However, release doesn’t always come automatically, especially if the ego has forged an identity out about “how you were done wrong.” So here’s a plan I shared with Julie. It releases all forms of toxic emotional ties, especially hurt and anger. Write a letter that won’t be sent. Let yourself say absolutely everything you’ve ever wished to say to this person. Write and write and write without restraint or editing. Swear, scream, defame, curse, whatever it takes. Don’t stop until you’re really done. Julie wrote over thirty pages. Burn the letter. Take a bath of strong Epsom salt water, feeling
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