This collection follows the journey of spoken emotion across four stages of the heart.Tongue Tied captures the struggle before the words are said - the pressure of holding everything in, the fear of honesty, and the moments where silence feels safer than the truth.Cracked Open steps into the breaking point, where the voice finally trembles and the truth spills out. Confession brings relief and danger, exposing what was never meant to stay hidden. Unraveled explores the fallout. Relationships shift, meanings twist, and even the right words leave damage. Here, clarity hurts, and saying the truth becomes its own kind of ache.Lasting Notes finds what remains after everything has been spoken. These pieces settle into acceptance, healing, and the quiet strength that comes from knowing the heart survived its own honesty. Gentle, vulnerable, and deeply humanLove Hurts When Spoken is a book for anyone who has learned that speaking the truth can break you - and still chooses to say