Self-compassion can be both a grand gesture of acceptance and a small display of respect. With time, the kindness you show yourself starts to encompass everything and permeate everything, including how you treat others.

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.

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.

There’s almost nothing more inspiring than a person who's comfortable in their own skin, but there’s a story behind that confidence. Comparing yourself to someone else is a roadblock in your own story. Read these comparison quotes to help you rise above your self-doubt (it only keeps your magic from showing).

You're creative by nature and whenever you put our heart into what you do, you leave your mark on the world. Use these mantras for creativity to help you stop judging and comparing yourself with other people. So you can do what you're here to do.

If your thoughts feel like enemies, read this. It's a note to self: your self-worth isn't a measurable thing. You can't measure the immeasurable. You're worthy by being here. Simply by being here, as you are. That's no mistake. It took a lot of miracles to get you here.

You should read these Brené Brown quotes. They'll inspire you to speak your mind and do it with heart. To be brave enough to belong to yourself, wherever you go, as you stand up for what’s right. They're from an interview with Marie Forleo, which is so good.

What was right for you then may not be right for you today. Where you used to be silent, now you speak up. Where you used to be loud, now you're gentle. You're allowed to evolve and expand and subtract from your life whatever isn't true to you anymore. To inspire you do more of that, read these authenticity quotes.

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.