If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.
"I know you're tired. So tired." (Life)
Sometimes it feels like it's never going to end, doesn't it? In today's episode, Emma hands us another little dose of hope for these uncertain times.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: I know you’re tired. I know you are so tired of all of this. Of the not knowing. Of the waiting for it to end. Of the not knowing how long it’s actually going to last. I know you are tired of feeling like things are spinning. And you’re not in control. I know you’re tired of grasping for something solid to hold onto— for anything that tells you you’re not in this all alone. I know you wa
04/09/2020 • 4 minutes 30 seconds
"I think it's brave. How you never stop believing." (Love)
Do you always wonder when it will be your turn? In today's episode, Emma reminds us that nothing that is meant for us will ever get lost on its way there. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: I think it’s brave. I do. How you never stop believing in other people. In their ability to change— to be better— to love you more than they do. I think it’s brave that you never seem to run out of space in your heart to fit in new love stories. To keep hoping. To keep— going. I think it’s brave. I think that YOU are brave. I do. But— I also want you to eventually realize tha
02/09/2020 • 4 minutes 3 seconds
"There is a reason for this. Yes, even this." (Perspective)
Do you constantly ask yourself why you're going through the things you are? In today's episode, Emma hands us a little dose of hope for the uncertain times.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: I wrote Untangling during one of the more tumultuous times in my life— last summer. For those of you currently reading it, just make sure you don’t miss the acknowledgments section. Just don’t. It tells a little more of the story. And you won’t want to miss it. Untangling is a book first about loss— and then, and most importantly, about growth. And for all of you, I am
28/08/2020 • 4 minutes 10 seconds
"One day, someone will walk in and get it right. Where everyone else got it completely wrong." (Love)
Does it feel like it's just never going to happen? In today's episode, Emma reminds us how time works when it comes to the things that are ultimately right for our hearts. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: One day, things aren’t going to be quite so heavy. They aren’t going to seem so confusing. So chaotic. So – seemingly out of control. One day, all of the you’re-not-the-ones and the I-don’t-feel-that-ways and the goodbyes are actually going to have a place. And they are going to make sense. And even more than just making sense— one day, things are going
26/08/2020 • 3 minutes 53 seconds
"For anyone who is caught in the middle." (Change)
Are you caught in the middle? Between a life you've outgrown and one that isn't quite ready for you? In today's episode, Emma reminds us how most big change works.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: Most change isn’t the big, cataclysmic, shift-everything-in-your-whole-life kind of change. But that is often what we think, isn’t it? Because those are often the worries that infiltrate our hearts and minds. The worst case scenarios— the what-ifs. But as we walk the roads of our lives— what we find is actually quite the opposite, isn’t it? Most change happens so very slowly that
24/08/2020 • 4 minutes 38 seconds
"Give them a chance to miss you." (Love & Relationships)
This just may be one of the hardest, but most powerful, things you ever do for love. In today's episode, Emma shares a secret about the hard times in our love stories.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Main music by Monplaisir. Song "Helice." From the Free Music Archive. Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Podcast intro also by Monplaisir. Song "Z Z." Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
17/08/2020 • 4 minutes 40 seconds
"One day your life will be better than all the plans you had for it." (Time)
Your "one day" is coming. It is. In today's episode, Emma reminds us that time knows exactly what it's doing. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: One day soon, all of your whys are going to be answered. You are going to stop rushing. And waiting. And wondering. You are going to stop wishing. And you are going to launch— launch— into the life that has been being shaped and curated for just you. Through all of these trials and goodbyes and ‘wait for it’s’ that you’ve been forced to navigate— your incredible life has been being created. Piece by piece. Day
14/08/2020 • 3 minutes 44 seconds
"It is time to be happy again." (Life)
Are you happy? Like, really happy? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about what it really takes to be happy.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: I heard this morning that changes come from choice. And also that— changes are much more important than circumstances. Let those sink in. I think most of us *get* how all this works. We know what we’re supposed to do— what we are supposed to focus on. We know what we should feel and the choices we’re supposed to make. It’s just that— when we get right down to it, it is really hard to change a life, isn’t
12/08/2020 • 4 minutes 47 seconds
"Don't let them hold you where you no longer fit." (Growth)
Are you letting people and things from your past hold you from your future? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about how progress works. And how we must change for things to change. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: Trying to change is a hard thing. Perhaps— its the absolute hardest thing we ever do. And while we’re getting up early and staying up late and bleeding and sweating and sacrificing for the things we want or need in this life— we often get one more thing added to our plates, don’t we? Something that always tends to make the load heavier an
07/08/2020 • 3 minutes 48 seconds
"Don't ever accept the kind of love this world makes you think you deserve." (Love)
Are you letting this world tell you what you deserve? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about the kind of love we accept. Rather than the kind of love we actually deserve.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: It’s easy to get lost in broken hearts, in the waiting, in the you’re-not-the-ones. It’s easy to get lost in the you’ll-never-find-that-kind-of-love and the you’re-too-fussy and the when-are-you-going-to-settle-down. They will talk about biological clocks. And time ticking by. They will talk about you being too old to start or too young to understand. They will talk
05/08/2020 • 4 minutes 16 seconds
"Let go of what happened, make peace with what hasn't." (Growth)
Maybe it's about something that happened. Maybe it's about something that didn't. In today's episode, Emma reminds us that happiness is really just about letting go of what is heavy. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: I see you. I do. And you're probably walking or driving in your car, or just sitting there with headphones in. And you're thinking, aren't you? Thinking about all of those things that have happened to you. Today. This year. In the past few years. Hell, maybe throughout your whole entire life. And as you think, you are probably wonde
03/08/2020 • 4 minutes 51 seconds
"So maybe right now, your journey isn't about answers." (Perspective)
Maybe this is just a chapter that another one will answer. In today's episode, Emma reminds us that some chapters of our lives give us questions that other chapters will answer.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: So maybe right now your journey isn’t about answers. That’s ok. Not all chapters can answer questions— and some of them are there only to create questions that other chapters will answer. Oh, I know that is hard to accept. Having whole portions of our lives that end in the middle of sentences isn’t something most of us can get used to. Let alone enjoy. But that doesn’
31/07/2020 • 4 minutes 23 seconds
"You cannot fear being lonely." (Self-Awareness)
Being along is not the same as being lonely. In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about how we look at loneliness. And why it is, actually, something to use. Not to fear. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: Feeling lonely is something that plagues our world in absolute silence. And it’s everywhere. We sit behind this interconnected web of phones and tablets and apps and computers— and we feel disconnected. We feel alone. Misunderstood. And that’s where it finds us, isn't it— the loneliness. It settles in for a season and convinces us, somehow,
29/07/2020 • 4 minutes 2 seconds
"If you want what stays, then stop chasing what runs." (Relationships)
This is a little reminder about love. In today's episode, Emma talks us through some of those simple love truths we all know. But tend to forget. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: Oh, trust me. I know it’s hard. We don’t get any real assurances in this life— and we’re lucky if we ever even know we’re headed in the right direction. Let alone GET the directions. It’s a whole bunch of “trust me” and “learn as you go.” I know. But this one? This one is a little less complicated. So I’m just going to say it. If someone needs space— give it to them. If someone ghosts you— don’t lo
27/07/2020 • 3 minutes 55 seconds
"You don't just 'get' what you want." (Life)
Do you always think that "one day" you'll find the one? Or "one day" you will have what you're looking for? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about how we progress and perspective really work. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: It took me a long time to understand that magic lines don’t really exist the way we think they do. All of us draw them. We think— when *this* finally happens or *that* finally falls into place— that we’ll be happy. Financially secure. In shape. So many things. And we do it with trivial things and huge, life-alterin
24/07/2020 • 4 minutes 44 seconds
"The worst thing we do is say I SHOULD be here be now." (Learning)
How do you measure success? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about the timelines the world sets for us. And the pressure that comes with them. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: The world has all kinds of timelines for us. By 18, we should know what we want to do with our lives. By 22, we should be well on our way to getting it. By 27, we should have found the one. By 30, we should have 1.5 kids and Sunday morning pancakes. By 40, we should be figuring out how to balance family and career and the Pinterest-parenting lifestyle this world seems to expect from us. By 50
22/07/2020 • 4 minutes 5 seconds
"You cannot control how you feel. But you can control what you do." (Growth)
Are you trying too hard to control how you feel? Don't. Instead, spend your time controlling what you do with what you feel. In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about how we react to our emotions. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: You cannot control how you feel. But you can control what you do. This lesson is THE HARDEST THING we ever learn. Truly. And the reason is quite simple, really. It’s because how we feel is at the absolute core of almost everything that we do. It influences every single decision we make. In every way. At every time.
20/07/2020 • 3 minutes 37 seconds
"Maybe you're just the one who knows how to stay." (Relationships)
Does it feel like you're always getting left behind by the people you love? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about how we approach love. And letting go. And growth.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: Ok, so you’re alone again. And in the quiet, you look around you and start letting your mind do what it does. Say what it says. You let it— start to make up those stories. And as it writes them, you listen. To the ones that convince you there is something wrong with who you are. And that you’re not good at this. And that ‘this’ is what you’re ultimately destined for—
17/07/2020 • 4 minutes 2 seconds
"But love is not going to save you." (Love)
Are you looking for someone to make it all make sense? In today's episode, Emma reminds us that love is not what is going to fix us. And then, gently walks us through what will. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: When you find them, everything is going to finally make sense. I know. You’re going to have your— one. The person that will hold your hand and gently tuck your hair behind your ear. You will have that person to make Sunday morning pancakes with and plan holidays with and build a life with. You will have the person who will hold you and listen t
15/07/2020 • 4 minutes 37 seconds
"Never let chaos and uncertainty make you just stay where you are." (Change)
Are you outgrowing your life right now? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about change. And how to deal with the people who try to hold us back. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: So, here’s the thing about change— you have to actually MEAN it. Sure, it’s all well and good to swear up one side and down the other that you are going to be different. That THINGS are going to be different. But that just gets you to the starting line. You can be committed— you can want it like crazy— but that will never be enough to produce a result. It just won’t. Change comes from work.
13/07/2020 • 4 minutes 45 seconds
"You meet the people you need when you stop needing the people you meet." (Relationships)
Do you need some advice on love? In today's episode, Emma gets us thinking about whether we are expecting from others what we actually owe to ourselves. If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.Podcast Transcript: I'm going to let you in on a little life secret. You meet the people you need when you stop needing the people you meet. I know. People have reactions to that line. “It’s fine to need people,” you might think. Or— “What do I know about it?” Guys— look, whatever your reaction is to those words, I PROMISE it says something about where you are in your life. And if you are honest about you
10/07/2020 • 4 minutes 11 seconds
"This is what you really deserve from love." (Love)
"Official Trailer for Book II of the Life Letters: Untangling."
Love isn’t always shiny. And it isn’t always forever. With the same gentle, hopeful voice that has captivated readers worldwide comes the guide for starting over. Emma Grace’s second book, Untangling, begins at an ending— and ends at a beginning. This book is for anyone navigating the beautifully complicated process of untangling the knots our love stories tie into us.Each chapter tackles the sometimes sequential, sometimes parallel stages of healing a heart— from ‘When it all comes Tumbling Down’ to ‘Don’t you Dare Pick up that Phone.’ From ‘I Keep Forgetting I Can’t Call’ to ‘I will Never Love like this Again.’ This is a journey towards self-growth through reflection. Sprinkled with stories from her own journey, Emma will have you laughing. Reflecting. Tearing up. Letting go. But ultimately, feeling whole.Like a conversation with a best friend, Untangling will help you find your balance again. Remind you that you’re not alone in all this. Encourage yo
08/03/2020 • 2 minutes 1 second
“You deserve this. You have always deserved this.” (Love)
“You become the sum of what you choose to let in.” (Growth)
Your heart is like a sponge. What are you letting soak into it? In today's episode, Emma explores how much control we really do have when it comes to the things we think we can't control.If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.
05/02/2020 • 3 minutes 10 seconds
"I give everything I have to them. And have nothing left for me." (Self-Love)