Merry Christmas and Happy New Year lifers,

Except maybe it's not feeling merry or happy and maybe this period of the year makes you feel a bit stressed, depressed or anxious. Today we're taking a deep dive on how our brains physiologically become overloaded at this time of year.

But first, producer Keeshia has some advice from a tik toker to help you get your crush to slide into your DMs! We also unpack the best, and quietest, maneuvers to get it on while you're visiting family this festive season.

Then Dr Hannah Korrel, neuropsychologist joins us to talk about:

-Expectations of how we're supposed to feel at this time of the year v how we actually feel

-Whether we feel a sense of accomplishment of what we've achieved this year based on what we thought we would or where we thought we'd be

-The additional pressures put on women around Christmas

-Diet culture and new years resolution stress

-Going through the holidays single, after big life changes or experiencing grief

-Setting boundaries with our family

-Feelings of guilt

You can find Dr Hannah on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/nobullpsych/?hl=en

And her app is called 'Assert Yourself' and you can find it in your app store. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/assert-yourself/id1532411329

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