Untangled

What if the love that broke you wasn't love at all?

In Untangled: The Lies Love Told Me - Getting It Right This Time, behavioral health therapist and author Raina Shephard exposes the emotional and psychological traps that keep people stuck in painful relationships. Through compassionate storytelling, trauma-informed insight, and reflective guidance, Shephard helps readers recognize the difference between love that wounds and love that heals.

This is not another relationship advice book-it's a healing roadmap for those who have lost themselves trying to be "enough." Shephard takes you deep into the hidden patterns of codependency, gaslighting, and trauma bonding, showing how early emotional wounds, unmet needs, and attachment injuries quietly script our adult relationships. With warmth and wisdom, she invites you to break free from the lies love told you and rediscover the truth of your worth.

Inside, you'll explore:

• Why toxic love feels so familiar-and how to stop repeating it
• How trauma bonds form and why they're so hard to break
• The signs of emotional manipulation and narcissistic cycles
• Tools for healing codependency and reclaiming your identity
• Steps to rebuild healthy self-trust, boundaries, and emotional safety

Each chapter blends clinical understanding with personal healing exercises, self-awareness prompts, and powerful truth statements to help readers untangle from pain, shame, and confusion.

If you've ever asked yourself, "Why do I love people who hurt me?" or "Why does love always feel so hard?" this book will meet you with compassion, clarity, and hope.

Untangled reminds us that love was never meant to break us.

True love restores, repairs, and reveals who we really are.

It's time to stop surviving love-and start healing through it.