First We Must Break takes your hand, buckles you in and doesn't let go!
If you're going through a big change or only dreaming about it, buy this book! You'll leave feeling empowered, brave, and full of light.
Lauren was born with a 'don't look back, make lemonade while looking straight ahead with rose-colored glasses' mentality. She didn't walk; she ran through her toxic, sometimes bloody, always chaotic past, knowing she'd never look back.
After three moves while following her husband's Wall Street career, with three young kids in tow, she finally felt safely tucked into her new life.
Lauren sprung up from her bed, ran to the window, pushed the shutters open and gulped in the crisp, Tuscan night air to stop a full-blown panic attack. Holding onto the stone wall of their Villa, Lauren looked down at the pool glistening under the moonlight, defeated, and mystified at how this old suffocating feeling tracked her down here and while she was with her family.
Her husband Ted embodied everything her past was not. Buttoned-up, never have to worry if the FBI will come bang on your door and haul him off to prison, all-around good guy. He was devoted, reliable and entirely unavailable to connect emotionally or intimately when Lauren needed it most.
No matter which route she tried, all roads lead to a hard truth she couldn't deny--She
and her husband were no longer a couple. Determined to move forward and salvage
her family, she consciously uncoupled. Feeling like she made it through the worst of
it, Lauren moved back to her hometown with her kids and went from optimistic to
covered by an avalanche of hard truths.
Single for the first time since college, Lauren fumbles her way through dating while
Momming. She finally realizes happiness is an inside job and is determined to stop
putting band-aids on a lifetime of cracks.
Run alongside Lauren as she trips and falls her way into a whole new life.