This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode. Well, hello and welcome to Hello Freedom. I am your host Terry Cole. I am so happy to be back with you guys and so happy that you're spending some

time hanging out with me today. I want to talk about the holidays. They're here. It's already December and every year I usually

put out a blog that's called DeStress the Holiday Mess and this year I'm doing an

episode that's slightly different and a blog that is slightly different a video that

is slightly different because what I want to focus on this year is a

proactive holiday boundary success plan. So that's what I'm going to be talking about

with you guys today.

Because here's the thing.

It all starts before Thanksgiving you guys.

And you know this.

You know, the season officially begins.

I don't know, I think retailers have been like torturing us since definitely before Thanksgiving.

With Christmas's X number of days away, Hanukkah, Kwanza, all of the things, but what it really means is that we get out of our regular routines and that we're doing lots of socializing,

lots of eating, lots of drinking,

and for many people, it means spending time with family.

For some of us, that's awesome. For some of us that's a burden, for some of us it's torture. So how can we make it less torturous and less self-sacrificing for those of you over-functioning brothers and

sisters out there who over-commit and overdue annually. And really what happens throughout the holiday season when you do that

is that every single thing becomes some dreaded

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