How to Break Busy for the Holidays

The Alli Worthington Show

Alli Worthington

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Sign up for FREE COACHING with Alli – https://alliworthington.com/freecoaching The holiday season is almost here, friends. Before we get swept up in parties, plans, and pressure, I want you to pause and imagine something different. What if this year came with less stress and more joy? What if you finally ditched the Christmas chaos instead of letting it run your life? Today, I'm sharing Chapter 6 of Breaking Busy, where we'll walk through practical, step—by—step ways to make this season more peaceful and purposeful. This isn’t just theory; it’s a real-life companion to help you discover joy over stress. We’ll talk about traditions, expectations, and how to find a holiday rhythm that fits your family. Together, we’ll break the cycle of busyness and help you create a calmer, more meaningful season. Timestamps: (01:08) - The Importance of Traditions and Why They Anchor Our Families (14:27) - Why Traditions Need to Be Flexible (22:38) - What Mary and Martha Teach Us About Expectations and Grace (25:25) - Tweaking Traditions: Small Shifts That Make the Holidays Feel Lighter WATCH ALLI ON YOUTUBE Links to great things we discussed: Catalyst Mastermind The Uplift app is here! Try it free for 30 days. I hope you loved this episode! 🎉Don’t forget to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you never miss a thing. And guess what? We're on YouTube! If you're loving the content, show us some love by leaving a review and giving us some stars—it means the world to me! Take care, and stay fabulous! xo, Alli

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0:00.0	Hey friend, welcome to the show today. I have a special episode for you. Of course, we're heading
0:12.6	into the craziest time of year, the holiday season. And I want to give you some tips to stay
0:18.0	peaceful and break busy even in the holiday season. You know me. I'm all
0:23.6	about doing things intentionally and finding tools and strategies to live life well. I want to share
0:28.9	with you a chapter from my book Breaking Busy that's all about traditions and how do we break
0:34.3	busy in the middle of the busiest time of year?
0:38.2	We have so many traditions and expectations and this is the way we do things and this is
0:42.6	the way we don't do things that sometimes we feel like going into the holiday season,
0:46.5	we want to have fun, we want to enjoy it, we want to have peace, but it's crazy because
0:51.9	we're constantly doing so much. I wrote a chapter and
0:54.7	Breaking Busy about it and I thought we should open that back up and dive in as we go into the
1:00.2	holiday season. So this is chapter 6 from Breaking Busy, Traditions, Finding Your Groove in a World of
1:05.9	Expectations. I love the Christmas season, not just the day itself, but the whole entire Christmas season.
1:13.1	As soon as I can get away with it, my car is filled with Christmas music, the smell of peppermint mochas, and piles of random hats and gloves.
1:20.6	But it wasn't so long ago that I didn't love the Christmas season.
1:24.7	I mean, I still love Christmas music and peppermint mochas and decorating the trees. I just didn't love everything else that came with the season. I mean, I still love Christmas music and peppermint mocas and decorating
1:27.9	the trees. I just didn't love everything else that came with the season. The shopping, the parties,
1:33.5	the baking, the cards, the concerts, the obligations that seemed endless. Tis the season to be jolly.
1:39.2	I didn't have time to be jolly. I had too much work to do. I had too many people depending on me.
1:45.2	Now, there's one particularly notable December a few years back. So after making my Christmas
1:51.4	to-do list billed with class parties and cookie swaps and party dress shopping and family
1:56.2	photos for Christmas cards, I just snapped. I couldn't take one more second of the rat race that Christmas
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