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The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil's Surprising Advice To Survive The Holiday Season

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

My dad used to say: "The holidays are when we feel obligated to spend too much time, in too small a space, with people we don't really know… and spend money on things nobody needs."  That's because holiday magic has nothing to do with perfection and everything to do with expectation management. You have my permission to simplify. Let go of the holiday in your head and enjoy the one happening in front of you.

 

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0:00.0

All right, let's get real.

0:01.8

It's that time of year again.

0:07.3

Fake snow, small town homecoming rekindles a high school romance.

0:14.5

Kylie Watson.

0:15.8

You two were inseparable back in high school.

0:17.8

Anna Scrooge finally sees the light and rediscovers Christmas.

0:22.6

Her holiday spirit stayed locked away.

0:24.6

They wouldn't want you sitting alone in the dark.

0:27.6

Until someone unexpected.

0:29.6

You can love once, you can love again.

0:31.6

Sound familiar?

0:32.6

Yeah, well, if it does, you've been watching too many of those holiday hallmark movies.

0:40.0

They've been airing nonstop since Friday, October 17th, and that's a fact.

0:46.7

The real story is that your life, well, it's just not a hallmark movie.

0:53.8

You're not going to be working in some little shop that obviously couldn't make it in a million years

1:00.3

and have some single Royal Duke or Prince come stumbling in, unattached, looking for some way

1:08.2

to get by for the holidays alone and fall in love with somebody that's just

1:14.5

gorgeous but unattached. Keep that in mind when you hear these headlines. Dear Annie, how do I

1:21.1

navigate the Thanksgiving family battlefield this year? 40% of families have holiday fights or the great Thanksgiving family

1:30.3

feud map. In 29 states, politics, number one cause of Thanksgiving arguments. In 19 states,

1:38.3

gossip is the primary weapon of destruction. Every family has that one relative who starts a sentence with,

1:49.3

hey, did you hear?

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