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Practical Hope For The Holidays
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How did the season of joy become a month of stress and obligation?
In this episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna offers a gentle guide for anyone seeking peace, presence, and purpose during the holiday season.
Through three powerful lessons: Awareness + Intention +Alignment — Anna helps you move from performance to presence and design traditions that truly reflect who you are now, not who you used to be.
🕯️In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why awareness is the first step to healing family-of-origin patterns.
- How to bring intention and authenticity to your holiday rituals.
- Simple affirmations and journaling prompts to cultivate calm and clarity.
- How to choose presence over performance — and create new sacred traditions.
This is your invitation to reclaim the holidays as a spiritual practice — one built on self-trust, simplicity, and love.
👉 Subscribe to She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope for more weekly reflections on healing, spirituality, and personal growth.
Chapters
1. Practical Hope For The Holidays (00:00:00)
2. Welcome And Episode Focus (00:00:03)
3. Why Holidays Feel Heavy (00:00:28)
4. Awareness: Naming Autopilot Patterns (00:03:11)
5. Research On Holiday Stress (00:06:39)
6. Journaling Prompts And Affirmation (00:09:34)
7. Intention: Redesigning Traditions (00:09:58)
8. Practical Ways To Honor Values (00:13:36)
9. Alignment: Presence Over Performance (00:16:02)
10. Closing Gratitude And Sendoff (00:19:45)
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