Jennie Garth opens up about divorce aftermath

Jennie Garth continues to open up about ending her marriage to Peter Facinelli, and how she eventually picked herself up again.

Jennie Garth, 41, told Access Hollywood in a March 6 interview: “I think that for anybody that’s going through bad times in their life, it’s really important to let yourself just fall apart – it’s the putting yourself back together that’s really important.”

“And [not] just being able to put yourself back together, but to pick up each piece of you and look at it and put it back the way you want it – and not just the way it went,” the actress continued.

“You know, kind of re-put yourself back together in a new way – [that’s] a good goal.”

After announcing their separation in March 2012, Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli, 38, finalized their divorce in June 2013 after 11 years of marriage.

Since then, Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli have both stepped back into the dating game.

“I have been dating, yeah,” Jennie Garth told Access Hollywood.

“I’ve had some great experiences with some really great men.”

The actress recently split from boyfriend Michael Shimbo last November after several months of dating.

Jennie Garth has also been linked to photographer Noah Abrams and musician Jeremy Salken.

Peter Facinelli, meanwhile, has been dating Jaimie Alexander since November 2012.