How to Let Go and Move On After Break Up with Joyce Ayers

If you have ever walked through the pain of a divorce or break up, you know it can reach into every part of your being. It is never just about a relationship ending. It is about the identity you lose when the life you built changes shape. It is about the silence you carry when the house feels empty and the dreams you had for your future dissolve before your eyes. It is about the way your body remembers harsh words, broken trust, and moments of abandonment long after you tell yourself you should be fine.

Divorce has long been treated as something that must be destructive and divisive, but what if there is another way to walk through it. What if the process of letting go could actually be an act of healing. What if separation could become a sacred threshold that allows you to reclaim the parts of yourself you silenced in order to keep the peace.

This is the possibility we explore in my conversation with Joyce Ayers. Joyce is a Heart Centered Divorce Coach trained in the practice of Conscious Uncoupling. She lived through the end of a thirty year marriage and chose not to allow that ending to become a battlefield. Instead, she and her former husband found a way to close that chapter with respect, integrity, and compassion.

Her story is not one of perfection or fairy tale outcomes. It is the story of two people who were willing to honor the love they once shared even as they released one another to live separate lives. Joyce now teaches others how to navigate divorce and break ups in ways that do not destroy but instead transform.

In our conversation, Joyce shares the truth of what it means to uncouple consciously. She reminds us that divorce is never only about lawyers and documents. It is about the stories we carry, the patterns we repeat, and the choices we make when pain rises to the surface. Too often we stay in relationships long past their time because we fear the anger, judgment, and rejection that comes with ending them.

We silence our needs, deny our intuition, and tell ourselves it is easier to hold on than to step away. Conscious Uncoupling invites us to make a different choice. It teaches that letting go can be a path to freedom when we approach it with awareness, compassion, and neutrality.

Joyce speaks from her lived experience of ending a marriage while still protecting her family’s sense of dignity and connection. She shares how she and her former husband walked into a courtroom holding hands, not because everything was easy, but because they chose not to allow bitterness to define their ending. Their story demonstrates what becomes possible when we honor the humanity of the person we once loved, even as we release them.

In her coaching practice, Joyce helps women and men who are navigating separation see that they do not have to carry the shame, anger, or fear that so often follows divorce. Instead, they can begin to rewrite their story, reclaim their voice, and rewild their lives.

I also share openly about my own journey with heartbreak, custody battles, and the grief of separation. There were times when the pain felt unbearable, when I questioned my worth as a mother, when I feared I might collapse under the weight of it all. But in choosing not to sink back into despair, I found the power of neutrality and compassion.

When we no longer absorb the hatred or blame of another person, when we stop letting their pain dictate our sense of self, we create the freedom to live from a higher place. Joyce and I speak to that space of neutrality, that place where the attacks no longer penetrate and where compassion becomes possible even for someone who has hurt us deeply.

This conversation is not just about divorce and breaking up. It’s about freedom. It’s about choosing love over destruction when everything feels like it is falling apart. It is about creating a new relationship with yourself, one built on honesty, sovereignty, and self respect.

It is about remembering that every ending carries within it the seed of a beginning. For anyone who has lost themselves in the process of trying to hold a relationship together, this is an invitation to return to your true nature and to create a life that reflects who you really are.

Let’s stay connected! If this conversation resonated with you, make sure to follow along on Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts for more episodes that blend Sol, strategy, and healing. Your support helps us spread these messages even further, and I’d love to keep this journey going with you.

Connect with Joyce Ayers, the Heart-Centered Divorce Coach!

Learn more at https://createyourlifeafterdivorce.com/ or follow her on Instagram @awakenwellnesswithinreach

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