No You Haven’t Just

- Love Better by Ministry of Social Development -

COPING WITH BREAK-UPS

Summer isn’t all fun and festivals. For many young people, it’s break-up season. Love Better supports 16-24 year olds if things get tricky in love – offering peer-led advice to young people, who often feel overwhelmed by emotions during a break-up. We partnered with NZ poet Dominic Hoey to explore the four most commonly felt emotions young people experience after a split, which we know can lead-on to harmful behaviour. From anger to jealousy, loneliness to sadness, we encouraged them to ‘own the feels’, lean into their vulnerability, and get through, without turning their hurt into harm of themselves or others.