{"product_id":"later-in-life-lesbian-coming-out-later-in-life-leaving-fear-overwhelm-guilt-behind-9798379243852","title":"Later in Life Lesbian: Coming Out Later in Life \u0026 Leaving Fear, Overwhelm, \u0026 Guilt Behind","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Annie M. Henderson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are not late. You are not broken. You are becoming.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you have spent years doing everything \"right\" and still felt like something was missing, this book is for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLater in Life Lesbian\u003c\/i\u003e is the honest, compassionate guide for women untangling people-pleasing, fear, and self-abandonment while coming out later in life. Not the polished version. The real version. The one that tells the truth without shaming you for how long it took. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy a second edition?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause the first edition was a flag in the ground. A \"I made it out, and you can too.\" Three years later, after thousands of messages from women in the middle of the same unraveling, Annie M. Henderson rewrote it with the chapters she was too scared to write the first time and the coaching she now uses with her clients to help them stop performing and start choosing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis expanded second edition is part memoir, part field guide, part coaching session. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll find inside: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A clear roadmap through the three phases of this journey: Awakening, Unraveling, and Rebuilding, so you always know what stage you are in and what comes next \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- New and expanded chapters on compulsory heterosexuality, the messy middle, coming out conversations, dating women, and rebuilding after divorce \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A coaching layer at the end of every chapter so insight turns into action you can take this week \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Reflection prompts that help you name what resonates and what needs to change \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Tiny actions for the week so you keep moving without overwhelm \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Word-for-word scripts for boundaries, coming out, and the conversations that feel hardest to start \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Two-minute grounding practices for fear, overwhelm, guilt, and nervous system activation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Additional reflections on marriage, healthy love, church, empty nest, moving, and rebuilding a life that actually fits \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for the woman who: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Came out later in life, or is coming out now\u003cbr\u003e- Suspects she may be queer but cannot yet say it out loud\u003cbr\u003e- Is in a marriage that no longer feels honest, even when nothing is \"wrong\"\u003cbr\u003e- Has spent decades being agreeable and is finally ready to come home to herself\u003cbr\u003e- Needs more than a memoir and less than weekly therapy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers say about Annie's work: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"She names the thing I have been trying to name for ten years.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I read it in one sitting and then I read it again with a highlighter.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the book I wish someone had handed me at thirty-eight.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLater in Life Lesbian\u003c\/i\u003e is grounded in Annie's training as a Certified Life Coach, RIM Facilitator, and former Licensed Professional Counselor. It is informed by her own coming-out journey and the hundreds of women she has coached through theirs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the book Annie wishes someone had handed her when she was sitting in her car at thirty-eight, wondering if there was another way to live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are not late. You are not broken. You are becoming.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the author of\u003c\/i\u003e The Liberation Year, Boundaries in Ink, and Women with ADHD.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888640278679,"sku":"9798379243852","price":1251.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798379243852.webp?v=1781167211","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/later-in-life-lesbian-coming-out-later-in-life-leaving-fear-overwhelm-guilt-behind-9798379243852","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}