Ep. 145 - Navigating Difficult Family Dynamics Around The Holidays
Barb Knows Best
Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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This week on Barb Knows Best, we share practical strategies and heartfelt insights to help you reclaim your peace this season. From setting boundaries and managing expectations to staying grounded when chaos swirls around you, we’ve got you covered. Whether it’s handling that one relative who always tests your patience or learning how to put your own well-being first, this episode is your guide to showing up authentically and embracing the holidays on your terms.
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| 1:32.4 | And I think in the holiday season, we don't give ourselves permission to do the things that we know that will be in our best interest. |
| 1:38.6 | Because the expectations are so high right now. |
| 1:41.0 | The demands that we put on ourselves are so high. |
| 1:57.6 | Thank you. so high right now. The demands that we put on ourselves are so high. Hello, everyone. Hi, friends. Welcome back to Barb knows best the podcast. It is me, Michelle, |
| 2:04.4 | your co-host, and I am sitting here yet again with my mother Barb. And we're so super excited |
| 2:10.4 | to be chatting with you all again this week about life's most interesting and meaningful topics. |
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