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Question:I have been separated from my husband of 33 years. I am in pain and it hurts. How can I change?

I have been separated for one month now from my husband of 33 years. It is really painful. I do not know what will happen in the future but I do need to get away from this hurt and get on with my life. He says he wants to come back and he still loves me because I keep communicating with him. I have been told to not communicate and to let him lie in the bed he has made. This is hard because he was a part of me for so long. I just want to know what to do to help me to become a better person and if an when we do get back together I have changed for the better.
I am a career person and well educated but this separation has taken me down a path that is very painful and I can not pull out of it.
Thanks for your input.

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