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The Process Is the Way: How to Actually Enjoy Your Holiday Season

In this episode, Amy shares the surprising truth about the exact right moment to pause, relax, and return to yourself: when you feel way too busy to do it.

If you’ve ever sprinted through December—overspending, overcommitting, overperforming, and quietly drowning in guilt, stress, or “holiday hustle”—this conversation is your invitation to stop treating the holidays like a finish line and start experiencing them as a process.

Amy opens up about her own decades-long pattern of holiday bad habits: frantic gift-making, stressful travel, trying to recreate childhood magic single-handedly, and pushing herself far outside her values. Then she shares the shift that changed everything: embracing the process, not just the product.

You’ll explore:

• Why rushing to “get through the holidays” never works
• How mindfulness, ACT, and Zen-inspired practices can bring you back to yourself anywhere—even in traffic
• What art therapy teaches us about staying present and dropping perfection
• The psychological and emotional benefits of valuing the journey rather than the outcome
• How to release traditions you secretly hate and consciously build a season that feels aligned
• Amy’s personal holiday transformations (no more frantic knitting, no more December flights, yes to pajamas + museums!)

This episode will help you create a holiday season rooted in presence, pleasure, values, and genuine connection—not pressure or performance.

If you want December to feel calmer, cozier, more intentional, and actually joyful, this is your guide.

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