Celebrating the Holidays When Life Is Blowing Up - Part One

The holiday season can be bittersweet, imbued with magic and pain in equal parts. For many people, it can be a very emotional time, with all the Christmassy sounds and smells unearthing memories from the depths of their childhoods. It’s important to be kind to ourselves during this time, and in this episode, we’re tackling some of the questions posed by our Flying Free community in order to equip you to make the most of the holidays! Tune in for advice on how to honor healing and pain while making space for joy, how to prepare your kids for new traditions amidst the changes in their lives, and how to remain unaffected by others’ bad humor, as well as how to manage loneliness, and more. If you’re at a loss about how to keep the Christmas spirit going for you and your family, we also share some examples of fun new Christmas traditions for you to try out. We hope you’ll join us today!

Key Points From This Episode:

- The mixed emotions brought on by the holiday season.

- Clean pain versus dirty pain.

- How to honor clean pain or grief while making space for joy in the Christmas season.

- Tips for remaining unaffected by the bad humor of those around you.

- How to prepare the kids for their first Christmas post-divorce.

- Examples of fun new Christmas traditions.

- How to continue the process of healing in the midst of holiday stress.

- The journey of healing.

- How to make the most of your Christmas!

- How to deal with feelings of loneliness during the holidays.

- The key to healing core shame.

- Tips for becoming a good friend to yourself.

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