<human>: So what I've gathered is if I want to do her the biggest favor I can it is to initiate utter no-contact between us. I don't agree that this will be best but for once I think I may take advice instead of having experience be my teacher.

How do I go about doing it? Do I tell her? We ended very friendly and share a dog together. She suffers from mild depression and I am very worried about what this could do to her work performance, is there any other way?

What have been your experiences? what has worked best when your partner was very upset about the breakup but understood that it was probably best for both of you?

Can you summarize the given text in a few sentences?
<bot>: If no better option exists I will do NO CONTACT for her benefit. How do I go about initiating this protocol best?