How to Break Up With Anyone: Letting Go of Friends, Family, and Everyone In-Between

Marc Notes: Not all relationships are made to last forever. Sometimes what starts as a beautiful friendship or productive partnership turns toxic, or one-sided, or unhealthy - and the best solution for both parties is to end it. In How to Break Up With Anyone, relationship expert Jamye Waxman has written a much-needed guide to every step of a non-romantic breakup. Drawing from her own experiences, Jamye provides strategies for disengaging from a friend, family member, community, or even former version of oneself, addressing both practical and emotional concerns. While ending a relationship can be painful, Jamye's positive message focuses on the ultimately liberating aspects of putting unhealthy relationships to rest. Chapters include: Breaking Up Versus Taking a Break Best Friends Forever No More Breaking Up With Family Kissing Community Goodbye Relabeling Your Sexuality and Gender Breaking Up With Your Career Breaking Up With Anyone Else Being Broken Up With How to Break Up With Anyone provides the tools for anyone to initiate a breakup, the encouragement to get through it, and the wisdom to recognize that they don't have to settle for anything less than productive, healthy relationships. Covering a variety of relationships, How to Break Up With Anyone is a timeless resource for people of all ages--; Provided by publisher.; Not all relationships are made to last forever. Sometimes what starts as a beautiful friendship or productive partnership turns toxic, or one-sided, or unhealthy - and the best solution for both parties is to end it. In How to Break Up With Anyone, relationship expert Jamye Waxman has written a much-needed guide to every step of a non-romantic breakup. Drawing from her own experiences, Jamye provides strategies for disengaging from a friend, family member, community, or even former version of oneself, addressing both practical and emotional concerns. While ending a relationship can be painful, Jamye's positive message focuses on the ultimately liberating aspects of putting unhealthy relationships to rest. Jamye also includes firsthand advice and guidance for those who have been broken up with and are looking for answers. How to Break Up With Anyone provides the tools for anyone to initiate a breakup, the encouragement to get through it, and the wisdom to recognize that they don't have to settle for anything less than productive, healthy relationships. Covering a variety of relationships, How to Break Up With Anyone is a timeless resource for people of all ages--; Provided by publisher. Biographical Note: Jamye Waxman, M. Ed started her professional career as a radio producer. From there, she launched into the field of human sexuality and relationships as both a sex educator and media personality. Jamye is currently pursuing an MA in counseling psychology and a PhD in human sexuality education. Jamye is a sought-after-speaker and media consultant who has been interviewed by top media outlets including "Forbes, Women s Health, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Heeb," The Doctors, MTV, Playboy TV, and The History Channel. She is also a regular contributor to "Playgirl" magazine. Jamye is the author of "Getting Off: A Woman s Guide to Masturbation" and the co-author of "Hot Sex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight." She lives in Northern California."Publisher Marketing: Not all relationships are made to last forever. Sometimes what starts as a beautiful friendship or productive partnership turns toxic, or one-sided, or unhealthy and the best solution for both parties is to end it. In "How to Break Up With Anyone," relationship expert Jamye Waxman has written a much-needed guide to every step of a non-romantic breakup. Drawing from her own experiences, Jamye provides strategies for disengaging from a friend, family member, community, or even former version of oneself, addressing both practical and emotional concerns. While ending a relationship can be painful, Jamye s positive message focuses on the ultimately liberating aspects of putting unhealthy relationships to rest. Chapters include: Breaking Up Versus Taking a BreakBest Friends Forever No MoreBreaking Up With FamilyKissing Community GoodbyeRelabeling Your Sexuality and GenderBreaking Up With Your CareerBreaking Up With Anyone ElseBeing Broken Up With "How to Break Up With Anyone" provides the tools for anyone to initiate a breakup, the encouragement to get through it, and the wisdom to recognize that they don t have to settle for anything less than productive, healthy relationships. Covering a variety of relationships, "How to Break Up With Anyone" is a timeless resource for people of all ages." Review Citations:

Library Journal 09/15/2015 pg. 64 (EAN 9781580055970, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Waxman, Jamye Jamye Waxman, dubbed "the nexxxt generation of sex educator" by Wired.com, is being touted as one of the newest and loudest voices in the field of sexology. She writes three sex columns, including the sex advice column "Sex Ed" for Playgirl magazine and dating and relationship columns for Steppin Out magazine and The Philly Edge. She is the cowriter and producer of the latest Candida Royalle feature, Under the Covers. Jamye teaches classes on all things sex and was formerly a sex educator at Babeland, the world-famous sex shop in New York City. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.