Dear young married couple, tis the season for awkward family dinners, packed schedules, and unmet expectations.

Not this year. So let's unwrap the gift of clear communication and plan a holiday you'll both love.

Yes, Adam was telling me just this week that he was sitting down with a client,

and this is something we've done with many clients over the years, but they were talking about

all their hesitations and anxieties around what the holidays hold with family members and

expectations. So talk a little bit about what you were sharing with me.

Well, I was just slowing them down because I think a lot of people actually go into the holiday

season expecting like near perfection, right? And dreading it not being. So we have hope and and then normally our hopes are

crushed because families are just weird and energetic and big and loud and and different than your

own yes and so there is, there's a huge, huge benefit to learning to look at

your family and becoming comfortable with knowing, like, what it's going to do, what's going to happen,

how it's going to be, and aligning your expectations to what is reality.

Yes, because the holidays can either pull you apart or bring you closer together and it's really

your choice. You know, if you have expectations and you haven't communicated those expectations,

you're bound for failure. You're bound to be

frustrated. You've heard us say many times frustration is the result of uncommunicated and or

unmet expectations. Right. Expectations are huge here. So first of all, thinking about, okay,

we're going to be going over. So for us, for our family, for this year, we're going to our family about two and a half

hours north of us, and we're going to have a great time.

There's going to be a lot of people, I think like 40 people.

No, that's the small group.

That's the small group.

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