The Free Guides
Six Places to Start
Everything on this site started from one thing: a marriage ending, a diagnosis I didn’t see coming, and a long road back to a life I actually chose. Billy’s Books grew out of that — the trilogy, the Hard Days Collection, the course, the workbooks — all of it built from the same story, written honestly, one piece at a time.
These six short guides are the easiest place to actually start. Each one is free, each one takes ten minutes to read, and each one is built around a specific, concrete moment rather than a general idea.
No. 01 · Free download
Six Places to Start
A Short Introduction
The opening piece of the Starter Library — a plain introduction to the six short guides Billy has written, so you can begin wherever actually applies to you right now, in ten minutes, for free.
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No. 02 · Free download
Five Things Nobody Tells a Man Going Through a Break-Up
A Short, Honest Starting Point
Five things Billy wishes someone had told him plainly at the beginning of a break-up, instead of learning each of them the hard way over two years.
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No. 03 · Free download
The First 30 Days Survival Checklist
A Short, Practical Guide
The first month after a break-up or divorce doesn’t need you to do it well. It just needs you to get through it. Five plain, unglamorous things worth actually doing (and a few worth not doing) in the first thirty days.
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No. 04 · Free download
How to Tell the Children
A Short, Honest Guide
Five things Billy wishes he’d properly understood before sitting down to tell his own children — written plainly, without a script, and with respect for how differently every family carries this conversation.
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No. 05 · Free download
Starting Again Financial Checklist
A Short, Practical Guide
Untangling money after a break-up carries its own particular weight, separate from everything else. Five practical, unglamorous things worth understanding early, from someone who’s actually been through it — not financial advice, just an honest starting point.
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No. 06 · Free download
Am I Ready to Date Again?
A Short, Honest Self-Check
Five honest questions Billy wishes he’d asked himself properly before he started dating again — not a test with a pass mark, just five things worth sitting with before you swipe or say yes.
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No. 07 · Free download
Building a Life After Divorce
A Short, Guided Starting Point
A little different from the others — not just something to read but something to briefly write in. Five short prompts, with space beneath each, to help you name honestly where you are and what you’re quietly hoping for.
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