The holiday season can be a time of connection, beauty, and meaning - and it can stir unhealed wounds, activate our younger parts, and amplify stress. This guide helps you to stay rooted and resourced - and intentional.

1. Create Your Inner Home Base.

Before entering any event, family gathering, or emotional terrain, pause for a YOU-turn and ask:

• “What do I need to feel grounded and present?”
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“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.” ― Simone Weil

When Presence Becomes a Weight

Relationship dynamics can sometimes hold us, not in love or support, but in place—a subtle, insidious tightening that whispers: you are small, and you must stay that way for the world to be safe.

Over time, the weight builds. You adjust, ...