Jason Tartick is taking the time to course of and embrace his feelings after his break up from Kat Stickler.
“On daily basis will get just a little higher, I’m doing OK,” Tartick, 36, informed E! Information on Thursday, October 31, whereas attending Heidi Klum’s Halloween bash. “Breakups are simply actually onerous. That’s it — they’re actually onerous.”
The previous Bachelorette contestant has skilled two public breakups prior to now two years: his break up from Kaitlyn Bristowe in August 2023, then the tip of his relationship with Stickler in October. Via his romantic ups and downs, Tartick says has realized to observe his personal breakup recommendation.
“I feel simply sitting in it and studying from all the pieces,” he mentioned. “And simply attempting to develop to be higher than you have been yesterday. Nevertheless it’s by no means straightforward. It’s powerful.”
The “Buying and selling Secrets and techniques” podcast host doesn’t shrink back from his feelings — and he doesn’t assume different males ought to, both. “I feel the largest factor just isn’t being afraid of your emotions,” Tartick defined, including that he’s turned to “meditation, grounding, all that stuff” within the wake of his newest break up. He famous he’s now taking it “daily.”
When requested the place he’s headed, Tartick mentioned he’s in search of “progress” and room to concentrate on himself. “Simply attempting to pour into myself just a little bit, work out what’s subsequent,” he added.
The previous actuality star added that he may relocate now that he doesn’t have something “tying me” to Nashville, the place he at present resides.
Tartick moved to Nashville when he and Bristowe, 39, have been courting. The exes, who have been collectively for 4 years and engaged for 2, continued to share custody their two canines, Pinot and Ramen, following their August 2023 break up.
Nevertheless, Bristowe revealed in September that she was “now not prepared to coparent” the pets after the animals began to turn out to be anxious on account of all of the forwards and backwards.
“I’m doing what’s greatest for the canines,” Bristowe mentioned throughout an “Off the Vine” podcast episode on the time. “[Jason] is greater than welcome to see them if he’s on the town for the weekend or desires to take them for a stroll. I might by no means preserve them from anybody.”
Regardless of not being tied to Bristowe and their canines in Tennessee, Tartick remained in Nashville whereas courting Stickler, 30, lengthy distance. Stickler, who’s the mom of 4-year-old daughter MK, resides in Tampa, Florida. (Stickler shares MK with ex-husband Mike Stickler, to whom she was married from 2019 to 2021.)
“It’s like a full reset, and an surprising one. However hey, onward,” Tartick mentioned of his new path on Thursday. “Simply figuring it out.”
Tartick and Kat went public with their romance in June, confirming their breakup 4 months later.
“I’m unhappy to share that Kat and I are now not collectively,” he wrote by way of his Instagram Story on October 12. “It’s honest to say that I really like onerous with all my coronary heart and fall quick. Typically in life that works out and different instances, it doesn’t. This time it didn’t.”
Kat shared the information by way of her Instagram Story as nicely, calling it “amicable.” She famous that since she had such a public romance she needed to “present this facet [and] the aftermath” of the breakup.
“I simply needed to inform you guys, and it’s not love wasted,” she added. “I really feel like generally it’s really easy to assume when a relationship ends that the love was wasted however love is rarely wasted. That’s all I’ve to say.”