066: How to Avoid the Holiday Downward Spiral & Cultivate an Intentional Season Instead

Feel Good Effect

Robyn Conley Downs

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.9 • 725 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Instead of getting stuck in the holiday spiral this year, use this time to ditch perfection, comparison, and overwhelm. The end of the year is a great opportunity to start making some changes, so that when the new year comes you don’t feel like you have to start over.

In this episode, we talk about the different ways the downward holiday spiral comes up in self-talk, we compare two versions of the same holiday weekend, one in the downward spiral and one that is more intentional and incremental, and we talk about specific tactics to use to approach this holiday season intentionally and incrementally.

1 | Getting intentional

Create a holiday splurge list
Create a holiday to-do + to-don’t list

2 | Getting incremental

Manage the 3 M’s
Aiming for 2 out of 3 in a season of indulgence
Give yourself reset days

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Feel Good Effect. Today we are talking about exactly how to avoid the
0:05.8	holiday downward spiral and how to cultivate an intentional season instead. I'm really excited about
0:12.4	this one. So let's make it happen. Welcome to the Feel Good Effect. I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs, and I help people find time and create space in their lives for what matters most by sharing simplified strategies for wellness. This podcast is all about real talk, real wellness, and unpacking what it really means to be healthy.
0:40.3	Hey, Feel Good Effect Community. I'm so glad you're here. Today, we are going to talk about
0:45.5	exactly how to avoid the holiday downward spiral. So whether you're someone who kind of feels
0:51.1	like they fall off the wagon this time of year. We're going to talk
0:54.4	about kind of how to flip the script on the whole idea of the wagon. And also some really,
0:59.4	really specific, tactical, actionable things that you can do to make the most out of these
1:04.8	last few months that we have of this year. I love going to you guys and asking for ideas for shows. This one came right from
1:13.0	our community, both on Instagram at Real Food Whole Life through questions and DMs and also
1:18.8	in our Real Food Whole Life Facebook group, which you can search and request access and we'll let you
1:23.8	in. But just a lot of questions and conversation around the holiday season and how to
1:29.1	really make the most of it instead of turning into kind of this downward spiral where you're not
1:34.1	making intentional choices and then you feel like you're in a hole going into the new year.
1:39.5	So if this particular episode resonates, I love it if you would share it. You can share it by tagging me on
1:45.3	Instagram at Real Food Whole Life and tell me a couple of ways that you're going to be more
1:49.8	intentional and more incremental in this holiday season. You can also show up for the show and leave
1:55.5	an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Those reviews really help people decide whether they want to
2:00.7	listen if they're a new listener, whether they want to listen if they're a new
2:01.7	listener, whether they want to subscribe. And they help me know that this message is meaningful and
2:07.1	helps us keep the show here. So if you're out there listening, you listen every week and you've
2:11.2	never taken the time to leave a review, this is your opportunity to do it. Make sure the show stays
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