Why Does December Make Women Anxious, Sad, Depressed and Overwhelmed - 1253
The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance
Chalene Johnson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
If December feels like too much and everyone seems to expect you to hold it all together, this episode is the permission slip women have been waiting for. Chalene breaks down the invisible load so many women carry during the holidays, from money stress and body image to resentment in relationships and pressure to make everything perfect. She shares real messages from listeners, stories from her own circle, and why social media comparisons and unrealistic expectations make December feel extra heavy. Then she walks you through a powerful pen and paper exercise to separate what you can control from what you can let go of, and shares surprising new research on one simple habit that can lift anxiety and depression fast. If you have ever felt secretly tapped out, overwhelmed, or quietly angry at everyone around you this month, this conversation will help you release some of that weight and breathe again.
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🤓What You Will Learn
- Why December hits women so hard and why the mental load spikes this month
- How comparison, money stress, and body image sneak into your mood
- A quick pen and paper exercise to sort what you can control from what you can release
- How to set boundaries around obligations and reframe non negotiables
- Why dancing is scientifically proven to lift anxiety and depression fast
- A simple ten minute challenge that can shift your mood immediately
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If it feels like everything falls on your shoulders, like somehow, no matter what it is, it all circles back to being your responsibility, especially in December. |
| 0:12.1 | This is an episode for you. |
| 0:14.0 | Britt and I finished watching a series called All Her Fault, and it kind of sent me down this rabbit hole and I realized how different his feelings |
| 0:24.8 | were about watching this than mine and then I started talking to my audience and like really |
| 0:32.4 | realizing this invisible load that so many women carry and how there's sometimes a quiet resentment that |
| 0:39.8 | builds up and how common it is to feel a heightened level of anxiety and sadness and depression |
| 0:46.4 | in what is supposed to be the most joyous month of the year. So in this episode, we're going to |
| 0:51.9 | talk about why December breaks so many women. It's the money |
| 0:57.5 | stress, your body, the appearance, the pressures to perform at work at home, friends, family, |
| 1:03.7 | the emotional weight of all of that, you know, kids, partners, aging parents, missing people, |
| 1:10.7 | grief, all of it. And I'm going to walk you through |
| 1:13.9 | a simple exercise. We're going to talk about those things first and help you understand like |
| 1:19.6 | why this is happening, where you actually have some control. And then I'm going to walk you through |
| 1:26.0 | an exercise. So grab a pen and a piece of paper we're |
| 1:29.1 | going to get to that in the second half but I want to help take some of the load off some of |
| 1:34.1 | your shoulders this month and I'm going to share with you one very surprising tip it's new |
| 1:41.0 | research when it comes to relieving lifting some some of that heaviness, lifting some of that |
| 1:46.7 | sadness, anxiety, and depression. And it's going to shock you, but it actually works. So if you've |
| 1:53.3 | been feeling a little tapped out and overwhelmed and just like quietly resenting everybody, |
| 1:59.0 | it feels like everything is too much right now. You're in good hands. |
| 2:03.4 | We're going to get some things done. We're going to fix some things today. All right. Let's get to it. |
| 2:08.5 | I saw so many people talking about this show and Brett and I were always looking for, you know, a good series to watch. I love a good series. |
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