Surviving the Holidays in 2022 - Part 1 - December 13

<p>Today, Maria is flying solo while Sarah takes a break to celebrate her wedding. Maria is taking this time to talk about something especially significant to her clients right now: surviving the holidays. This can be a difficult time for so many people, whether that has to do with food-related struggles or other challenging habits.</p> <p>How would your holiday season be different if you stopped worrying about benchmarks and allowed your life to be different from moment to moment? Explore the idea of taking pressure off of yourself by releasing the need to control anything over the next month. You can plan and go into the day with good intentions, but you don’t need to worry about what hasn’t happened yet.</p> <p>Topics covered in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>The different holiday traditions that can cause stress.</li> <li>How labels, however innocent, can contribute to increased emotional struggles.</li> <li>How Maria’s experience over the holiday has changed with time.</li> <li>What tends to happen once you open an invite.</li> <li>How our personal stories influence our perceived rules of what we can eat.</li> <li>The importance of recognizing our lack of control of what we might need.</li> <li>Who is actually in control of your life.</li> <li>Why scientific evidence isn’t always the infallible answer to your needs.</li> <li>Exploring the idea of accepting being in the moment.</li> <li>The concept of accepting the flow of life rather than resisting it.</li> <li>Why nobody can tell you what your life is going to look like—not even you.</li> <li>How habits can be deconstructed on their own by showing yourself compassion.</li> <li>The idea that there might be newness this holiday season.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Sarah’s website: <a href= "http://www.wellofbeing.co.uk">www.wellofbeing.co.uk</a></p> <p>Join the Food Freedom Formula: <a href= "https://go.m-path.ca/foodfreedomformula">https://go.m-path.ca/foodfreedomformula</a></p>