Description
When love ends, your thoughts, emotions, routines, and hopes do not always end with it. You may still love the person. You may feel relief and grief at the same time. You may know the relationship is over and still catch yourself trying to negotiate with the silence.
When Love Ends gives you 30 days of private structure for that complicated middle. This is not an empty journal or a collection of breakup slogans. Each day includes a developed human story, one clear analogy, one memorable metaphor, plain-language teaching about how mind, brain, and cognition can shape the experience, one bounded practice, and three master-coaching questions designed to strengthen autonomy, self-efficacy, and resilience.
Nine integration modules help you connect the daily work to the larger patterns that shape relationships and recovery: culture, faith, family, gender socialization, generation, socioeconomic conditions, boundaries, accountability, attention, and the standards you want your next chapter to survive. These influences are treated as context—not stereotypes, destiny, or proof of another person’s motives.
The work is honest without being cruel. It helps you separate what happened from what pain concluded, examine your part without carrying another adult’s betrayal or harmful choices, and choose the next action that remains within your control. You will not be rushed into forgiveness, dating, reconciliation, or a polished performance of “moving on.”
Inside the guide:
- 30 days of teaching, reflection, and bounded practice;
- developed composite stories with emotional stakes and credible turning points;
- one analogy and one metaphor for every daily lesson;
- plain-language mind, brain, and cognition education;
- 90 master-coaching questions across autonomy, self-efficacy, and resilience;
- nine integration modules for turning insight into deliberate action;
- usable space for private written responses;
- a continuing recovery plan for after Day 30.
Format: 82-page downloadable PDF guide and workbook. Private, self-paced use. $15 one time. No subscription.
Written by Dr. D. Ivan Young and published by Reality and 3D Publishing.
This is an educational, self-guided resource for adults. It is not therapy, diagnosis, clinical assessment, medical advice, legal advice, or crisis care. It does not decide whether you should stay, leave, reconcile, confront, or disclose. If coercion, stalking, violence, immediate danger, medical concern, or emotional crisis may be present, seek appropriate qualified local or emergency support.
Still deciding whether it’s really over? Take the free Should-I-Stay-or-Go assessment first — then come back and do the healing work here.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a journal or a program?
A program. Thirty days of structure — a human story, one bounded practice, and three coaching questions each day — not blank pages to fill.
I still love my ex. Can I use this?
Yes. It was written for exactly that — the middle where grief and relief show up at the same time.
How do I get it?
Instant PDF download after purchase. Private, and yours to keep.
Why trust this guide — the credentials behind it
This isn’t advice from someone with an opinion and a podcast. It’s written by Dr. D. Ivan Young, MCC — ranked #1 of Houston’s 3 Best Marriage Counselors by Three Best Rated, with the client record to show for it:
- ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) — the highest credential the International Coaching Federation grants, held by a small fraction of coaches worldwide
- EMCC Global Master Practitioner
- Master MBTI Practitioner — an authority on personality and how people are actually wired
- NBC-HWC — National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach
- Professional Fellow, Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School affiliate)
★ 4.9 across 73 client reviews · Author of the bestseller Break Up, Don’t Break Down! · TEDx speaker · A global practice based in Houston, TX
What people say about working with him
“Dr. Young is truly gifted. If you walk into his office with an open mind and willingness to put in the work it takes, you can change your whole life.”
“Dr. Young has been a life raft for me the past several years. He’s an all the above kind of therapist; attentive, compassionate, direct, professional…”
“He’s like 3rd on my emergency contact list. Well worth the retainer.”
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