Hello and welcome to the Therapy Edit podcast with me, psychotherapist Anna Martha. I love bringing

bite-sized thoughts and conversations to support your well-being in your busy lives. Behind the scenes,

we are working on bringing you a whole new series, but in the meantime, we have delved into the archives

and will be sharing some of our most loved nuggets, lightbulb moments and powerful chats.

I hope you enjoy them.

Hi everyone.

It's that time of year, isn't it?

Where stress and overwhelm can so easily start to pick up.

And if you're feeling it, I am feeling it.

I will never forget this moment.

It must have been years ago now where we, I think it was Christmas Eve and we were going to

the theatre. It was a pantomime. It was a Christmas pantomime and my husband ran back to the car

to go and get some coats.

And he came back to join us.

And he said, oh, no, it's so sad.

I just spoke to this woman who was loading stuff up in a car and I asked her if I could help her.

And she just said, I can't wait for it to be over.

He said, isn't that so sad?

And I said, no, I actually really,

really get it. I really get it. And if you're a woman or a mum who is very responsible for making Christmas happen, often it can go fully, not completely known by other members of family all that goes into it now

I'm incredibly grateful my husband will pitch in but it's just one of those things it's just

one of those things that I guess I have more of a hand in, partly by choice, but also just time-wise.

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