Letters to my Past Self

A life can only be understood backwards — but it must be lived forwards. In this deeply honest and powerful memoir, Nathan Cole revisits the boy he was, the young man he struggled to become, and the father he is today. Letters to My Past Self is a raw, heartfelt journey through childhood wounds, teenage mistakes, early-adult darkness, hard-won growth, and the quiet transformation that comes from choosing to keep going. Told as intimate letters written across the decades — age 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and beyond — this book explores the relationships, heartbreaks, losses, triumphs, and private battles that shape us. With compassion and clarity, Nathan writes to his younger selves not to rewrite the past, but to honour it — to recognise the pain, celebrate the resilience, and make peace with the man in the mirror. Along the way, he opens a window into: ? Childhood upheaval and early resilience ? Adolescence filled with love, mistakes, shame, and discovery ? A dark period of depression and isolation in his twenties ? Slow rebuilding, small victories, and finding purpose again ? Love, marriage, and fatherhood that changed everything ? The courage to keep becoming — at any age This is a book for anyone who: • Carries regrets or questions about their past • Struggles to forgive the person they used to be • Has survived hard chapters and wonders what they meant • Wants a moving, relatable memoir about healing • Loves reflective, letter-style storytelling • Needs a reminder that it is never too late to change With vulnerability, wisdom, and warmth, Letters to My Past Self is more than a memoir — it's an invitation. To slow down. To reflect. To acknowledge your own younger selves. To let go. And to step forward with compassion instead of judgement. Because becoming never stops. And every version of you deserves to be understood.