Finding support after a breakup can be tough when your friendships are affected by your split, too.

This podcast episode offers key tips.

You cant be yourself.

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They have mood swings and sometimes are critical or even emotionally abusive.

In this way, theyre workingagainstyour healing.

Being around high-safety people creates the necessary neural pathways for trust and connection.

Two people’s legs touch under a table as they work on their laptops.

founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp and editor-in-chief of Heart Hackers Club, an online magazine that focuses on the psychology behind love, lust, and desire

And if some of themareout, thats totally fine.

And again, identifying those people comes down to a gut safety check.

How do you feel after an interaction with them?

Books on grief are seen floating against a backdrop of clouds.

Chan suggests you ask yourself, checking in with your body.

Are you exhausted, are you neutral, or are you energized?

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Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, and Leslie Bibb in The White Lotus, symbolizing toxic friendships.

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