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    Why Letting Go of Aspects of Your Past is So Hard and How to Make It Easier

    by Jori Hamilton Aug 08, 2020 3 minutes
    Why Letting Go of Aspects of Your Past is So Hard and How to Make It Easier, by Jori Hamilton. Photograph of person walking away from an arrow by Smart
    Photograph by Smart

    We are conditioned to carry the burden of our past into our present, but to live fully in the now and future, we must learn to let go

    —

    You know you need to move on from a negative experience, like a breakup or the loss of a family member. But you can’t seem to let go of thoughts about that event that swirl around in your head.

    Yes, you can let go.

    For your mental health or just so you can enjoy life again, you have to. You have to let go of the person, your way of

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