Episode 18: Don’t Lose Your Mind This Christmas

The Jess Connolly Podcast

Jess Connolly

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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It’s funny that we corporately get so excited about the holidays and at the same time, we corporately talk about how crazy we felt during them once they’re over. We post a million memes about Mariah Carey in October, and then we all post the same meme the week after Christmas about how confused we are. We join in on the narrative of joy and celebration, but we also join in on the preset narrative about how this season leaves us feeling.

If this resonates with you, this episode is for you. Join Jess on this episode as she shares 4 things to say no to during the holiday season and 4 things to say yes to.

Let’s not lose our minds this Christmas.

Let’s go.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader, and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.
0:14.6	This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply
0:23.6	spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming,
0:30.3	working, or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet,
0:36.3	mundane, or busy, I am praying for you,
0:39.1	and I'm so glad you're here.
0:41.3	Let's go.
0:44.2	For something I think that's funny about our current culture, we corporately get so excited
0:50.6	about the holidays.
0:52.0	And together, we all talk at the end about how crazy we felt
0:56.3	once they're over. We post a million memes about Mariah Carey in October. And then we all
1:02.7	post the same meme the week after Christmas about how confused we are and how we don't know what day it is.
1:07.4	We join in on the narrative of joy and celebration. But then we also join in on this preset narrative about how the season leaves us feeling.
1:17.6	What if we didn't just accept the status quo tropes about the holidays?
1:22.6	What if we didn't have to end this whole thing feeling inflamed, fatigued, overwhelmed, and broke the week
1:30.0	after Christmas. What if we pay attention to what God is doing in our midst? We say no to the
1:37.9	things that make us feel crazy, and we say yes to the things that actually help us connect with God this holiday season.
1:48.6	Listen, gals, I'm going to keep this quick because you're busy. You've got school performances
1:55.2	to go to. You've got drop in parties to organize. You've got presents to buy. You've got stuff to do. But I just don't want
2:04.3	us to leave this holiday season feeling like we lost our minds. I don't want us to end Christmas
2:11.2	and feel like we didn't even connect with Christ. So I have four things for you to consider saying no to and four things for you to consider
2:21.2	saying yes to. Let's dive in. Number one, in the name of Jesus, I know it's going to be hard,
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