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Word-for-Word Scripts for the Hard Conversations

Word-for-word scripts for the conversations that are hardest to find words for, in a clear Try, Instead, and Why format: your former spouse, your children, the friends who took sides, telling your wider world, asking for help, and dating again.

What's inside

• Logistics, boundaries, and no-contact scripts for your former spouse
• Telling and reassuring your children, and protecting them from conflict
• Answering the friends who took sides, and telling your world
• Dating and new-relationship boundaries, word for word