Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast. Kelly here, and I am back. I cannot tell you how excited I am

to be talking to you all again. It has definitely been a minute and I promise you that

there are explanations coming as we move forward, but I wanted to make sure to let you all know

that I am back. Season two for this podcast kicks off and January 23rd. There are so many exciting things

I want to tell you about, so many upcoming things for the next season. You all, I hope, are just

going to be blown away and prepare to be excited, engaged. But before we get to all that, I really wanted to deal with

the pressing issue of the moment, which is that the holidays are upon us. And so this week,

I'm going to drop two bonus episodes, this one and another one on Friday, that is going to

help you cope with holiday stress.

Today we're going to talk about opting out of holiday stress and opting into rest and connection.

And so as we talk about this, I am going to today go over a few tips that will help you this holiday season

these tips are going to be helpful whether you celebrate the holidays or don't

whether you're connecting with family or not and whether you are just spending

this next couple weeks sitting on your couch, unplugged from everything.

This episode is all about helping us gear up to close out this year in a meaningful way

and manage what can be some of the most tumultuous time of the year.

So let's talk about that briefly before I give you these tips. The holidays can be some of the most joyous, restful times, and they can also be some of the most painful.

And so for me, it's really important that we talk about both those things. For many people,

the holidays

provide a time regardless of what holiday they celebrate or don't, a time to connect with family

as there's increased time off from work, there may be travel involved. Everyone is slowed down

as far as the professional space of things for the most part, and at the same time,

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