Why Boundaries Matter MORE THAN EVER During the Holiday Season
In this very brief issue: why the list you are making and checking twice had better include some preparation for family relationships and boundaries so you don't repeat the same exhaustion of the past
Do you find yourself in this cycle as the holiday season approaches?
November hits and you feel anxiety building.
The week of Thanksgiving you talk yourself into attending family gatherings because you can do it. You did it last year and you survived even with the critiquing of the food you made, the money you spent, the way you parent your children, etc.
You spend the holiday season between “just get through it” and exhaustion until you collapse the first week of January in a pile of emotion declaring, “I will NEVER do that again!”
By February you have recovered and by March you have pushed down all the conflicts and barbs and family drama that made the holiday season stressful.
Then November hits and it starts all over again.
What if this year you really did do things differently?
What if this year you prepared two lists?
Your to-do list for the holiday decor and food and gift giving and the like
AND
Your list of what and who stresses you out during the holiday season.
Would that change anything for you?
It will if you register for my Holiday Workshop + Boundaries Bonus where I am going to walk you through my proven 3-step approach to preparing for the holidays with boundaries as the gatekeepers of your time, energy, and sanity.
Watch this video where I share how one client used this very same method I will be sharing in the workshop for a family event she was dreading because one family member always manages to use it as an opportunity to bring on the guilt and violate boundaries.
That still brings me to tears. She did it and she had the confidence because of just 2 sessions with me!
Which is why the Holiday Workshop + Boundaries Bonus will work for you. This is a little less than 3 weeks of life-changing investment because you get to learn my proven 3-step approach and apply it to all kinds of situations and relationships over and over again. Imagine the impact that will have upon lowering your stress and anxiety not just over the holidays, but all year round.
Click here for all the details and to register.
And there’s a bit of a bonus for you below…
Do you know why you tend to give in and let your own needs and boundaries go more often during the holiday season?
It’s because you long for the comfort of Grandma’s pie and joking with your cousins and the same good china on the table and watching your mom in the kitchen.
It’s familiar and it is grounding.
Yes, for many of you that comfort comes with an elephant in the room and a side of passive aggressive jabs with your mashed potatoes, but somehow because it is the holiday season, you are more willing to endure than other times of the year.
Don’t endure this year!
Go back and enjoy the comfort and grounding WITHOUT getting stomped on by the elephant in the room.
Click for all the details for the Holiday Workshop + Boundaries Bonus