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The First Heartbreak|Ashleigh Brock

The First Heartbreak : Redefining Love through her words: Letters, Poems, and healing practices for men carrying the Mother wound

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Overview

Before he became distant, angry, successful, silent, or hard to reach, he was a boy learning what love

required of him.

For many sons, a mother or mothering figure is the first experience of tenderness, safety, belonging,

discipline, rejection, and approval. When that relationship carries absence, grief, control, criticism, emotional

dependence, or unspoken pain, the boy may grow into a man still protecting the place where his heart first

broke.

The First Heartbreak gives men language for wounds they were often taught to hide. Through intimate

letters, original poems, guided reflection, practical healing exercises, and declarations, Ashleigh Brock

creates a compassionate place to tell the truth without humiliating men, blaming mothers, or excusing

harmful behavior.

Written for sons who were abandoned, adopted, bereaved, controlled, compared, parentified, emotionally

neglected, or loved by women carrying wounds of their own, this book helps readers understand how early

heartbreak can shape anger, trust, intimacy, achievement, fatherhood, boundaries, and the ability to receive

love.

Inside are 30 letters, a 30-day return-to-yourself journey, healing-circle questions, and reflection pages

designed to help men honor the boy they were while taking responsibility for the men they choose to

become.

You are allowed to love your mother and tell the truth about what hurt. You are allowed to understand her

story without surrendering your own. And you are allowed to build a definition of love that no longer requires

you to disappear.

This item is Non-Returnable

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9798184408422
  • ISBN-10: 9798184408422
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: June 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.24 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.32 pounds
  • Page Count: 102

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