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For when you feel

Letting Go of the Past

Loosening the grip of things that already happened so you can live in now.

200 picks matched to this feeling

Films

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  The Dark Knight Rises
  Film · 2012
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  Crazy Heart
  Film · 2009
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  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Film · 2004
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  Manchester by the Sea
  Film · 2016
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  Rabbit Hole
  Film · 2010
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  A Man Called Ove
  Film · 2015
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  After Life
  Film · 1998
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  Aftersun
  Film · 2022
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  Before Sunset
  Film · 2004
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  Big Fish
  Film · 2003
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  Cast Away
  Film · 2000
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  Drive My Car
  Film · 2021
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  Fences
  Film · 2016
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  Field of Dreams
  Film · 1989
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  Finding Nemo
  Film · 2003
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  Life of Pi
  Film · 2012
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  Nebraska
  Film · 2013
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  Onward
  Film · 2020
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  Past Lives
  Film · 2023
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  Perfect Days
  Film · 2023
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  Pieces of a Woman
  Film · 2020
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  Robot Dreams
  Film · 2023
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  Sound of Metal
  Film · 2019
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  The Descendants
  Film · 2011
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  The Lion King
  Film · 1994
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  The Straight Story
  Film · 1999
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  Toy Story 3
  Film · 2010
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  Truly, Madly, Deeply
  Film · 1990
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  Up
  Film · 2009
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  Wolf Children
  Film · 2012
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  About Time
  Film · 2013
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  Demolition
  Film · 2015
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  Into the Wild
  Film · 2007
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  Memoir of a Snail
  Film · 2024
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  Toy Story 4
  Film · 2019
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  Someone Great
  Film · 2019
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  Celeste and Jesse Forever
  Film · 2012

TV shows

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  WandaVision
  TV · 2021
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  Monk
  TV · 2002–2009
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  The Returned (Les Revenants)
  TV · 2012–2015
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  Station Eleven
  TV · 2021–2022
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  Yellowjackets
  TV · 2021–present
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  Adventure Time
  TV · 2010–2018 (plus Distant Lands specials, 2020–2021)
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  Lost
  TV · 2004–2010

Anime

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  Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
  Anime · 2011
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  Fruits Basket (2019)
  Anime · 2019–2021
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  Run with the Wind
  Anime · 2018

Documentaries

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  Hoarders
  Documentary · 2009–present
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  Headspace Guide to Meditation
  Documentary · 2021
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  Stories We Tell
  Documentary · 2012
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  Here One Day
  Documentary · 2012
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  Unbroken Glass
  Documentary · 2016

Books

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  Cat's Eye
  Book · 1988
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  Persuasion
  Book · 1817
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  Pet Sematary
  Book · 1983
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  Before the Coffee Gets Cold
  Book · 2015
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  Beloved
  Book · 1987
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  The Country of the Pointed Firs
  Book · 1896
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  Eleanor & Park
  Book · 2013
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  The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
  Book · 2000
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  Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut)
  Book · 1212
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  In Memoriam A.H.H.
  Book · 1850
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  The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
  Book · c. 1132–1138
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  Lincoln in the Bardo
  Book · 2017
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  The Narrow Road to the Deep North
  Book · 1694 (published 1702)
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  One Hundred Years of Solitude
  Book · 1967
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  Out Stealing Horses
  Book · 2003
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  Paradise Lost
  Book · 1667
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  The Prophet
  Book · 1923
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  The Sea, the Sea
  Book · 1978
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  Siddhartha
  Book · 1922
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  Solaris
  Book · 1961
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  The Song of Achilles
  Book · 2011
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  The Tempest
  Book · c. 1610–1611
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  The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
  Book · 2012
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  Vanity Fair
  Book · 1847–1848
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  Wild
  Book · 2012
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  The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency
  Book · 1990
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  The Great Gatsby
  Book · 1925
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  It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Breakup Buddy
  Book · 2005

Games

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  Gris
  Game · 2018
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  Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
  Game · 2017
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  Firewatch
  Game · 2016
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  Monument Valley 2
  Game · 2017
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  Papo & Yo
  Game · 2012
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  Spiritfarer
  Game · 2020
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  Tell Me Why
  Game · 2020
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  Unpacking
  Game · 2021
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  Cozy Grove
  Game · 2021

Songs

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  Fourth of July
  Song · 2015
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  Lemon
  Song · 2018
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  Praying
  Song · 2017
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  Rainbow
  Song · 2018
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  All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
  Song · 2021
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  Almost Doesn't Count
  Song · 1999
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  Back to Black
  Song · 2006
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  Both Sides, Now
  Song · 1969
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  Channa Mereya
  Song · 2016
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  Clean
  Song · 2014
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  Ex-Factor
  Song · 1998
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  Feeling Good
  Song · 1965
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  Good Days
  Song · 2020
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  Green Light
  Song · 2017
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  Hasta la Raíz
  Song · 2015
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  Heartbreak Anniversary
  Song · 2020
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  Hold On
  Song · 1990
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  I Can't Make You Love Me
  Song · 1991
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  In My Life
  Song · 1965
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  It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
  Song · 1991
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  Keep Me in Your Heart
  Song · 2003
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  Lose You to Love Me
  Song · 2019
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  Lost One
  Song · 2020 (single; album 2021)
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  Motion Sickness
  Song · 2017
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  Nobody Gets Me
  Song · 2022
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  Non, je ne regrette rien
  Song · 1960
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  Say Something
  Song · 2013
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  Self Control
  Song · 2016
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  Shake It Out
  Song · 2011
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  Somebody That I Used to Know
  Song · 2011
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  Someone like You
  Song · 2011
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  thank u, next
  Song · 2018
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  The Dance
  Song · 1990
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  The Night We Met
  Song · 2015
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  Time
  Song · 2010
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  To Build a Home
  Song · 2007
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  Ue o Muite Arukō
  Song · 1961
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  When I Was Your Man
  Song · 2013
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  Who You'd Be Today
  Song · 2005
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  I Will Always Love You
  Song · 1974
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  Marvins Room
  Song · 2011
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  Thank U
  Song · 1998
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  Dog Days Are Over
  Song · 2009
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  Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
  Song · 1997
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  Best Friend Breakup
  Song · 2023
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  Video Girl
  Song · 2014
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  A Better Place
  Song · 2011
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  Esos locos bajitos
  Song · 1981

Albums

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  ( )
  Album · 2002
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  Blonde
  Album · 2016
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  Igor
  Album · 2019
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  Some Kind of Peace
  Album · 2020
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  Star-Crossed
  Album · 2021
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  The Disintegration Loops
  Album · 2002–2003
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  Vulture Prince
  Album · 2021
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  Back to Black
  Album · 2006
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  Red (Taylor's Version)
  Album · 2021

Podcasts

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  All There Is with Anderson Cooper
  Podcast · 2022–present
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  Griefcast
  Podcast · 2016–2023
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  What's Your Grief Podcast
  Podcast · c. 2014–2025 (on hiatus since 2025)
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  Death, Sex & Money
  Podcast · 2014–present
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  Heavyweight
  Podcast · 2016–2023 (Gimlet); 2025–present (Pushkin)

Stand-up

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  Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
  Stand-up · 1998

Videos

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  How to fix a broken heart | Guy Winch | TED
  Video · 2017
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  Sesame Street: When Families Grieve Message for Families: The Memory Box
  Video · 2010 (When Families Grieve; clip's listed description promotes the 14 April 2010 PBS premiere; upload date unconfirmed)
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  How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb | TED
  Video · 2019