About the book

Too Smart to Split is a different kind of relationship book. It’s open-minded yet marriage-positive, and quick to read yet informative. It has been designed to help you identify problem areas in your relationship, and provide you with practical easy-to-apply advice along with links to additional in-depth information if you want it.

Most importantly it’s NOT written by a psychologist but instead, by someone who has experienced that “backed up against a wall” situation where you are willing to try anything to fix your relationship issues because the only other option feels like divorce and that is not the solution you’re interested in. As a mum of young children (when I really needed this book) and as a full-time working mother now, I get it!  The time and energy to invest in research and creative solutions just isn’t there  – so here it is all laid out for you!

The thing is, people divorce after years of unsatisfied expectations, because they feel like they have run out of other options. That’s why this book is unique; because it presents to you and your partner a whole pile of other options to consider, as well as helping you to both visualise the systems and cycles as they function in a healthy, working relationship. This book will show you how small, easily achievable changes in one part of the system can have monumentally positive impacts elsewhere. For example, learning to communicate more effectively with your partner, especially when discussing taboo subjects, can make the world of difference.

Despite not actually being married, I still felt the restrictions of society’s expectations of my relationship. I needed to explore my boundaries and find a unique solution suitable for my actual relationship.

Don’t wait until the problems become huge, catch them as early as possible – even before they happen. You can do this by evaluating your expectations of marriage before you reach the stage where you begin to challenge each other’s opinions.

Understand the stages that every relationship must pass through. Even if your partner refuses counselling, this book can point you to the tools you need to rebalance your needs as a couple.

I wrote Too Smart to Split because I desperately needed it several years ago. When I went looking for help I only found lengthy relationship books that took months to read, and although I learned a lot, it just took too long, and was too one-sided or theoretical – not involving my partner enough, for example.

I made mistakes as I fumbled through this journey, valuable mistakes that you can most definitely learn from! I also felt that I had never quite got round to loosening up and explaining exactly what I needed in terms of intimacy – but that’s another book, which you can explore in depth at HowToPleasureARealWoman.com.

Are you too smart to split? Here are the topics you’ll explore inside this unique guide to saving and reviving your relationship: 

  • Why Get Married?
  • Choosing Wisely
  • Good Habits
  • Arguing “Correctly”
  • Dealing with Downs
  • The Ayahuasca Experience
  • Reconnecting
  • Not Enough Sex?
  • Infidelity and Safer Alternatives
  • Should We Split?
  • Focus on the Positive
  • Parenthood
  • Space
  • Gift Guide
  • Betterment

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If you’d like to learn more, you can read a sample chapter by clicking here 


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