I GAVE YOU TOO MUCH OF ME: A Woman's Guide to Letting Go, Rebuilding Her Worth,and Choosing Herself Again - Softcover

M. Collins, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798185549773

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

You didn't lose yourself all at once. You lost yourself the way you lose daylight — so gradually that by the time you noticed the dark, you couldn't remember the last moment it was bright.

This book follows seven women — Mara, Olivia, Grace, Emma, Sophia, Rachel, and Denise — through the same journey, told in different rooms: a live-in relationship that quietly took her opinions along with her Saturday nights. A long-distance love that ended by disappearing instead of explaining. A friendship built on guilt instead of ease. A family that taught her, early, that being "fine" was the price of being loved.

You'll recognize pieces of your own story in more than one of them. That's the point. Heartbreak doesn't only come from romance — it comes from anywhere you gave more of yourself than was ever asked to be given back.

This isn't a book of generic advice. It's thirteen chapters of real psychology explained without the jargon — attachment theory, trauma bonding, the Zeigarnik effect, the actual neuroscience of why heartbreak physically hurts — paired with letters you'll write to yourself, boundary scripts you can actually use, checklists that name what you've been feeling for years without a word for it, and enough space in the margins to make this book yours by the time you finish it.

Inside, you'll find:

• 13 chapters moving from what happened to you, to what's kept you stuck, to how you actually rebuild

• Letters to your younger self, your future self, and the one you'll never send

• Myth vs. Truth breakdowns for the beliefs that keep women stuck longest

• A 30-Day Healing Challenge, weekly reflection pages, and a signed promise to yourself

• Green flags and red flags for recognizing what healthy love actually feels like — not chemistry, not chaos, just peace

You gave too much of yourself once. This book won't teach you to give less. It will teach you to stop disappearing while you give it.

You are not the woman who was left. You are the woman becoming whole again.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798185549773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134