Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the show. Got an important show plan for you. You're going to be

talking about some stuff related to the holidays that are coming. Brody and them, you know, this is an

interesting time of the year where it's like back to back to back. And it depends on your faith,

your religion, your race, or ethnicity. There's a wealth of different amazing, beautiful holidays that

we're in and stepping into. So we're going to talk about how to protect our mental health during that time. And, um, you know, because a lot comes up. You know, the holidays, God bless

them. What are they really about fun, friends, family, rest, joy. But you know what? We crank

that bad boy up and we make it about family issues, friends issues, finances, stress, depression, presenting the best holiday, doing it the way we're supposed to, doing it how it was last year. And I remember I was saying this during early COVID. I was like, yo, the holidays are coming. They're going to just be different. Different doesn't mean worse, less than illegitimate, not fun. We have to be open to kind of meeting ourselves where we're at.

You know, what we were able or willing to do in the past might not be where, what we're

willing or able to do in the current.

We are different people.

The times are different.

The economy's different.

Politics are different.

Our mental health is different.

Our physical health is different

and I it's it's just like how I am with people around sex holidays are very much like that as well

it's supposed to be fun oh my God if you're not having fun if you're stressed or frustrated or

anger or sad you're doing it wrong you have the wrong expectation or the wrong goal.

So for the holidays, stop stressing about everyone getting what they want or how much money

you're spending or whether or not you get the holiday decorations up or what kind of meal you set.

Just say, what can we do so that's fun for everyone, including myself?

That's the guiding principle. Just like with sex. This is just supposed to be fun. There's no actual goal.

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