Epi 23: Remaining Centered and Mentally Well During the Holidays

No matter where you live around the globe or what holiday, tradition, or religious ceremony you celebrate, mental health, emotional uneasiness, and your physical health can easily be knocked off-kilter during this time of year.

So, this week we are taking a one-on-one deep dive into reimagining the holidays through finding and maintaining our center, holding space for ourselves, stripping away expectation, and allowing joy to thrive within the present moment BEFORE the season gets in full swing. Creating a plan now is essential to removing the overwhelm and maintaining your mental health and balance.

Let’s shift our perspectives and our ability to maintain our centered balance…

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

01:13 Bracing for the holidays: how they are “supposed to be”

04:00 A new aim for the holidays: less stress, reduced expectations, and balanced and centered mental, emotional, and physical health

05:09 What it means to be centered: a new definition

08:12 Clear indicators that you are out of balance

10:58 An invitation out of your imbalance: what’s your return point?  

13:33 How expectations kill the holidays

14:28 A better definition of expectation

17:07 How we cause ourselves upset and defeat during the holiday season, whether it is purposeful or not

19:09 The way to lay down our expectations  

20:13 Create a vision for the holidays NOW   

24:29 Other expectation standards

25:25 Understanding and defining your limits during the holidays

27:16 Open communication is critical during the holidays

29:00 Releasing the guilt of your choices

30:11 How my failure shed light on finding joy  

33:52 Finding patience with yourself and others

35:28 Self-care during the holidays

37:30 Balancing your time to keep yourself centered

42:53 Other tools to return to center (aka home)

45:22 Lead yourself through gratitude

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