For many, it's not the most wonderful time of the year.
Those living with life threatening illness (and their families) might be entering this season with awareness this could be the last Christmas. For others, if grief is "raw" and new we may be wondering how to survive the holidays. If our grief is historical, then we may find the holidays trigger our grief. It's a challenging time of year!
In this episode the hosts give space to all of these realities, recognizing there isn't a solution to any of this but there are ways to approach the holidays that are compassionate and caring of ourselves and our loved ones.
The theme of the episode is giving ourselves permission to let the holidays be what they need to be; reducing the pressure and letting go of the expectations for making it special and perfect.