Why do we put such high expectations on ourselves at Christmas? Do what makes you happy - and create your own traditions.
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[00:00:10] Merry Christmas!
[00:00:12] Yeah, we're in December and it is exciting.
[00:00:15] How do you feel about the lead up to Christmas this year?
[00:00:18] Yeah, I think I'm a lot more relaxed this year than I've been before, to be honest.
[00:00:22] I think I've slowly started understanding what's the stress for Christmas for me, which is what we're going to kind of talk about.
[00:00:30] But yeah, I do love Christmas.
[00:00:32] Why is Christmas so stressful for us women?
[00:00:36] Yeah, I think there's a few reasons. I think probably the biggest one from my own experience and like women I speak to is expectations.
[00:00:44] We put expectations on ourselves. I think there's expectations from family, from friends.
[00:00:51] You don't have to be traditional if it's not your tradition. It's up to you to make your own kind of tradition.
[00:00:56] It's all about how we protect our peace. Be around the people you want to be around.
[00:01:01] If that's not how your family did it growing up, it doesn't matter. Make your own tradition. Make it your own.
[00:01:07] It's about what makes you happy. If you only want to buy a really one small gift for your kid, then you do that.
[00:01:13] If you want to have something else for dinner, you do that.
[00:01:15] And I think understanding that impact on our mindset of all the extra stress and expectation, but also how that plays in our nervous system.
[00:01:24] Like a lot of people just feel really like they're really stressed out because our nervous system is really activated for like the fall of December, which just really isn't that healthy.
[00:01:32] So I think you've got to learn how to protect your peace. Do what you want for you and your family.
[00:01:39] Your family or the family you create is who you're with now. It doesn't matter who you were born into.
[00:01:43] And I think for me, that's something that I do believe. Don't be putting yourself in situations that you would put yourself in the rest of the year.
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