Mini: Dr. L's Spartan Tips for the Holidays / MIND 067

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Holidays are officially here! And with all the glitter, shimmer, and swanky bows comes stress, anxiety, and sometimes even a case of the holiday blues. So planning ahead for these emotional waves can put you in a position to better handle what’s ahead. There are a few key things to remember as we move into the holidays. Setting boundaries, keeping your priorities in line, and maintaining a routine are just a few ways that you can create a structure and sense of safety during the season. And start now so that you can practice these things as the intensity of the season revs up!

LESSONS:

The holidays can be a source of stress for many people, so don’t be surprised if certain painful feelings arise..

Setting firm boundaries with individuals (and yourself) is a good way to maintain a sense of safety and calm. Keep your priorities straight.

Make sure the energy that you have is invested where you want it to be.

Maintain a routine. Just because it’s the holidays doesn’t mean you throw your routine out the window.

Stick with the routine you’ve got in place in order to create certainty and predictability.

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0:00.0	What's up Spartans? It's Dr. L here with Spartan Mind, your chief mind doc. And guess what?
0:11.0	Today we're talking about tips for the holidays.
0:13.8	Yes, I know.
0:14.8	The holidays everybody talks about like it's such a joyous time and everybody's so excited and
0:19.5	oh my gosh it's the holidays.
0:20.9	Well guess what? The holidays can also be really difficult for a lot of people
0:25.9	so if you're out there listening and you're like oh my gosh you cringe at the thought of the
0:30.2	holidays coming I totally understand in my last 10 years working as a
0:34.7	psychologist I can tell you that probably 95% of my caseload always had a
0:40.9	difficult time with the holidays.
0:42.6	Because it's stressful, right?
0:44.4	You've got lots of stuff to do.
0:46.1	You've got people who are pushing your boundaries,
0:48.3	asking you to go to 10,000 parties.
0:50.8	Maybe you've got people who don't ask you to go to parties and you feel
0:53.8	really lonely. You've got family that are coming in and family always
0:58.0	stresses people out. So if you're out there listening and it makes sense to
1:01.6	you that the holidays are stressful.
1:03.2	I'm with you, I get it and I'm going to give you a few tips to help manage the holidays.
1:07.5	So the first is make sure you've got your boundaries in place.
1:11.9	The holidays are that time when people are going to try and
1:14.8	bulldoze over your boundaries the most, right? I'll give you an example, hey can you
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