Welcome to Redacted: What Divorced Women Aren't Telling You, a limited podcast series featuring stories and conversations from anonymous divorced women. 

In today's conversation, we cover: 

• The question that haunts many marriages: "Is this all there is?"
• What it looks like to have the courage to leave an unsatisfying marriage—especially 35 years ago. 
• The gifts of living alone, and the negotiations of living with a partner
• How women in particular edit themselves in relationships or make themselves small
• The importance of having lantern-bearers: Strong, brave women who have gone before us and can show us the way. 
• Heroics or survival? We discuss the nuances of choosing yourself and a happy, fulfilling relationship over staying in a marriage that is no longer working