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Dear Fear. You're not in charge anymore.
Elin Lööw Elin Lööw

Dear Fear. You're not in charge anymore.

This is a letter to my fear, telling it that the tables have turned. It's a letter about how I've taken back the control, how I grew stronger than my fears. I'm the one making the calls and I will never go back.

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Dear Stress. I don't want you in my life.
Elin Lööw Elin Lööw

Dear Stress. I don't want you in my life.

This is a letter to my stress, telling it that I'm done feeding it. It's a letter about our love-hate relationship, my addiction to it and my fear that I can't live without it. This is me telling stress that enough is enough.

 

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Dear Dream. I pledge you my pen.
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Dear Dream. I pledge you my pen.

This is a letter to my dream, that unreasonable, irrational dream. Telling it that I hear and I am listening. It's a letter of promise to fight for it, no matter what the world says. 

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Dear Inner Child. Thank you.
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Dear Inner Child. Thank you.

This is a letter to my inner child, thanking her for sticking around when I thought I needed to get rid of her. When I locked her in a dark room deep inside of me, and threw away the key. This is a thank you, and a promise.

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Dear Confidence. Where the hell are you?
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Dear Confidence. Where the hell are you?

This is a letter to my confidence, begging it to come back. When it has bailed, left me with doubts and fears, alone to finish a project I no long know how to finish. It's a letter written in anger and fear, revisiting the times when confidence was completely gone from my life.

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Dear Heart. I want to be vulnerable again.
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Dear Heart. I want to be vulnerable again.

This is a letter to my heart, telling the story of how it got buried deep inside me, behind a hardened rib cage and thick skin. This is me reversing the trip, to hear the beatings of my heart, to follow it's longings.

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Dear Patience. Please forgive me.
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Dear Patience. Please forgive me.

This is a letter to my patience, asking for forgiveness for how neglected it's been, how I've chosen Doubt and Stress over it. This is me wanting a change and choosing patience. 

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Dear Doubt. I'm breaking up with you.
Elin Lööw Elin Lööw

Dear Doubt. I'm breaking up with you.

This is a letter to my self-doubt, looking back on our relationship and what has lead me to this decision: I'm breaking up with Doubt. I have met someone else - Creativity.

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