Living Fully

How to protect your time, money, and energy this holiday season

Episode Notes

The holidays can be meaningful and memorable—but they can also be exhausting. Between family expectations, packed calendars, gift exchanges, and tighter budgets, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

In this episode, counsellor Denis Shushkin shares practical strategies for managing holiday stress and maintaining healthy relationships.

Denis shares how to:

• Set boundaries with family around gatherings, conversations, and routines
• Talk about money and gift-giving when finances are tight
• Figure out how to blend or re-imagine traditions when you’re sharing the holidays with a partner and extended family
• Protect your time and be realistic about how much you can take on
• Talk to kids about changes in a way that keeps the season warm, steady, and reassuring

If the holidays tend to leave you drained, this conversation provide tools to help you navigate the season with ease.