“I am” statements formulate, affirm, and perpetuate the stories you tell yourself. Stories about who you are, who you can be, and what you can do. Read these I Am affirmations and take what you need. Take what serves your healing and joy, and leave the rest.

Read this affirmation for stress-relief if you're having one of those days. If you forgot that you're more powerful than the negative thoughts you think. Also a fact: most of the things you worry about never happen, and if they do happen, you can make it through them.

The words you speak to yourself can hold you up in moments of despair and ground you in compassion. Your self-talk is a form of teaching, and as you rethink your views and your choices, you start to live by your values more consistently. Self-care affirmations like these can keep you going when you feel like giving up.

Read these affirmations for health to focus on the possibility of improvement without downplaying what you’re going through. They’ll help you create a happy, healthy atmosphere so you can heal in your own due time.

If what you've been telling yourself your whole life doesn't serve you anymore, keep reading. This is all about dropping the words you’ve been holding on to and cozying up to something far much more liberating: another possibility.

Judgment is exhausting. All the energy we spend on judging could be spent on feeling good and making a positive difference. These affirmations take the focus off of the other person and places it back on you and *your* life. This is your LIFE, after all.

Read these short daily affirmations to more fully step into the life you want for yourself, and others. To live life on your own terms, on your own timeline, on purpose. To say "no" to whatever isn't a "hell YES" in your heart. That's the life you deserve.

Long story short, you survived impossible things. No matter how impossible it felt to keep going, you did, because you are a survivor. You're the one who needs to be telling yourself: "I am a survivor." Read this affirmation to keep believing in what you can do.

How you live is your greatest message, and it can be your greatest gift. Use these new year affirmations as guides to help you make this life something you're proud of. Print them out or write them down so you’ll see them every day. This is your LIFE, after all.

Everything is terrible, or everything is a miracle. Sometimes, both. If you'd rather see the miracles, read these affirmations for finding beauty... wherever you go. So that no matter where you go, there you are. Fully. On purpose. Even in the middle of heartbreak and other terrible things.