In a heartbreak-illiterate world, Handbook for the Heartbroken offers solace and support through personal and collective losses of all kinds―including the end of a relationship or a job, death of a loved one, a natural disaster, infertility, abortion, a financial crisis, or any other form of loss. Heartbreak sends us reeling―we can feel alone and adrift. After her own experience of serial heartbreaks over the span of five years, Sara Avant Stover felt deeply impacted by our culture’s dysfunctional relationship with loss―especially for women. “We’re encouraged at every turn to hurry up and get on with it,” she says. “But by trying to power through these messier seasons of life, we’re denying ourselves the very answers to our healing and growth.”

With Handbook for the Heartbroken, Sara offers the grounded guidance she needed during her own falls from grace to help you navigate loss and turmoil. Blending her expertise in Internal Family Systems and various wisdom traditions, she examines the three main phases of heartbreak: devastation, transformation, and rebirth. With each phase, she shares gentle lessons and supportive practices for anyone experiencing the unthinkable.

Revealing the untold story of hormonal birth control, this groundbreaking book exposes the profound impact it has on women and the world around them. While the pill has empowered women by offering control over their fertility, its influence extends far beyond contraception. In an eye-opening exploration, the book uncovers the wide-ranging effects of sex hormones on the body and brain, shaping attraction, stress response, emotions, learning, and more. By delving into the intricate connections between the pill and women’s identities, relationships, and society at large, this paradigm-shattering read provides a science-based understanding of who women are on and off the pill. It encourages women to demand better research and empowers them to make informed decisions about their health.