She's now a single woman again, and finally Elin Nordgren has broken her 9-month silence in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE magazine, revealing insight into the emotional roller coaster she's been on and her hopes for the future.

"I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children," she says in the magazine's latest issue, out just days after her split from Tiger Woods was made official.

In 19 hours over four visits to her Windermere, Fla., rental home, Nordegren shared never-before-seen personal photographs and to PEOPLE, stating: "My immediate plan is for the kids and me to continue to adjust to our new situation. I am going to keep taking classes, but my main focus is to try to give myself time to heal," she says.

She tells the magazine this was her first – and last – interview, as she intends to remain a private person.

We're assuming that the $100 million payout for her confidentiality that she's to receive from Tiger could be a contributing factor on that point.

Check it out as this hot new issue of People hits newsstands this morning!

Source: people.com