I'm on this journey with me each week when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals,

overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.

That's our next week. I'm ready for my close time.

Hi, and welcome back. I'm so glad you're back here with me this week.

Okay, so we are about to Thanksgiving. Maybe you're listening to this episode on your way to

Thanksgiving. That would be so cool. I'd love to be part of the fam. I'd like to be along for the

ride. So hopefully that's what we're doing. So a couple of things on the idea of holidays and the

idea of family and the idea that we all know things can get a little crazy. Okay, please make

sure you're taking care of yourself and that means if you're tired that you decide to pull the

record and leave when you need to, you know, I get it that people want when you are around your

family around people from when you're younger, they want you to go back to that old way of being

when you were a child. A hard pass on that one. No thanks. I'm an adult now. I've got boundaries.

I know my needs and wants and I have a voice that can be used to vocalize that, right? People don't

always know what's going on with you. If you need help, you need to ask them if you're, you know,

dealing with some challenges, thank them for their patients, thank them for their understanding.

Don't apologize for the situation you're in or how you're feeling. Just let people know what you

need. And if they can't understand it, that's about them, not about you. It's your job to take care

of you. So put yourself first as holiday season, give yourself grace. And if you have a tough

conversation that could be ahead of you, one thing I suggest trying is practicing for it, right?

What are some different ways you can handle it? What would be some potential ways you could

respond? You know, saying to someone, I really don't like it when you speak to me like that.

It doesn't make me feel very good. Please don't do that again. Is a very calm way to handle what

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