One day, while scrolling through Instagram, I came across a quote that said, “When you’re at your worst, you can only get better.”
It stuck with me: "The best part of being at rock bottom is that there is only one way to go from there [up]. It impacted me and began to be a quote I would use for advice toward friends and something I would tell myself when I felt things would never get better.
Then, I had this idea to uplift people from rock bottom, which turned into Breakup Club. I worked on Breakup Club for months, learning many things about starting my own business from scratch and how to make things happen, but something inside of me was still holding back.
Then I hit rock bottom. Suddenly, Breakup Club was the only thing on my mind, my passion, and my light through the darkness. Breakup Club went from an idea I was playing around with, struggling with how I wanted to approach it, but it became easy once I hit rock bottom.
That's what Breakup Club is about.
I have gone through heartbreaking moments in my life, from losing someone to breakups to friendship endings and a whole other list of times in my life where I was genuinely heartbroken. I would always go to others for advice, listen, and let their voice be the voice in my head.
I learned that your voice is the only voice that belongs to your brain. The narrative lies within you, and the authentic healing doesn’t come from advice but from taking time to process, feel, hurt, cry, and not forget to do so with compassion while living life.
That’s Breakup Club. We aren’t here to promise to heal you. We are here to help you navigate when you are feeling heartbroken in a healthy way that can lead to a positive experience, leaving you feeling empowered rather than losing yourself by not acknowledging the pain.
To do so, we will guide you through helpful information that will help you heal yourself—coinciding with a list of products curated to navigate the pain and remind you to have fun while you are hurting.
It’s a new approach to helping those who feel stuck and desperate for someone to give them answers to help make sense of the situation and ultimately let go of the problem.
So many of us have these moments in life that leave such a profound impact, but we never fully acknowledge and give the proper care to them. Then, a situation arises, and you overreact or become triggered because it reminds you of how you felt. If you accept the pain, process it, and let it go, you get to continue living excited for what life will throw at you next because you will feel empowered and capable of being assertive and healing yourself the next time life throws you a hardball.
If you have yet to see the movie The Breakfast Club, you should. But whether you have it or not, the film's message is clear.
As humans, we are confined to be one thing, to fit one definition that explains the entirety of ourselves. The movie shows that we are and can be a million different things simultaneously as we continue growing each day and making new connections. Cliques don't mix, but there's usually a happy ending when they do.
That's where the name comes from.
Sorry, there's no crazy breakup story here. It's an authentic brand that comes from the heart and is confident and excited for the world to accept this thought process.