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Letting Go: For Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Health

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This article weaves together some fundamental spiritual and psychological principles, and draws on different perspectives on how people in the West can find healthy release in the concept of “letting go.”

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Gow, K.M. Letting Go: For Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Health. Journal of Religion and Health 38, 155–166 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022982210284

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