Valerie Bertinelli doesn't need to take her breakup with Mike Goodnough one day at a time.

In fact, the Hot in Cleveland alum said she's "irreversibly changed by him for the better" despite their split.

"I know I am becoming a much stronger and more benevolent human for having met him and spent time with him," she wrote on Instagram March 3. "I look at life with a different perspective and caring because of my experiences and conversations with him. And he's been a big part of helping me heal from some old childhood wounds I never knew what to do with or even where to start."