The Bad Girl's Breakup Rx

5. Break shit
After you submit to lesson four, you may not feel so great. In fact, you may be a raging mess of a woman. So my sisters, I beg of you, do not get all Bridget Jones on me and start feeling sorry for yourselves. Anger is your friend; yoga is not. So go ahead and violently destroy stuff: presents from him, pictures of the two of you, his X-Box, whatever. I welcomed single-dom by ripping and breaking every memento I could get my hands on, from necklaces to picture frames to Valentine's-Day lingerie. And then burning some letters. And emptying an ashtray on top of the whole mess. Be creative: this is your time to shine—and to release all of that aggression.

Take this advice with a grain of salt (or a shot of tequila), and make sure this alternative treatment doesn't get out of control. You will know that it has gone too far if you find yourself walking naked and smoking a crack pipe on the street at five o'clock in the morning. But in all seriousness, a bit of bad behavior can help you to purge your anger and become independent, which is the only real way to deal.