, breathe into it—no swallowing tears. Let the body complete the affect cycle.
Cue: “This mattered. That’s why it hurts.”
- Step 5 – Symbolic Release (2 min)
Burn (safely) or tear/shred both sheets. As they transform:
Say: “I release the version of us that lives only in memory. I keep the lessons. I keep my heart. I return my energy to me.”
- Step 6 – Anchor the Return (1 min)
Hold the small object (stone, ring, etc.) to your chest.
Say: “When I reach for you, I reach for me instead.”
Wear or carry it for the next 30 days. Each time you want to check his stories, touch the object, breathes, and re-chooses yourself. This creates a replacement cue.
- Step 7 – Close the Container (1 min)Stand, shake again, inhale arms up, exhale hands to heart.
Final line: “Chapter closed. Heart open.”