In March of 2014 I was interviewed by the Toronto Star shortly after Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced they were having a “Conscious Uncoupling.”

Bloggers scoffed at what was clearly a feel-good attempt by the celeb couple to “rebrand” their separation…

But couldn’t we benefit from a kinder, gentler way to end a relationship? In an age when divorce ends so many marriages and breakups are as common as hookups, we have no accepted way of saying goodbye.

“There’s very little information out there about how to navigate the ending of a relationship,” says Janet Webber, a Nova Scotian who is the leading certified conscious-uncoupling coach in Canada…

Webber knows this all too well. The 56-year-old went through a breakup so bad years ago that she almost swore off relationships.  Read the entire article here