1370: What I Am Getting for Christmas This Year

CONSISTENT by Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this fun and personal episode, I'm sharing what I actually want for Christmas this year — and spoiler alert: it's not much "stuff."

From a sauna hat and a flip phone to natural fiber underwear (yes, really), I'm walking you through the practical, intentional, and meaningful things I'm excited about this season. I'm also opening up about some deeper shifts — like why we're keeping Christmas simple for the kids, what our upcoming bedroom swap means to me, and the kind of experiences I want to create around the dinner table.

You'll also hear:

Why I'm buying myself a flip phone
How I'm thinking about "less is more" with kids' gifts
The grain mill I can't wait to use
What I want to create that can't be wrapped
And why I'm leaning into connection over consumption this year

This episode is all about intentionality over impulse, presence over presents, and creating a holiday season that feels peaceful, simple, and aligned with the life I want to build.

If you're feeling the pull toward less doing, more being this Christmas — this one's for you.

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to be more consistent, you're in the right place. I'm Elizabeth Benton. Welcome to
0:07.1	Consistent, a podcast by Primal Potential that is for all of you who feel frustrated by your lack of
0:13.3	progress or overwhelmed by all the change that you want to make in your life. Here, we stop frantically
0:20.5	chasing new habits
0:22.1	and start strategically building a structure of consistency.
0:27.3	Let's get into it.
0:29.3	Hello everybody.
0:31.6	Welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast.
0:33.8	I wanted to do a different episode, a lighter episode, maybe just a more casual episode around
0:42.3	what I want for Christmas is here and what I don't want for Christmas.
0:47.2	And I think having young kids, I'm always thinking about what do I want this season to be like for them and I don't want my kids to
0:56.0	be kids that associate Christmas with like big piles of presents under the tree because A,
1:01.8	I don't think kids need stuff and B, I just don't want them to grow up, I think in some ways
1:09.2	the way that I did thinking that the meaning of the season is
1:12.2	presents, you know? So, this isn't a gift guide per se. I don't have affiliate links for any of this
1:18.3	stuff, but I love to know what people are wanting or thinking about for gifts, and I think it gets
1:23.6	my wheels turning for other people. So what I wanted to do is just share what I want for
1:28.5	Christmas this year and why and how I'm approaching Christmas for my kids. And I'd love to know
1:34.2	what you want, what you're excited about, maybe a gift you're excited to give or anything along
1:40.2	those lines. Some of mine might seem really, really, really weird when some of them are.
1:48.1	You know, the only thing I, well, that's not true. I asked my husband for two things.
1:54.1	One, I asked him to clean up our yard, our lower yard. It's really bizarre because he's like, what do you mean? As though he doesn't see the things that I see, it's bizarre. In the past,
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