Starter Library · No. 02
Five Things Nobody Tells a Man Going Through a Break-Up
A Short, Honest Starting Point
by William “Billy” Brown
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Introduction
What this piece is
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.
Nobody hands you a manual for this. If you’re reading this because you’re in it right now, or because someone you care about is, one thing before anything else: what you’re feeling has a shape, and you’re not the first man to feel it — even if it feels that way at 2am. Five short pieces, plainly said, from the inside.
What’s inside
The pieces this guide covers
- 01Anger usually arrives before grief does, and that’s normal
- 02Your body will tell you before your mind admits it
- 03Going to the doctor about it is not a failure of manhood
- 04There’s a long, undramatic middle that nobody warns you about
- 05It’s a chapter break, not a full stop
“I wrote this one first because it’s the piece I most wish someone had handed me at the kitchen table, instead of me finding it out slowly, on my own.”— Billy
If this landed
The full story is in these books
This guide is a short opening. The books below carry the full thing — slowly, honestly, and in Billy’s own voice.
The Love Survival Guide
The Space Between
A Survival Guide for the Broken-Hearted
£9.99
The Love Survival Guide
Still Standing
Navigating the Long Middle of Recovery
£9.99
The Love Survival Guide
Loving on Purpose
Building a Life and Love You Actually Choose
£9.99
Continue your journey
Next in the Starter Library
No. 03
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.
About the author
William “Billy” Brown
