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Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralRelationshipsSelf-Help
Publisher: Second & Sixth Media
Published: May 19 2026
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
There comes a moment when the life you built no longer fits the person you are becoming.
When Myesha Chaney's marriage ends, the foundations that organized her life begin to dissolve. The roles she inhabited, the beliefs that sustained her, and the identity shaped by years of endurance fall away, leaving her face to face with a self she no longer recognizes.
Honest traces the aftermath of divorce and the long, disorienting process of rebuilding a life from the inside out. It moves through grief that resists tidy resolution, the return of desire after years of suppression, and the uneasy freedom that emerges when familiar expectations stop determining who you are allowed to be.
As Chaney rebuilds, she examines the invisible labor many women carry and the cost of being valued primarily for strength. She confronts the psychological weight of performance, the pressure to remain composed while unraveling privately, and the quiet erosion that occurs when self-trust is deferred for the sake of stability.
This memoir explores divorce, identity loss, leadership fatigue, spiritual and emotional deconstruction, and the courage required to choose oneself without certainty about what comes next. It speaks to women navigating separation, burnout, reinvention, or the realization that the life that once made sense no longer feels true.
Honest is a story of loss and awakening. It is about the work of reclaiming your voice after collapse and building a life aligned with who you are rather than who you were expected to be.
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