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Just Be Happy: Honoring a Failed Marriage
Time. It is the most precious commodity in the world. Time is non-renewable, and even the richest people can’t buy more. What will you do with the time that you have?
In this memoir, the author describes her marriage and its slow unraveling. She shares with the reader stories to which many couples can relate – family tension, struggles with infertility – while trying to manage a marriage that was failing. The book details a building recognition of how the marriage, and the relationship traps that she set for herself, contributed to the author’s isolation and unhappiness. The author recalls the moments when she knew that the marriage needed to end and the barriers that kept her from making the impossibly hard to decision to walk away, until she did. Through these challenges, the author reflects on how she was all-too-willing to internalize these struggles as personal failures and her inability to just be happy.
While the book contains many heavy and sad memories, it is a call to action that focuses on the lessons that can be learned from life’s hardest moments. In an authentic voice, the author describes opportunities to honor our mistakes by making choices that enhance our sense of meaning and purpose in the world. The author shares the triumphs and joys that can come from recognizing failed relationship patterns, making different choices, and valuing deeply the time that we have on this planet.
In this memoir, the author describes her marriage and its slow unraveling. She shares with the reader stories to which many couples can relate – family tension, struggles with infertility – while trying to manage a marriage that was failing. The book details a building recognition of how the marriage, and the relationship traps that she set for herself, contributed to the author’s isolation and unhappiness. The author recalls the moments when she knew that the marriage needed to end and the barriers that kept her from making the impossibly hard to decision to walk away, until she did. Through these challenges, the author reflects on how she was all-too-willing to internalize these struggles as personal failures and her inability to just be happy.
While the book contains many heavy and sad memories, it is a call to action that focuses on the lessons that can be learned from life’s hardest moments. In an authentic voice, the author describes opportunities to honor our mistakes by making choices that enhance our sense of meaning and purpose in the world. The author shares the triumphs and joys that can come from recognizing failed relationship patterns, making different choices, and valuing deeply the time that we have on this planet.
200 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 6, 2024
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March 3, 2026
I had the privilege of meeting Michelle at a 911der Women Work Conference a year ago. When she presented, she wasn’t just someone speaking to a room, she was someone who spoke directly to your heart. Every word she shared left you feeling inspired and somehow reassured that everything was going to be okay.
When people were walking around selling her book, I knew I had to have one. I immediately ran up to her and asked her to sign it. That moment meant more to me than she probably realized.
Her genuine heart and the way she shared her story of heartbreak showed just how strong, resilient, and encouraging she truly was. She carried such a deep passion for putting others before herself, maybe even to a fault, but that selflessness is what made her so powerful.
Her presentation and her story left a mark on me that I will never forget.
When people were walking around selling her book, I knew I had to have one. I immediately ran up to her and asked her to sign it. That moment meant more to me than she probably realized.
Her genuine heart and the way she shared her story of heartbreak showed just how strong, resilient, and encouraging she truly was. She carried such a deep passion for putting others before herself, maybe even to a fault, but that selflessness is what made her so powerful.
Her presentation and her story left a mark on me that I will never forget.
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