If you find yourself unraveling every December, overwhelmed, overstimulated, resentful, exhausted, or suddenly questioning your entire life, this episode will land.

I break down the reason high-functioning, high-capacity women hit their emotional and energetic limit at the end of the year… and it has nothing to do with discipline, motivation, or time management.

It’s about the nervous system.
It’s about survival mode.
It’s about the pressure you’ve been carrying for eleven straight months.
It’s about the identity of “the strong one” that no one checks in on.

And December, with all its demands and expectations, simply reveals what your body has been trying to communicate all year long.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why December exposes the truth of your stress load
• How performance mode quietly becomes your default
• The emotional and physiological cost of “holding it together”
• Why sobriety (or wanting sobriety) intensifies December overwhelm
• The moment your body says, “I can’t keep doing this”
• What your December crash is actually inviting you into

Toward the end, I share a few gentle, practical shifts you can bring into your days — small changes that help your system feel safer, softer, and more spacious as you close out the year.

If you want 2026 to feel different, calmer, steadier, more rooted, this episode will give you the clarity and compassion you’ve been missing.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The SheWalks community
• Steady - Micro-Regulation Toolkit
• The Deliberate Way: Freedom From Alcohol

You don’t have to finish the year on empty.
Your capacity isn’t gone, it just needs restoration.

Ways to continue the work:

🔁 Ongoing support: The Deliberate Practice — a steady rhythm of nervous system regulation, breathwork, and integration.

Free: The Complete Guide to Quitting Drinking .. a nervous-system-based guide for understanding cravings, stress, and stop/start cycles.

🧭 Personalized clarity: The Personal Power Map — a personalized nervous system and identity audit with a video walkthrough.

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