Be Kind to Yourself This Holiday Season

A lot of people I know are going through a difficult time right now, such as health challenges for themselves or loved ones, or experiencing the loss of someone significant.

And even if you aren’t going through something personally challenging, you may be feeling a collective fatigue - the last two years have been tough for our world.

As we go into the holiday season, how can you be extra kind and gentle to yourself?

Are there ways to make your holiday celebrations simpler and more focused on what brings you and your loved ones the most joy, and let go of doing things because of “have to’s” or “shoulds”?

Can you build quiet time into your schedule for resting?

Do you feel drawn to activities that help you process your current challenge and/or the events of the last two years, such as journaling, drawing, talking to a friend?

It’s okay to make choices around the holidays that feel nurturing and supportive of ourselves, even if other people don’t understand.

Our culture tends to value external measures of success.

When we have internalized those messages, we can be hard on ourselves if we aren’t accomplishing a lot externally.

If that’s happening for you, maybe think about what you would say to a friend who was going through a challenging time and being hard on herself.

How would you support her?

Then turn that kindness and support towards yourself - you absolutely, 100% deserve it.

Heart centered women already know how to be kind.

When we give that same kindness and understanding to ourselves, it can transform our lives.

Love,

Liz

P.S. I’m a mindset coach for heart centered women. I help my clients learn to change their old mental patterns of self-criticism into self-compassion, which is the key to everything.