Books to Help You Through Divorce

In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us. Untamed shows readers how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.

From Greg Behrendt, the co-author of the smash two-million copy bestseller He’s Just Not That Into You, comes It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken. A must-have manual for finding your way back to an even more rocking you. Greg and his wife, Amiira, share their hilarious and helpful roadmap for getting past the heartache and back into the game.

A collection of powerful interconnected essays and affirmations that follow Mimi Zhu’s journey toward embodying and re-learning love after a violent romantic relationship, a stunning and provocative book that will guide and inspire readers to lean into love with softness.

In The Breakup Bible, psychotherapist and breakup expert Rachel Sussman reveals the secrets every woman needs to get her life back on track. Sussman takes women through Healing, Understanding, and Transformation, with new perspectives and advice from real, healed women at each step. The Breakup Bible proves that it is possible not only to survive a breakup, but to emerge from one as an even stronger, empowered woman.

The breakup of a family can have an enduring impact on children. But as Dr. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll explains with clarity and compassion in this powerful book, parents can positively alter the immediate and long-term effects of divorce on their children. Putting Children First delivers a positive vision for a future of hope and healing.

Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them, but what do “healthy boundaries” really mean–and how can we successfully express our needs, say “no,” and be assertive without offending others? Licensed counselor and sought-after relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab demystifies this complex topic for today’s world. Set Boundaries, Find Peace presents simple-yet-powerful ways to help us identify and express our needs clearly and without apology.

Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on twelve years of pioneering research, thought leader Brené Brown, dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage. Daring Greatly is a practice and a powerful new vision for letting ourselves be seen, whether it’s in a new relationship, an important meeting, the creative process, or a difficult family conversation.

Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce–and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic–divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children’s resilience.

We enter our romantic relationships with great love, hope, and excitement. But sometimes, for many different reasons, relationships don’t work out. Commonly, we view this as a personal failure, rather than an opportunity. And instead of honoring what we once meant to each other, we hoard bitterness and anger, stewing in shame and resentment. Yet there is another path to the end of a relationship–one filled with mutual respect, kindness, and deep caring. This paradigm-shifting guide will steer you away from a bitter end and toward a new life that’s empowered and flourishing.

In this updated edition of the groundbreaking book, Susan Anderson, a therapist who has specialized in helping people with loss, heartbreak, and abandonment for more than thirty years, shares recent discoveries in neuroscience that help put your pain in perspective. From the first stunning blow to starting over, it provides a complete program for abandonment recovery so you can build a whole new concept of yourself, increase your capacity for love, and find new love on a deeper and richer level than ever before.

This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in face of loss and adversity–now updated with additional toolbox materials and a new preface by the author.

In Anxiously Attached, seasoned psychotherapist and couples counselor Jessica Baum guides readers through understanding their attachment style at its core and building the inner strength and self-love that will lead them to more secure and satisfying relationships.