Ep. 93 - How We Manage Holiday Stress

Barb Knows Best

Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt

Education, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Spirituality, Relationships, Parenting, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Barb and Michelle debrief on tricky holiday dynamics, how they set boundaries with loved ones, and what we can all do to create space for ourselves during the busy season. Follow us @MichelleMaros and @Peaceful_Barb and share your experiences with us @BarbKnowsBestPod or at www.michellemaros.com/podcast.

Episode Notes:

Helpful tips for you to move through this holiday season:

How do you want to feel this holiday season?
How do you want to celebrate and spend the last few weeks of this year?
Have answers prepared for personal questions and conversations you would rather not have.
Allow yourself to have boundaries and say “no” to things.
Find one way to honor yourself this season.
Have vicarious joy for others even when their joy doesn’t benefit you.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody. Hi friends. Welcome back to Barb knows best the
0:18.6	podcast. I am your co-host Michelle Marros and I am thrilled to be sitting here across the table from my mom Barb for another conversation about the wildlife that we lead.
0:32.0	Hi mom. Hi, Mom.
0:34.0	Hi, Michelle.
0:35.0	Hi, everyone.
0:36.0	Yes, you know, probably one of my favorite quotes is that Mary Oliver, quote,
0:41.0	Just what will you do with your one wild and precious life?
0:44.0	Because life is wild.
0:46.5	Life can be very wild and precious.
0:49.2	Well, and precious.
0:50.1	You know, in the last episode we talked about some of those we talked about messy and authentic being together in the same sentence
0:56.4	Wild and precious can be together in the same sentence, which I love
1:00.7	And I just love having these conversations here we are just off the bat talking about wild and precious life.
1:06.0	Fabulous.
1:08.0	So here we are.
1:11.0	This is a very timely conversation since we are in tis the season.
1:16.4	We are in the holiday season. It has happened. It has started.
1:21.2	Best of times are here. I personally this year was like I'm ready to just
1:29.8	dive in to holiday cheer.
1:32.8	I'm usually I try to be more restrained.
1:35.4	I wait until post Thanksgiving to really allow myself to be full festive mode.
1:41.8	But I don't know, this year just has not been it.
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