Try this simple mindfulness practice next time you feel trapped by your own thoughts. It’s short and you can use it anytime, anywhere. Instead of destroying the worry, you’ll dissolve it in your focused awareness. Then you can move through your day (or night) feeling calm, capable, and open to what’s next.

Have you ever felt so broken that you know you’ll never be the same again? Maybe you feel that way now. Know this: here, after all the falling apart and right in the middle of not-knowing, you can breathe. You can make something new. That’s because even though you’re breaking, you’re unbreaking too. Read this poem to feel better about it.

Your body is incredible. It gives you the means to experience what it’s like to be conscious and alive on earth. And sometimes that hurts. If you’re dealing with chronic pain or a recent injury, use these affirmations. They’ll support whatever else you’re doing to heal.

Grief isn’t hard. It’s impossible. Inevitable. Terrible. The consequence of love, and proof that you’ve lived… really lived. If you’ve ever survived an impossible thing, you, my friend, are brave. Truly. You are.

In a nutshell, you deserve to hear this… you NEED to know it: You’re amazing because of how you carry on. It’s true. So let me tell you the best way I know how. In words. (Hint: there’s a free “something” for you in this post…)

You don’t have to feel like you’ve accomplished enough or are worthy of all the affection in the universe to love yourself better. You can start right this minute, for no reason. You can try just because it’s something new, and it might yield different results, and different sounds better to you right now.

Frustration, annoyance, rage — there’s a writing exercise for stress of every kind. The kind where you need to get things done but are so upset that you just want to scream, or curl up into a ball and hide? Here’s an idea for that and it includes your best friend.

This is a life-affirming blog post, one to come back to whenever you can’t remember what it feels like to enjoy the simple miracle of being alive. These are just some of the countless reasons to stay alive. Things to look forward to and cherish, as a way of holding the lantern when you’ve dropped it — or when a friend has forgotten their light and lost their hope.

Each new year is a chance for something different, something better, but that only rings true if you believe in restoration. This is my end of year review, here to inspire hope in you, a great tool for healing with purpose, intention, and trust in the process of all things.

Be an inner peace activist this year with these special affirmations for Christmas. I wrote them for you so peace would come easier. And so joy would be the most natural thing in the world. No matter what's happening around you.