In this piece, contributor Brittany Chaffee writes so eloquently about ways we can scrub out our emotional insides until they feel like new (or at least like gently used) again. We hope you’ll take her words to heart. Have a good weekend folks.

I’m sharing the bedtime routine that helps me get a restful sleep every night (or *most* nights) and that leads to a better start to the next day.

“Anxiety is a snowflake. Everyone’s brand is different from everybody else’s, even if the side effects are, in many ways, the same. And right now, it’s snowing all over the world.”

Today contributor Kolina Cicero is sharing 8 genuinely helpful tools to turn to when you’re feeling anxious, because you don’t have to go through it alone.

Writer Ryan Alexis is sharing the importance of learning to parent yourself, one small kindness and gentle nudge toward routine at a time.

These are the benefits I’ve noticed from slowing down more often, along with tangible ways you can practice a slower pace in your life.