249: Recovering from Your Not-So-Good Moments
Vibrant Happy Women
Jen Riday
4.8 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, I share what happened when I ruined my family's Thanksgiving dinner, how it got resolved, and how I've continued to process my emotions ever since. I know I'm not the only one that has these moments from time to time, so just know that you aren't alone - and that there are tools I'll be sharing with you today that can help you learn and grow from it.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Vibrants Happy Women Podcast, episode number 249. We're talking about |
| 0:07.1 | recovering from your not so good moments. Stay tuned. Hi, I'm Jen Ritey, and this podcast is for women |
| 0:15.5 | who want to feel more vibrant, happy, aligned, and alive. You'll gain the emotional, physical, and spiritual tools you need |
| 0:23.2 | to get your sparkle back and ensure that depression, anxiety, and struggle don't rule your life. |
| 0:29.2 | Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast. |
| 0:32.9 | Hey there, my friends, Jen here. So the U.S. Thanksgiving happened a couple weekends back. |
| 0:40.8 | I'm recording this about a week after the fact. It's taken me that long to recover. I'm kidding. |
| 0:47.9 | Let me just say that Thanksgiving 2020 matched the year. It was not good at the Bridey House. Now, I'm going to share something |
| 0:58.9 | vulnerable. I questioned whether to share this because you could think, wow, Jen hosts a podcast |
| 1:05.6 | and she acted like that. Yeah, it was one of those days. Let me tell you the story. Thanksgiving. |
| 1:15.4 | Our turkey was thawed in time this year. My husband put it in the oven. I watched some of the |
| 1:21.3 | parade. I had prepped the cranberry sauce with my son. I had pre-cooked the sweet potatoes. I was ready. We were ready |
| 1:31.8 | because we're going to make this the best Thanksgiving ever. It's always the goal, isn't it? |
| 1:36.8 | Well, I started cooking and helping. My husband does a ton of it, but this year I was more |
| 1:42.2 | involved than I usually am. I did Brussels |
| 1:45.1 | and I made homemade mashed potatoes and all the things. And everything was going great. I even had |
| 1:52.7 | time to go take a 20 minute nap before we ate while things were finishing up. I got dressed. I |
| 1:59.3 | looked nice. I thought, sweet. All our kids were there, |
| 2:03.6 | just like last year. It was going to be a great Thanksgiving. But behind the surface, |
| 2:10.3 | there was a little bit of, I don't know, that 2020 energy. Do you know what I'm talking about? |
| 2:19.0 | I don't know what's going on cosmically or astrologically or energetically, but something has been up this fall. So, |
| 2:25.9 | you know, that's why I went and took that nap. I thought, okay, I'm going to make sure I'm all |
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