So you left. Now what?: A Practical Guide to Life After an Abusive or Controlling Relationship

You left. Maybe you planned it for months. Maybe everything blew up in one night. Either way, leaving didn't magically solve everything.Now there are bills, housing, work, custody, kids, court dates, an ex you may still have to deal with, and a whole lot of decisions you weren't prepared to make. Somewhere in the middle of handling all of that, you're also supposed to figure out who you are now.So You Left. Now What? is about that part.It starts with the immediate mess after leaving an abusive or controlling relationship and follows what can happen in the months and years afterward: rebuilding financially, dealing with custody and co-parenting, taking care of your health, finding your people again, learning to trust your own decisions, dating, sex, relationships, raising kids who went through it too, and eventually building a life that isn't centered around your former partner at all.This isn't a book about forgiving your ex or becoming some perfectly healed version of yourself. You might still get angry. You might miss parts of your old life. You might date someone terrible, make a bad financial decision, cry over something you thought you were over, or have days when you're doing great and days when you're absolutely fucking not.That's real life.Along with the chapters, you'll find check-ins with room to actually work through what you're thinking and practical guides for the things you may need to do, not just think about.Because getting out matters.But then you have to live.So You Left. Now What? is the first book in The Life After Series, for women figuring out what comes next after life changes in ways they never planned for.