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    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Getting Over Your Ex and Living a Life of Epic Awesomeness
    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Getting Over Your Ex and Living a Life of Epic Awesomeness
    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Getting Over Your Ex and Living a Life of Epic Awesomeness
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    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Getting Over Your Ex and Living a Life of Epic Awesomeness

    By Matt Shumate

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    Breakups suck. No matter who called it off, or what the circumstances, it’s going to hurt. Life as you knew it is no more.

    I’ve been there. I am a product of a failed marriage. I thought I would never get divorced. Coming from the Midwest, which adopts a very family oriented mentality, it just didn’t seem like an option. But as years of negativity piled into my toxic relationship, there was no other choice.

    At first I felt like failure. How could I be 31 years old with no significant other, no family, and no future? But then I said screw that glass is half empty bullshit and decided to change my perspective on everything.

    Think about it. After a breakup, you now have a fresh platform to rediscover and redefine exactly who you are. There’s nobody holding you back and you can do whatever the hell you want. So, let’s make the most of it.

    Every day I would dedicate time to rediscover who I am, what makes me uniquely awesome, and how to continually build up my mind, body and soul.

    Throughout my journey I've talked with psychologists, lifestyle experts, family and friends to get their thoughts and advise on breaking up. I also had the opportunity to coach very close bro friends of mine through their divorces with what I had learned.

    My mission now is to drop that knowledge on Bros across the world, empowering them to process breakups the right way and use it as a springboard to become epically awesome in every facet of life.

    We'll tackle things like...

    - The 5 steps of properly mourning your relationship

    - Rediscovering and redefining your unique awesomeness

    - Rewiring your mind with gratitude, inner peace, and living in the moment

    - Searching for your life purpose

    - Embracing solitude and traveling the world on your own

    - Reinvigorating the body with nutrition, strength, and conditioning

    - Revamping your wardrobe and grooming regimen

    - Getting back in the game and where to play

    - How to never settle and find your perfect match

    So, now it's your turn. Game time. Get your ass off the couch and get to work on becoming Bro 2.0. Start by taking a picture of yourself. Jot down a few notes on how you’re feeling. Put them in a drawer. We’ll take a look back at it a year from now. You’ll be surprised how much positive change there will be.

    Let's go...your future self awaits

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatt Shumate
    Release dateApr 9, 2016
    ISBN9781311444011
    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0: The Definitive Guide to Getting Over Your Ex and Living a Life of Epic Awesomeness

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      As read by a girl... I stumbled upon Matt's website while searching for some self healing ideas after a breakup. After reading a couple articles that were absolutely spot on I decided to look up his book. Everything he writes is directed to men, which hey no big deal, but women can definitely pull some pointers from his writing. It is like having a chat with your big brother after the jerk dumps you. With humor and easy to apply concepts this book is a must read for anyone who is suffering from a broken heart and trying to repair who they are as an individual.

      Literally the only negative I had about this book was that there are multiple spelling and grammatical errors. Some so obvious if feels as though the book was not proofread.

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    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0 - Matt Shumate

    From Broken Up to Bro 2.0

    The Definitive Guide to Getting Over Your Ex and Leading a Life of Epic Awesomeness

    From Broken up to Bro 2.0

    Copyright ©2014 by Matt Shumate

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, at the e mail address below.

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    Introduction – The Origins of the Breakup Bro

    Breakups suck. No matter who called it off, or what the circumstances, it’s going to hurt. Life as you knew it, is no more.

    In any significant relationship, part of you becomes dependent on the companionship and bond that you once shared. Now that she’s out of the picture, there’s a gaping hole and you’re feeling like a shell of your former self.

    I’ve been there. I am a product of a failed marriage. I thought I would never get divorced. Coming from the Midwest, which adopts a very family oriented mentality, it just didn’t seem like an option. As years of negativity piled into my toxic relationship, there was no other choice.

    We just weren’t right for each other. We never were. When I met her, I had a tendency to try too hard to please people. I thought I could make it work and help her change in a positive way so that we could be happy together. I stuck with it for way too long. Ultimately, she pulled the plug and I thank her for doing so.

    After the divorce, it was a little bit of a whirlwind. Being alone sucked. As much as I dreaded coming home to my ex-wife, arriving to an empty home was just plain sad, so I’d go out a lot.

    Happy hours after work, knocking on colleagues’ doors to see who would want to grab a beer. Doing whatever I could to keep my mind off the fact that what I’d worked to build over the last 7 years was completely gone.

    I traveled, reconnected with old friends, and overall, had a great time, but it was wearing my body down.

    Months went by without meeting a girl that I could envision dedicating significant time with, but then I was hit with a bolt of lightning one hot summer night at a house party. I met who I thought was the one.

    I sprung into a rebound relationship head over heels, fast and furious. I started envisioning our future and became so happy at the prospect of what a real, healthy relationship would be like.

    I pulled all the stops. Day trips to the keys, romantic, candle lit dinners. I even had our favorite local band record her favorite song as a birthday present. Life was good. Then it wasn’t.

    Out of nowhere, she broke it off. She too was emerging from a devastating relationship and wasn’t ready to dedicate herself to someone new. Fair enough, but damn, that hurt. Probably more than the divorce.

    After a few rough days coping with another failed attempt at love, I started to realize that she was everything I wanted to be. Positive, happy, living in the moment, appreciating the little things. I aspired to have these traits. They were gaps in my own personality due to the toxicity of my previous relationship. I tried to fill that void through her companionship.

    When she left, it all came tumbling down and it crushed me, but it helped me more than anything. I realized then, that you can’t depend on somebody to complete you. Jerry Maguire was full of shit in that sense. You have to complete yourself, through building self-love, confidence, and developing your own unique awesomeness.

    On October 5, 2014, I vowed to change. I was driving from Park City to Utah on the way to a business trip. I spent the day with a good friend driving through the mountains, and getting lost repeatedly on the narrow mountain roads.

    Fall was in the air. There was an amazing spectrum of orange colors draping the tall aspen trees. Taking in that the changing landscape, I dedicated myself to my own personal transformation.

    It was time to heal, to grow, and be awesome in every facet of life. To put my faith in karma that if you do amazing things for yourself and the world around you, positive energy will flow back your way.

    This was a huge turning point for me and it sure as shit can be for you. That’s what I’m here to do. Inspire change at this critical juncture in your life.

    Think about it. What better time to do this than after having your world shaken by the end of a relationship? After a breakup, you now have a fresh platform to rediscover and redefine exactly who you are. There’s nobody holding you back and you can do whatever the hell you want.

    You could sink into the comfort zone of your couch watching reruns of The Office and eating mounds of chocolate to numb the pain. That could make you feel better for a while (it did for me). But, it’s not sustainable.

    You have to take a stand. Move on and move on up to lead an epic life becoming the best possible version of yourself, henceforth described as Bro 2.0.

    Mark this day on your calendar as (insert Bro’s name here)’s Independence Day. Seriously. Do it. Mine’s May 7 and I celebrate it every year. Declare your independence, and commit to the pursuit of excellence in every aspect of your life. That’s where I’m here to help.

    I’ve spoken with dozens of broken up bros, psychologists, lifestyle experts, family and friends. What follows now is the game plan I developed. My hope is that this serves as a great resource to draw from when mapping out your own journey.

    It all begins with how to mourn the death of your relationship properly. Getting over a breakup requires the same grieving process you undertake when the big man upstairs takes a loved one away. You must learn to accept that what once was is no longer.

    Next up is an overhaul of your mind, body, and soul, constantly pushing out of your comfort zone in new ways. You have a lot of work to do on

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