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Navigating the Holiday Chaos: A Guide to Compassionate Mindfulness

Stillness in the Storms

Published
December 3, 2024
Duration
21:14
Summary source
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Last updated
Oct 11, 2026

Discusses health, mental, religion, society, culture.

Summary

How do you find any peace at Christmas when everybody expects you to be upbeat?There is the noise, the money, the debates round the table, and underneath all of it the fear of losing people. You cannot control the dinner, the presents or your relatives. It is like getting in the sea and expecting the sea to move around you. What changed things for me was …

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How do you find any peace at Christmas when everybody expects you to be upbeat?There is the noise, the money, the debates round the table, and underneath all of it the fear of losing people. You cannot control the dinner, the presents or your relatives. It is like getting in the sea and expecting the sea to move around you. What changed things for me was sitting back and saying, go on then, let me have it. Then I did not have to do anything with what turned up, my thoughts included. Lower the ex

Themes

  • health
  • mental
  • religion
  • society
  • culture