Less doing might lead to more of everything that matters. If your brain and body and soul are begging for a break, check out this list of things to stop doing. It'll inspire you to clear away what's not working for you. So you can pay more attention to what *is* working, and feel so. much. better.

Now is always the right time. For breathing deeper, for paying closer attention, for making the most of your time here. Read this poem about slowing down to help you connect with the beauty of your own existence. Feel your heart beating in your chest. Feel your life, while you're living it.

If your head could use some fresh air, watch these TED Talks on anxiety. They'll help you embrace life for what it is, and yourself for who you are. You might even find something new to embrace: a new life, a new hope, new energy. And since we're all connected, all here together, when you heal, the world heals with you.

Real love feels like freedom and flow and, well, love. Take these real love quotes. They'll inspire you to do things from a place of "already enough," "already so loved." To give what you want to receive, to open your heart and listen when you'd rather walk away. To remember what matters, and why you're here in the first place.

Whatever you think about it, life is beautiful. Even after things fall apart. Regardless of how things fall back together. You were given life. Don’t miss out on this chance. Read these words to help you honor the beauty inherent in every experience. That’s how you turn metal into gold, rubble into treasure, dark into light, pain into healing.

Yoga on your own terms, in your own time... that feels like love to me. If yoga is one way you heal, too, from the terrible things you've been through, read these notes. Whatever you're healing from, you can learn to love better, right here, even after everything. Even in the middle of everything. That's... everything.

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.

At some point, you’ll need these words of encouragement for a friend. When that time comes, I hope you find the courage to let them feel whatever they’re feeling without needing to fix it for them.

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.

Life can be too hard, but Tom Petty's music was a way out. The man himself was an example of the pursuit of freedom, passion, doing what you love, doing nothing halfhearted, and standing up for what's right. If his music makes you feel things, too, read these Tom Petty quotes. It's that passion that'll carry you.