Better Apart, Gabrielle Hartley
Better Apart, Gabrielle Hartley
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Better Apart
The Radically Positive Way to Separate

Author: Gabrielle Hartley, Elena Brower

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 7 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Wave

Published: 01/29/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Marital strife and divorce can be your chance to profoundly transform yourself, your mindset and your relationship with a more harmonious and steady vision.While many of us may be better together, some of us can actually become better apart.What if you emerged from your divorce stronger and more resilient than ever before? Better Apart is the first book to apply the life-changing, healing wisdom of meditation and yoga, combined with practical advice, to help anyone going through the painful and seemingly intractable realities of divorce.Gabrielle Hartley and Elena Brower are warm and caring guides who can help you compassionately part from your partner. Whether your separation is amicable, or your ex is combative, Better Apart can help you find peace, calm, and hope. Blending practical advice from a legal perspective together with spiritual wisdom, Gabrielle and Elena are experts and realists who have created a simple five-step process that uses original meditations, perspective-shifting exercises, and fresh suggestions to help navigate the common legal and emotional pitfalls of divorce. Don’t worry if you’ve never tried yoga or mediation; Gabrielle’s insight buttressed by Elena’s practices and exercises are accessible for all. Together, they show you how to meaningfully shift your mindset and to move forward though any—or all—parts of this emotionally fraught process.Better Apart radically reframes the way couples experience, execute, and recover from when “for better or worse” is no longer an option, and helps you find the road to a new mindset and better life.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Gabrielle Hartley

Gabrielle Hartley served as co-chair of the American Bar Association Mediation Week Committee and is a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, the Hampshire Bar Association, and the New York Bar Association family law section. Gabrielle’s works and contributions are available across media channels including the Woolfer and Thrive Global, and she has been quoted as an expert on television, podcasts, and in the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and New York Post. She divides her time between NYC and Northampton, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and three sons. Learn more about Gabrielle’s online services including mediation, strategic legal consulting, representation, and the Better Apart Professional method for divorce practitioners at gabriellehartley.com.

About Elena Brower

Elena Brower is a mother, teacher, author, and speaker who has taught yoga and meditation since 1999. She is the bestselling author of Practice You: A Journal, and her first book, Art of Attention, has been translated into six languages. Elena has contributed to Yoga Journal, Huffington Post, Yoga International, MindBodyGreen, Well+Good, Positively Positive, and other outlets. Practice with Elena on elenabrower.com.

About Karen White

Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-five novels, including Dreams of Falling and The House on Prytania, as well as the Tradd Street mystery series. She currently writes what she refers to as “grit lit”—Southern women’s fiction. She is a graduate of the American School in London and has a BS in management from Tulane University. When not writing, she spends her time reading, singing, and avoiding cooking. She has two grown children and currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two spoiled Havanese dogs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on February 01, 2019

I have several friends thinking about and/or beginning the process of separating and divorcing and a few asked me for book recommendations. I knew of Hartley's book coming out and was able to obtain an advance copy. I found it to be a very easy and refreshing read with plenty of practical advice and......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 12, 2019

This is such a positive resource in the area of family law and divorce. Written for regular people traversing the emotional upheaval of divorce proceedings and co-parenting after separation, it offers five practical cornerstones of how to move through the process with grace, elegance and stability f......more

Goodreads review by Lux on February 22, 2021

This transformative, revolutionary book is like nothing else in the divorce space. Positively stuffed with compassionate, innovative, and PRACTICAL wisdom for people whose marriages are no longer bringing out the best in either partner, Better Apart will allow all stakeholders--from attorneys and th......more

Goodreads review by Taylor on March 30, 2025

THE BOOK YOU NEED—especially if you’re considering a divorce or currently preparing for/going through one. I read this book as a therapist who helps individuals who are going through a divorce so I can better serve them from an educated perspective. Even though I am not, nor ever was, going through......more

Goodreads review by Anna on June 15, 2019

The material enclosed is not novel and often reads like a transmediation book. I believe it is valuable to remember what is being said in the heat of stressful moments and evaluations but I don't believe I learned anything here. Is being reminded to breathe enough to put the time into this book. Per......more