Letter To My Younger Self Series

Letter To My Younger Self # 6: “Don’t take things personally. And meditate!”

After emerging from a difficult year that reminds her of an earlier hard time, 61-year-old musician Ann Klein gives her 7-year-old self a pep talk.

Mar 7 •

Letter To My Younger Self #5: Trust Your Heart. And Tinder

At 55, Anna Graham Hunter assures the 47-year-old, newly divorced version of herself that there's more and better sex coming her way than she might ever…

Jun 5, 2023 •

Anna Graham Hunter

Letter to My Younger Self #4: Hungry Like the Wolf

Author Helene Stapinski encourages her college-age self not to give up on her dreams of becoming a writer.

Mar 24, 2023 •

Helene Stapinski

Letter to My Younger Self #3: About What Happened in Chinatown

Lani V. Cox addresses her 16-year-old self, a girl who underwent plastic surgery at her mother's urging and emerged determined to never let others…

Jan 30, 2023 •

Letter To My Younger Self #2: You Are Here

Sara Eckel writes to the 25-year-old she once was, just starting out as a writer in New York City in the 90s.

Nov 10, 2022 •

Letter to My Younger Self #1: Batman, Robin, and Me.

Jay Blotcher writes to the 5-year-old version of himself with news that it gets better.

Aug 8, 2022 •

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