Trust me: I understand what it’s like to not know which direction is the right one, especially when there are so many directions calling your name. That’s why I wrote these affirmations to help you trust your journey, from one heart to another. Each one is a reminder that you ARE the journey, ultimately.

By honoring your feelings (instead of turning away from them, or hating them) you get to the core of how you’re really feeling, why, and what you can do from here to have a satisfying comeback. Use these journal prompts to get clarity and empower yourself to live how you truly want to live.

If I could tell my twelve-year-old self anything, I’m sure that the words “believe in your dreams” would pour from my lips. Today I’m celebrating the dreams we’re all capable of living and the people we’re capable of growing into.

In the name of love—that is, living a life you're deeply engaged with—here are three short poems about starting new as your best (or at least better) self. If you want your life to be different, then you need to connect your desire to the people, practices, and beliefs that mesh with this new reality.

To journey through the world and live with love as we go is a devotion, and nothing less. Here’s a poem about loving like we are breathing, written with intention because it is something the world needs, something we all need.

Read these affirmations if you're ready to live from your heart, so you can do the work you're here to do. Who are you not to shine your light, when it's what you're here to do? Remember: how you live is how you make a difference.

If you want to make the world a better place, but you need some encouragement, these affirmations are for you. How you live *your* life is the greatest way you contribute to the whole. Who knows who you’ll inspire...

If there was ever a time to heed the call of what you love and do what matters, that time is now. The purpose of these affirmations is to nurture the seeds of potential. They’re heart notifications to feed yourself faith until you believe in your dreams so much that you just can’t help but follow in your own footsteps.

I already know what it feels like to let my doubts keep me small; I’d like to see what happens when I lead with my heart anyway, doubts and all. That’s what these courage quotes are for: to carry you forward into something new, and maybe better.

“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.