Overwhelm is something I’m all too familiar with. Though I’m much better equipped nowadays to handle the stress of being a human, life still feels a little too hard sometimes. (Maybe it’s not really life itself, but the world we live in.) Since writing can be such a powerful tool for calming the chaos, here’s a list of lists to make when the world is way too overwhelming for your liking.

Burnout means it's time for space-making. Read this post to get you thinking about all the ways you can take care of yourself today. So you can be lighter, freer. So you can move forward without leaving any part of you behind.

Gratitude allows us to show up in the present moment with a quiet knowing that all is well. To help you feel that peace inside, read this affirmation. You don't need to forgive and forget all the terrible things that happened before you can say, "I am grateful for the constellation of my life."

Forgiveness gives many things, like freedom from having to drag around the weight of what everyone else does. It's a process. The longer you hold a grudge, the longer it takes (usually) for a grudge to stop holding you. But there’s hope still, even after everything. That's the power of forgiveness: newness.

Here’s some good news: self-compassion and self-care are learnable skills. It might be a long, slow journey, but you can change the way you think about and treat yourself. If you could use some help here, try these self-care ideas. They'll remind you: you're not here to be perfect but to experience what it's like to be here, at all.

And if today you could use more light, read these depression quotes from souls who understand. There's room for you here, a place under the sky, under the stars and on the earth that brought you here... on purpose.

You should be the one telling yourself the things you need to hear. In honor of the queen of positive self-talk, here are some Louise Hay affirmations to help you heal and feel and live the way *you* want to. Your whole life will be living, breathing proof of how powerful your mind is.

There's room enough for everything you feel and everything you are. There's space for doubt and for compassion. If you feel incomplete, you're in the right place to remember your own wholeness. Read these self-acceptance quotes to find your way home, back to your own spacious, generous heart. There's room for you here.

When you muster the courage to love and embrace yourself... all your humanness, flaws, and rejections included... you open new doors. They lead to genuine connection with others, purpose in your work, joy in the middle of everything. Here are ten simple ways to love yourself so you can live better.

Learning is a gift, even when pain is our teacher. Try leaving more room in your life to breathe. Be teachable, and know you don't need to know all the answers. Read this affirmation to help you keep learning and hoping and loving, even after everything.