The holidays can feel overwhelming and stressful.The antidote? Add self compassion to your holiday wishlist this year.In this post, we’ll talk about three ways to practice self compassion around the holidays.

The holidays can be a joyful, magical time filled with special traditions and they can be a time of stress and burnout.With all the cultural expectations of holiday cards, gift giving, shopping, traveling, decorating, and parties, it can start to feel overwhelming.And when you’re overwhelmed and stressed out, your relationship with food can take a toll.

Maybe you’re not feeling hungry because your stomach is in knots or maybe you’re eating past comfortable fullness each night because it provides some temporary relief.One of the most helpful tools we have (IMO) during seasons of life that feel chaotic is the practice of self-compassion.If you’re not familiar with self-compassion, check out Dr.

Kristin Neff’s work and book and my blog post How to practice self compassion.You can practice self compassion at any time of the year (and I highly encourage you make this a lifelong practice!) but here are three specific ways you can practice self-compassion around the holidays: 1.Talk to yourself like you would to a dear friend.

Didn’t have time to wrap all the gifts? Late sending out holiday cards (or maybe you *gasp* don’t send them at all!)? Unable to make every holiday party this year? Maybe you’d typically beat yourself up over it and criticize y

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