My anxiety can sometimes (ha! more often than I really care to admit) get the best of me, and when it does I feel like a big ol’ bucket of dirty cloth. I start thinking the worst about myself, which turns into a very negative downward cycle of self-hatred and ice cream bingeing.

What I need in that moment, what we all need in those moments, is not another binge-fest of Friends, though who doesn’t love seeing Ross and Rachel’s love entanglement for the thousandth time? What we need is a boost of confidence! A boost of energy that gets us up, gets us excited, and gets our feet dancing!

Over the last year I’ve been compiling music that gets me off the couch when I feel like it the least and gets me dancing and smiling like it’s nobody’s business.

These are my top 4 FAVORITE:

1. I’d Rather Be Me from the Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls – Whether you have physical bullies or internal ones, this song is great at reminding you how stupid they are, and how awesome you are! It also talks a bit about how society has created bully culture and why being yourself is 100% worth it, whether it makes you “popular” or not. If you’re anything like me you’ll be belting this song out repeatedly!
2. Shout Out To My Ex by Little Mix – Okay, maybe you don’t have an ex that you absolutely despise, (or maybe you do). However, no matter what your romantic life looks like this song is empowering! Reinforcing the age out truth that what you go through in life makes you who you are, and you’re better and more awesome for it!
3. Still Learning by Halsey – This is one of the slower songs on this list but it’s still worthy of busting a move to! I love this song because it reminds us that self love is a journey, not a destination. There will always be hard stuff to deal with, and you’re probably going to mess up from time to time, but forgiving yourself and learning to love yourself through it is of utmost importance!
4. Sweet Lovin’ by Sigala featuring Bryn Christopher – No matter what mood I am in coming into this song, I always leave in it the best mood! Sure it doesn’t have a huge empowering ballad but sometimes you don’t need all that. You just need to get your booty up and dancing, and this one is awesome for just that!

Honorable mentions:

• Strip by Little Mix featuring Sharaya J
• Thank You, Next by Arianna Grande
• Who Says by Selena Gomez
• ***Flawless by Beyonce
• I Won’t by Little Mix (can you tell I love Little Mix LOL)

Of course in no way does this list encompass all my feel good songs… thank god! There are LOADS out there and I would love to hear some of your favorites! Let me know in the comments what songs you can’t help but get happy listening to 🙂