Hi there, thanks for listening to the Sister Circle Podcast.

My name is Crystal Evans Hurst and I'm your host.

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to

help you live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. Y'all, we are embarking into the holiday season, whether you like it or not. Are you stressed in

anyway? We're going to talk about it today. Now listen as far as I'm concerned the holidays are basically like an event I mean at

one other time of year do you back to back to back to back have events you know you've got your

harvest season followed by your Thanksgiving season followed by your Christmas

season and all of these things can involve parties in decor and getting dressed and gifts and all of that equals money.

All of that equals planning.

All of that equals if you've got people that love your cooking or people that don't either

cooking food for them or buying food that they will eat. It involves you eating. Maybe too much and

then having to deal with the stress of the extra pounds later.

There's just more during the holiday season and even if you love it, you love the decor,

you've had your tree up since September since Labor Day, even if you love the dress and the color and the festivities of the season,

there is more to do.

There's more on your calendar, there's more to pay attention to, there's more to be prepared for.

And that for many of us can be stressful.

I know as a mom of five kids,

even though they are mostly grown and gone,

they still, they come back home for the holidays,

I want them home, and having a bunch of people

who've kind of lived out on their own

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