Letters to the Girl I Was is a tender, trauma-informed guided journal—a collection of prompts and invitations to write from the place where memory, body, and truth meet.
 

These are quiet acts of witnessing and self-compassion—written by you, for you.
 
Each prompt invites you to write directly to your younger self—the girl who adapted, stayed silent, learned to hold her breath, and survived.
 
Through gentle language and somatic awareness, these writing exercises help restore dignity to emotions that were once forbidden and responses that once kept you safe.
 
This journal is for anyone who:
Grew up feeling unseen or unheard
Learned to minimize their pain to maintain connection
Carries grief, shame, or emotion in their body
Is healing from emotional abuse, neglect, or chronic stress
Longs to reconnect with their true self without force
 
Letters to the Girl I Was does not ask you to relive your story.
It offers recognition, permission, and space for self-forgiveness, gratitude, and gentle healing.
 
Created to be used slowly and intentionally, these prompts honor your body’s wisdom, your nervous system’s intelligence, and the quiet truth that healing often begins not with fixing—but with being witnessed.
 
Write gently.
Pause often.
Take only what feels safe.
You are not late.
You are right on time.
 
How To Use This Guided Journal 
 
There is no right way to write your way through this Journal.
 
You are not meant to move through it quickly, or even in order.

You are invited to write slowly, intuitively, and with care for your nervous system.
Some prompts may feel comforting as you write and your younger self receives them. 
Some may stir memory, sensation, or emotion.
Some may not be ready for you yet. And that’s okay.
 
You are allowed to:
Write one letter and stop
Skip what doesn’t feel safe
Return to a prompt days or weeks later
Take breaks whenever your body asks
Write with a hand on your heart or feet on the ground
Close the journal without finishing a page
 
This work does not ask you to relive the past.
It asks only for recognition and gentle self-acceptance.
If emotions arise, let them move at their own pace.

There is no need to analyze or explain them.
Your body knows what it’s doing.
 
If at any point you feel overwhelmed, pause.
Take a breath.
Return to the present moment.
This journal is not a task.
It is a companion.
Let it meet you where you are.
That is where healing begins.