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If you haven’t already read Belle Burden’s memoir Strangers, you’ve likely seen it or heard of it.

Strangers is a beautiful, hard-won, honest, and ultimately affirming story about the shocking end of Belle’s marriage, and what she chose to do after.

I loved the book, but whether you’ve read it or not, I think there’s so much to take from what Belle shares in our conversation today.

We talk about how, and why, so many of us organize our families around a patriarchal figure; and about carrying the weight of wanting to make a partner feel good—above wanting to make ourselves feel good.

We talk about the common discomfort and deep ambiguity many women have toward money, and how we could approach our finances in a partnership instead.

We talk about friends in the aftermath of divorce, why Belle chose to tell her story in the way she has, and the person she has evolved into since.

HER BOOK: Strangers

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