Your listening to 3-in-30 takeaways from moms episode 210, simple holiday traditions to connect generations.

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Each 30-minute episode will feature three doable takeaways for you to try at home with your family this week.

I'm your host Rachel Nielsen. Thank you so much for being here.

It's that time of year again. We are into the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, which is one of my favorite times of year.

But it can also be a time that starts to feel really overwhelming and stressful if we let it.

So for today's episode, I wanted to focus on simple things that we can do to create meaningful holiday memories for our children and to connect with our cherished loved ones.

I pulled a very special episode from the archives to re-air as an encore episode today.

Unless you've been here from the very beginning, I doubt you will have heard this one because it was originally episode 10.

I aired all the way back in 2017 and it's kind of crazy today is episode 210, so 200 episodes ago.

And the two special guests are my beloved grandparents who have actually since passed away.

And I had to take a deep breath and emotionally prepare myself before I listened to this episode as I was preparing it to re-release it

because I knew that hearing their voices would be hard for me. But I am so grateful that I have their voices and their words recorded

and that I took the time while they were living to reflect on the ways that they made Christmas so special to me throughout my life.

I miss them deeply and I love remembering when they got to listen to this episode and relive these cherished moments and memories with me and to know how much they had meant to me throughout my life.

Capturing precious moment shared with family is so important and before we get into the episode, I want to remind you that I created a journal just for this purpose.

My Flex of Gold Journal is a three-year journal to help moms write down one golden moment that you experience as a mother each day.

This would be an incredible and impactful holiday gift for yourself or for another woman in your life. And you don't just have to take my word for it.

I sent an email out to the women who purchased this journal last year and asked them how it had impacted their life and I have gotten so many incredible testimonials back, including some voice messages.

And one in particular touched me so deeply that I decided to err at here with her permission of course. If after hearing it you decide you need one of these journals in your life, you can order one at 3 and 30podcast.com slash flex of gold.

Here is that message from a mother in our 3 and 30 community.

Hello, my name is Louisa Perks. I live in Omaha, Nebraska and I have five little ones.

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