Dan Martell - February 13, 2026


Letter to my younger self


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

166.45161

Word count

172

Sentence count

13

Harmful content

Toxicity

7

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

sentences flagged


Summary

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If you were able to write a letter to yourself when you were in your lowest moments, what would it say? What would you write to yourself in your darkest moments? What kind of person would it be?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 If you were able to write yourself a letter to when you were in your lowest moment,
00:00:03.940 what do you think that letter would say?
00:00:07.240 I don't know, man.
00:00:08.780 I've been to hell.
00:00:11.080 I've been physically detained 23 and a half hours a day, locked up.
00:00:15.340 When I go back to how I felt, it was so dark, it was so restricted,
00:00:19.100 it was so angry, it was so sad, it was depressing.
00:00:22.480 There was several times where I thought, 0.96
00:00:24.320 it's probably quicker, easier if I just fucking bounce. 0.98
00:00:28.620 What would I write that kid? 0.97
00:00:30.000 I would just, I'd be like, man, it gets better.
00:00:32.820 So I can remember the 17-year-old dad 0.97
00:00:35.420 and how fucking dark and angry and frustrated. 0.98
00:00:37.380 And I know how massive of a distance 0.98
00:00:39.360 that version of you was versus today
00:00:41.420 where you're in a dark spot
00:00:42.940 when you've got a lot of addiction and vices.
00:00:46.120 It can just feel heavy.
00:00:48.800 Please trust me.
00:00:49.660 It gets so fucking awesome.
00:00:53.700 You don't have the framework to understand. 0.96
00:01:00.000 You