How to Get Over a Failed Relationship

by Frank A. Ives — fictional author, real advice

About 1 hour70 pages15 chaptersPDF + EPUB$4.99

“Let the grief be what it is. Don't rush it, don't suppress it, don't perform recovery before it is real. The feeling knows what it's doing.”

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FRANKLYcontents · 15 chapters

What’s inside

Fifteen chapters. One subject.
No wasted pages.

01The Grief Is Real. Let It Be Real.p. 3
02The Story You Tell About It Matters.p. 8
03What to Do With Angry.p. 13
04Create the Distance. It Is Not Dramatic.p. 18
05Don't Rush Into the Next One.p. 23
06p. 28
07p. 33
08p. 38
09p. 43
10p. 47
11p. 51
12p. 55
13p. 59
14p. 63
15p. 67

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FRANKLYread before you buy

A taste of Frank

This is how he writes.

The hard truth · chapter 1

There is a version of recovery advice that says: keep busy, stay positive, get back out there, don't let yourself wallow. I understand where this comes from. It comes from genuine concern and from the discomfort of watching someone you care about in pain. It is not, in the main, good advice. It asks you to perform recovery before it is real, which delays it rather than accelerates it.

“Let the grief be what it is. Don't rush it, don't suppress it, don't perform recovery before it is real. The feeling knows what it's doing.”

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FRANKLYwhat changes · one hour later

The outcome

One hour. Here’s what’s
different after.

You'll stop performing recovery before it's real and start letting the grief be what it actually is. Rushing it doesn't shorten it. It just hides it somewhere inconvenient.
You'll know what to do with angry — specific, practical steps — rather than being told not to feel it. The anger is real. Frank doesn't skip it.
You'll understand the story you're telling about the relationship — and how to tell a truer one. The story you carry forward matters more than the one you lived.
You'll stop comparing your inside state to their outside performance. Social media is edited. Your grief is not. This is not a fair comparison.
You'll understand what the relationship was trying to teach you — not as consolation, but as something actually useful. That's what chapter six is for.

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FRANKLYready when you are

The grief is real.so is the way through it. frank walks it with you.

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How to Get Over a Failed Relationship

Fifteen chapters. One subject.No wasted pages.

This is how he writes.

One hour. Here’s what’sdifferent after.

The grief is real.so is the way through it. frank walks it with you.

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Fifteen chapters. One subject.
No wasted pages.

One hour. Here’s what’s
different after.