What Happened To Our Friendship? • Now Available for Pre-Order

We don’t talk enough about friendship breakups.

Whether your friendship ended in a blowup, a slow fade, or a ghosting you never got closure on, learn to grieve it, understand it, and come out of it more whole than before.

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Any of these sound familiar?

You’re not alone.

Friendships end, and no one taught us how to grieve that.

Everyone experiences a friendship ending, yet it’s one of the least acknowledged losses there is.

We were never taught that friendships take skill to build or that losing one causes real grief. So when a friendship ends, whether through a blowup, a values rupture, a boundary violation, or the quiet accumulation of unspoken hurts, we're often left alone with a pain no one else seems to recognize.

In What Happened to Our Friendship?, Gina gives you a compassionate, research-backed guide to understanding what happens in your brain, body, and heart when a friendship ends and how to turn that confusion and grief into clarity, self-awareness, and stronger connections ahead.

Pre-Order What Happened To Our Friendship? & Claim Your Free Bonus: Two Free Months of Among Friends

Among Friends is Gina's monthly membership for anyone grieving, growing, or moving on after a friendship ending. Each month brings one theme, a live conversation with Gina, deeper reading, and a community that gets it. It's normally $10/month or $100/year. Pre-order the book by February 8 and your first two months are on us.

STEP ONE

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Order your copy from your favorite book retailer below (grab your order or receipt number while you’re there):

STEP TWO

Complete the Form

Head back here and add your order/receipt number and other details below to get a free two-month subscription to Gina’s brand new membership: Among Friends!

STEP THREE

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Check your email for your special invitation on Substack.

Meet Gina

Gina is a licensed psychotherapist, mental health educator, and media consultant in New York City. In practice for nearly two decades, she has helped thousands of people seeking treatment for trauma, grief, as well as challenging life experiences and transitions. This includes work with Holocaust survivors at 92Y, as well as being a clinical director for a Mt. Sinai Hospital Outpatient Program specializing in addictions. She received her master’s degree in social work with a specialty in trauma from New York University.

Represented by: Folio Literary Management

Agents: Jan Baumer + Steve Troha

Publisher: Hachette Balance

PR: Smith Publicity

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Your Pre-Order Bonus

“AMONG FRIENDS”

A Membership for Grieving, Growing, & Moving On After Friendship Endings

The book gives you the map. Among Friends gives you company for the walk.

Friendship loss is lonely partly because so few people around us treat it as real. Among Friends is a place where it is. Each month, Gina picks one theme and goes deeper than a single chapter can, with room for your questions and your story.

Every month, members get:

Themed Monthly Arc

One focus for the month, from grieving what you lost to understanding why the friendship mattered in the first place.

One-Hour Live with Gina

Held on Substack Live. Ask questions in the chat, listen in, or just be in the room with people who understand. Replays are posted for members.

Practical Resources

One or two deeper articles that expand on the month's theme, plus a worksheet, prompt set, or tool you can actually use.

A $20 VALUE

Two Months Free When You Pre-Order

Pre-order What Happened To Our Friendship? and get your first two months of Among Friends free.

Your free months begin when Among Friends launches on October 21 [or on the day you claim, if later]. After that, you'll get an invitation to continue for $10/month or $100/year. The offer is valid on pre-orders placed through February 8, 2027.