Everyone has secrets.
And the ones you don't say out load? They're the ones quietly running your life...
Winner of two First Place BookFest Awards
(Non-Fiction: Self-Help – Inspiration & Self-Help – Transformation)
Now available in print and audio, narrated by the author herself.
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Break Free From Your Dirty Little Secrets: A New You in 10 Secret-Breaking Stages and discover what’s holding you back from living the life you’ve always wanted, on your own terms.
There's so much to win and nothing to lose – only those dirty little secrets.
What You'll Discover in Chapter 1:
a.k.a. Stage 1 of my 10-Stage Secret-Breaking System™:
The kinds of secrets women carry—and how they quietly shape our confidence, choices, and identity.
My secret action from over twenty years ago, and the false narrative my mind created around it.
And now it’s your turn – how to call out your secret and take the first step toward transformation.
Why This Book Exists...
Millions of women carry secrets.
Not just the lie on the résumé, the bankruptcy, or the affair, but the private truths that feel too dangerous to say out loud:
I’m failing. I’m exhausted. I’m not doing enough, or doing it right, as a woman, mother, partner, daughter, or friend.
These secrets take root as beliefs like: Be good. Do more. Hold it all together, to prove you’re enough.
Left unspoken, they shape your identity, control your choices, and quietly erode your power, clarity, and joy.
You’ve followed the rules. Built the life. Checked every box.
But behind closed doors, you’re tired of carrying the mental, emotional, and invisible load of being everything to everyone.
At times you wonder, was all my hard work for this?
That's a secret, too.
Break Free from Your Dirty Little Secrets offers a radical, life-changing path forward.
Through bold truth-telling, practical tools, and the unfiltered confessions of hundreds of women, and Gretchen herself, you’ll learn how to dismantle the internal rules that keep you small so you can reclaim your clarity, purpose, and freedom.
This is self-help with teeth.
Not to fix you but to free you.
This award-winning book is helping women everywhere break free and live boldly.
“For every woman who has ever felt like she is not enough, Gretchen’s 10-Stage Secret-Breaking System is a MUST read!”
Iyanla Vanzant - Spiritual Life Coach, Executive Producer, Host of Iyanla Fix My Life
“You’ll realize it’s finally safe to let go of those secrets that have held you back. Read this book and let it change your life forever.”
Sue Ann Pien - Actor and Filmmaker
“... A powerful, vulnerable book for women that provides compassionate and practical tools to release shame and old belief systems and find spiritual and personal freedom to last a lifetime.”
Steve Chandler - Best-Selling Author
I’m Gretchen Hydo,
and I was a secret-keeper too.
Like many women I've helped, my secrets (hidden thoughts and actions) made me believe things about myself that simply weren't true, e.g. “I’m not good enough, people don’t like me, I’m a fraud.” So I understand where you are and how you might feel at this very moment.
If you’re convinced what you’re consciously (and subconsciously) burying deep down is too much to share, my book will show you how there is no secret too big to face and that you can live a big, BOLD life when you step into your truth, unbecoming anything that isn’t really you.
I’m the proud creator of the Secret-Breaking System™ and the author of this chapter and the book it belongs to. And because I want you to become secret-free and truly yourself, Stage 1 is my gift to you.
You didn’t start keeping secrets by accident.
There’s a reason they were created.
Here’s a universal truth:
Once you tell them, they aren’t secrets anymore.
They lose their power—and you regain yours.
It’s time to step into the life that was always meant for you.
Download the first chapter to finally BREAK FREE.
Copyright 2025. Gretchen Hydo International.