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By Monique Zamir, BounceBack Editorial Staff

Broken-heart syndrome may seem like a fabricated name to describe in three fitting words how awful you feel after you go through a relationship breakup. Well, you're in for a surprise. It is an actual syndrome that, in its most extreme state, is coined as stress cardiomyopathy, something that results in severe but reversible heart muscle weakness that can mimic a heart attack. This happens when people undergoing extremely stressful situations, like the loss of a loved one, experience a surge of stress hormones like adrenaline (epinephrine). This, of course, is the most severe consequence of broken-heart syndrome.

However, there are key symptomatic physiological reactions to a broken heart are exhibited by sufferers of an achy heart, though they may not be as severe as a weakened heart. Five of the key symptoms include insomnia, nausea, mental lethargy, fatigue, and anxiety. For those of you that do want to avoid taking chemicals

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By Greg Price BounceBack Editorial Staff



Platonic relationships have been around just about as long as marriage itself. We tend to rely on these relationships for advice or even just a good vent. Sometimes they even develop into a loving relationship. If the advice to marry your best friend holds true, then everyone currently with a platonic best friend should head to the chapel to right away.

Famously, Ryan Reynolds and Amy Adams portrayed two friends in just such a predicament in the movie "Just Friends." Reynolds loved Adams through his more-than-chubby days in high school and eventually returns home thin as a rail, still pining for high school crush and best friend.

But the whole concept of turning a best friend into your lover or life partner is far more complicated. If you're considering leaving the "friend zone" with a best bud, you may want to think first about the advantages and disadvantages of turning friendship into romantic relationship before taking this risk. We've

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When we go through a relationship breakup or a divorce, we're accustomed to the typical things suggested to get through our heartbreak, such as going on a relaxing vacation, hitting the best dance club with friends for a night on the town, and getting back on the dating scene. But yoga - good for heartbreak? BounceBack sat down with Mandy Ingber, renowned LA-based yoga expert and personal yoga ...

When we go through a relationship breakup or a divorce, we're accustomed to the typical things suggested to get through our heartbreak, such as going on a relaxing vacation, hitting the best dance club with friends for a night on the town, and getting back on the dating scene. But yoga - good for heartbreak? BounceBack sat down with Mandy Ingber, renowned LA-based yoga expert and personal yoga instructor to stars including Jennifer Aniston, to get the scoop on yoga, her unique approach called Yogalosophy, and why it's so important to anyone who is in the process of bouncing back:

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By Sunil Ramsamooj, BounceBack editorial staff

Inspiration can spring forth from anything really - for some it's new love, for the artist here, it was an old love. His name is Justin Vernon but he's better known as the lead singer of the band Bon Iver, an indie rock group which rest heavily on vocals and acoustic guitar to portray their feelings. Their most celebrated album to date was released in 2008, titled "For Emma, Forever Ago." As mentioned before, this album was the result of heartbreak, among other things.

Justin hit a rough patch which left him without a band, without a girlfriend, and with mononucleosis all in a short period of time. To recover, he went to his father's cabin in Wisconsin and even though he didn't have any intention to write any music, he created the album on his own. The nine tracks on it are at times hard to understand because they could refer a number of things. People point to the vague lyrics as meaning numerous things from the cold weather in

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Jennifer Anastasi, BounceBack Editorial Staff

The candles are burning lower, that bottle of cabernet is quickly disappearing, and even though it's been YEARS since you've found yourself in this situation, you're pretty sure all the signals are there and…You. Begin. To. PANIC! Why? After being dumped, divorced or otherwise disengaged from a long-term, monogamous relationship, the idea of moving on sexually with someone new can be, well, terrifying! After all, you're a bit older, a bit saggier …and oh my god…when did those dents and dimples show up? As the mood gets more intimate, you start worrying whether you even remember how to be "good in bed" -- but how could you forget? Wait a minute.... you suddenly remember how everyone said you'd never forget how to ride a bike, but you really did forget and almost killed yourself last summer! Now your heart is really racing, and although you wish it was from uninhibited passion, you fear you're about to keel over with an anxiety Read More »from Bouncing Back...In The Bedroom

Jennifer Anastasi, BounceBack Editorial Staff

Are you bouncing back from a bitter break-up or divorce? If you're still not convinced that being unattached has its perks…here are a few MORE reasons why your new single status is worth celebrating!

• You don't have to have trade holidays. Singletons rejoice! If sipping a MaiTai in Tahiti sounds better than dragging yourself from one boring, stress-filled Thanksgiving family reunion to another - no one's stopping you.

• You don't have to put up with gross, disgusting, annoying or irritating habits. If you've ever shared a house, apartment, or even hotel room with a significant other - you know what I'm talking about.

• You don't have to hide your own quirky habits. Being single means enjoying your privacy and personal space. Go ahead and dance around in your underwear with a glass of box wine, feel free to eat cake out of the fridge with your hands, pop in your retainer, sing opera to your cats-nobody

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Right now at BounceBack we're all about getaways and taking a vacation from the mess of a relationship breakup - taking a break to focus on family, friends, rest, relaxation and, most importantly, you. The mess might still be there when you return, but you'll likely find that you feel more grounded and therefore better able to cope.

The idea of a spiritual getaway isn't new, and doesn't always require that you go anywhere (not physically, at least). Unlike Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the bestselling book Eat, Pray, Love, few of us are in a position to embark on a year-long international journey of self-discovery. What we can do, though, is begin to build spiritual getaways into our daily lives. If practiced consistently, this can lead to synergy of mind, body and spirit-something many would agree represents optimum health.

Many spiritual practices are rooted in religion, but most would argue that one can be spiritual without being religious. There are countless

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By Caitlin Goldberg, Bounceback Editorial Staff

There are better ways to deal with your relationship breakup - none of them are very complicated or profound but there is always one thing you should keep in mind - distraction!

Anyone who's been broken up with, divorced, or heartbroken can tell you that sometimes no matter how secure you're feeling or how great of a day you've had, thoughts of the ex can come creeping in. They disrupt your daily activities; make you stop short or even fall short of breath just because of one silly, insignificant thought. Or maybe a stranger on the street was wearing the ex's cologne or perfume. Maybe you just couldn't avoid walking down the block where the two of you celebrated an anniversary. Maybe out of the 4,000 songs on your iPod, the one you actively avoid keeps shuffling up first and without even knowing it stirs up that awful pit-in-the-stomach nausea you thought you were finally free from. Well, reminders are inevitable after

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