A Reminder on The Real Meaning of Christmas
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5 • 965 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is a simple pause in the middle of a full day. Christmas can feel busy and rushed, and it's easy to move through the morning without slowing down long enough to remember why we celebrate it in the first place. This conversation brings you back to what matters so you can step into the day with peace instead of pressure.
We talk about the heart of Christmas, why presence matters more than perfection, and how small quiet moments often hold the most meaning. If this season feels emotional, complicated, or heavier than usual, this episode will help you breathe, soften, and feel grounded again.
Inside this episode, you will learn:
• Why Christmas has never been about creating the perfect moment
• How to release the pressure to pretend you feel a certain way
• What it looks like to notice the small moments that bring peace
• How to shift from performing joy to being present in your real life
• A grounding reminder of the love and hope Christmas represents
• A short prayer to help you move through the day with calm and gratitude
If this message felt grounding, you might also appreciate: Episode 498: The Gratitude Effect: How Thankfulness Transforms Us
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace a real. |
| 0:21.7 | Let's get it. |
| 0:22.5 | Let's go. |
| 0:31.6 | Hey friend, Merry Christmas. |
| 0:34.0 | I am so grateful to be here with you for a few quiet moments today. |
| 0:37.0 | Before you move on to the joy of the day, the family, the gifts, the food, I'm so grateful to be here with you for a few quiet moments today. Before you move on to |
| 0:38.5 | the joy of the day, the family, the gifts, the food, everything that comes with that, I want to |
| 0:43.0 | slow down together. Christmas can arrive quickly, right? We spend so much time preparing and planning and |
| 0:48.7 | trying to make everything right that the heart of today can just feel like it gets pushed to the |
| 0:53.3 | background. So this is just a |
| 0:55.4 | gentle reminder that Christmas has never been about achieving the perfect moment. Christmas has |
| 1:00.4 | always been about receiving the moment that was already given to us. And today I just want to take a |
| 1:06.0 | moment to talk about the heart of Christmas because it's so easy to get swept up in the presents, the food, |
| 1:12.1 | the decorations, the gathering, and all the expectation that comes with the season. And none of those |
| 1:16.5 | things are bad. They can be beautiful parts of the celebration, but they should not be the center, |
| 1:21.5 | right? The heart of Christmas is the reminder that light enters darkness, that hope is born |
| 1:27.2 | in the places that feel uncertain |
| 1:29.3 | or heavy, right? Christmas is a story of God who chose to come into this world, not through power |
| 1:36.4 | or force or perfection, but through love, love in human form, love that sat with people, |
| 1:42.0 | love that healed, love that notice, love that understood. |
| 1:45.3 | And that same love is here today with you and in you. So if this season feels tender or complicated |
| 1:51.3 | or just a little heavier than you expected, I want you to hear this clearly, that Christmas |
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