🌈 reclaim your holidays

your creative weekend prompt

It's the most... time of the year. Just the MOST.

Maybe the most capitalism, the most feels, the most lights, the most nostalgia, the most obligation, the most longing, the most love. Everything is heightened. Anxiety, gratitude, busyness, coziness, spending, hibernation, laughter, tears.

Midlife offers us a shift in perspective from external approval-seeking to internal clarity. We have a chance to finally drop all the people-pleasing we’ve been doing and focus on what feels most true inside. At this time of life, it is common to feel a gap between the expectations we had for our lives and the reality we are living – and the gap between what we were conditioned to want and what we actually desire. The holidays can highlight this discrepancy for us.

The traditions we’re used to participating in during the holiday season may bring us so many feelings. It is okay if things don’t seem merry and bright to you, for whatever reason. It’s also okay if they do! Feelings of isolation and grief can arise if we’ve experienced losses in our lives or experience pressure to uphold family or social expectations or obligations at this time of year.

As we approach the holidays, I offer you the following reflection and journal prompts to help you stay aligned to your truth, your rhythm, your integrity in the coming weeks. Take 15-30 minutes to intentionally reflect on how to balance your own needs and desires with those coming from external expectations and invitations. You may engage with these questions in quiet thought, in your journal, or in a conversation with a trusted friend. It’s YOUR holiday, too.

Do you want support in aligning to your integrity in midlife? Let’s get on a free zoom call to see how I can offer heartfelt understanding, guidance, and accountability all year long. I have a few spots open for individual and group coaching in the new year!

✍️ Cozy in with your journal this weekend and consider the following prompts to make these holidays your own: