Christmas Eve is here and if you are listening as this episode lands, you are probably juggling excitement, pressure and a to do list too long for one day. This is a short and gentle episode to simply ask how you are, really. Not the polite answer, not the performance, but the truth.
We look at how Christmas amplifies everything. The magic and the mess. The joy and the grief. The overwhelm and the tenderness. Whether Christmas feels beautiful this year or complicated, you are not behind, you are not failing, you are human.
Inside:
• a moment to pause and check in with yourself
• permission to do less even when tradition says more
• a one minute regulation tool for today or any day that spirals
• the reminder that you do not have to perform Christmas
If today feels joyful, soak it in. If it feels heavy, you are not the only one. However this season is meeting you, you are doing an incredible job.
We will meet again for the New Year episode next week.
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