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Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse

Holiday Expectations, Emotional Triggers & Family Peacekeeping

Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse

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Education, Society & Culture, 3cb0e710-539e-11f0-8394-8f0cc68ecb56, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode, I’m joined once again by relationship expert Laurie Gerber. Laurie is a veteran life and love coach with over 20 years of experience helping individuals and couples build healthy, lasting relationships. She’s the founder of Laurie Gerber Coaching, creator of Master the Art of Love, and host of the “Love at Any Age” podcast.


So many of us walk into the holidays overcommitted, overstimulated, and overwhelmed, and then wonder why we roll into January exhausted and in recovery mode. Think of this conversation as a permission slip to honor your limits, pivot when you need to, and refocus on what this season is truly about: connection!


In this episode, we discuss:

  • Why the holidays feel so heavy
  • Emotional triggers & old family patterns
  • Conversations you’re allowed to shut down
  • Communication hacks that transform the holidays
  • Handling house guests & prolonged stays
  • The pressure of overspending & overgiving
  • Holiday opportunities for healing and connection
  • Couples navigating the season together



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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:13.4

Ah, the holidays, they're supposed to be magical, right?

0:17.0

So much pressure.

0:18.2

But if we're honest about it, they can really be complicated.

0:21.7

We're talking about stepping back into maybe some old roles, navigating family expectations, juggling traditions,

0:27.8

boundaries, emotions, and then, of course, the uncle who never reads the room. So today,

0:34.2

we are going to talk about how to show up differently this holiday season.

0:38.9

How to stay centered when everything around you is getting noisy.

0:42.7

It may be a little complicated, how to honor your own peace and still show up with love.

0:48.8

Remember, this is a joyous time of year.

0:51.1

My guest today is somebody who understands the psychological patterns that we fall into

0:55.9

during the holiday season. She is a flourishing favorite. You'll remember her relationship expert,

1:02.3

Lori Gerber. She's going to give us some tools, practical tools, to help us navigate the stress,

1:07.8

the triggers that can come, maybe even tough conversations with more grace and self-trust.

1:14.0

So whether you're walking into a house full of relatives or creating new traditions after

1:18.8

change, maybe even choosing a quieter holiday altogether, this conversation is here to help

1:24.2

you walk in grounded and walk out with your joy intact. So let's settle in. Let's talk about

1:31.0

how to flourish at the dinner table.

1:38.1

Lori, welcome back. It's so good to see you. I feel like it's been a stretch. It's been too long.

1:44.9

I know. How's life? Quick catch up. Life is so good to see you. I feel like it's been a stretch. It's been too long. It's time. I know. How's life? Quick catch up. Life is so good. I moved. I moved to the country.

1:51.4

I'm like a new person. I don't even recognize myself. You know, I don't recognize you.

1:57.0

I'm just not really as stressed. It's weird. Exactly. No, it's a weird that I understand. I'm not in the country, but I'm definitely in, let's say, suburbia land and there's like ranch land around me and horses and cattle and stuff. So I get you. There's a piece that comes with that. There were people this close to me at all times in New York City, and now there's people way far away.

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