Holiday Food, Guilt, and Stress: How to *Actually* Have a Happy Holiday
Food, We Need To Talk
Juna Gjata
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The holidays are supposed to be the happiest time of the year, and yet, many people would agree "jingle hell" may be more appropriate than "jingle bell." Delicious treats are everywhere, and yet one wonders, is there such a thing as too many cookies? Family is coming together, including that one uncle who always makes some rude comment about your weight, and a whole smorgasbord of feelings--guilt, shame, anxiety, loneliness, and more--are brought to the table along with the pies and roasts. On this episode: how to navigate all things holiday food, family, and emotions to *actually* make it the happiest season of all!
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| 0:00.0 | Okay guys, Thanksgiving has passed and the December holidays are approaching. |
| 0:05.6 | Yep, it is the season. |
| 0:07.2 | I don't know about you guys, but I'm still recovering from my Thanksgiving food coma. |
| 0:11.5 | You're in a same. |
| 0:12.4 | I love getting together with my family, but I always seem to eat a lot more than I otherwise would. |
| 0:17.8 | So I know the holidays are supposed to be the happiest season of all, but I'm going to be honest with you guys. |
| 0:24.2 | I often find the holidays extremely stressful. |
| 0:27.0 | Stressful like which dessert to eat a Christmas dinner? |
| 0:30.0 | Not exactly. |
| 0:31.2 | Stressful like I will probably be eating way more than I usually eat, and I'm going to be around foods I'm never usually around. |
| 0:38.4 | And I'm going to be around people I'm not usually around, and I'm just going to be feeling guilty and stress. |
| 0:43.4 | And it can all just be anything but jolly. |
| 0:46.4 | Well, it's a good thing we're here then, because it's a perfect time to do an episode on holiday eating, holiday guilt, and all the other holiday stress. |
| 0:57.4 | On today's episode, how can we approach food, eating, and our family over the holidays so that they might actually be holly and jolly? |
| 1:05.8 | How can we not just survive, but enjoy the holidays? |
| 1:09.8 | I'm Yuna Jada. |
| 1:10.8 | And I'm Dr. Eddie Phillips, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. |
| 1:14.4 | And you're listening to Food We Need To Talk, the only podcast that has been scientifically proven to instill the holiday spirit just by listening. |
| 1:27.0 | Hey guys, just a quick note, we are conducting an audience survey, and we'd be so grateful if you could take a few minutes and answer our survey questions. |
| 1:42.4 | Please visit survey.prx.org slash food to take the survey today. |
| 1:47.4 | That is survey.prx.org slash food. |
| 1:51.8 | Thank you. |
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