Reparenting Yourself During the Holidays

The holiday season can be a wonderful time of year.

A time to practice holiday traditions with your family - things you wait all year for. 

Maybe you and your family had holiday cookie baking parties, or went tree hunting the day after Thanksgiving.

Maybe you helped your parents hang the lights on your house, or you spent the holiday break from school building snow forts in your yard.

The holiday season can also be a painful time of year.

A time where people longed for family holiday traditions that never were. 

Maybe you were expected to decorate the tree alone, when you wished your family could do it together.

Or maybe you were given messages about how you should not eat Christmas cookies, leaving you wondering if there is something wrong with you or your body.

As parents, we are now in a powerful - and empowering - position to create new family holiday traditions; not just for our children, but also for ourselves.

What did you wish for yourself as a child, that you can give yourself now?

Maybe it is making it a family effort to decorate the tree, and taking time to string the lights and look through all the precious ornaments together.

Maybe it is teaching your children how to make your favorite holiday foods, and modeling how it is possible to eat these foods with joy and non-judgment. 

The sky can be the limit.

What traditions do you want to start for your family? Hit ‘reply’ below and let me know!

Here’s to the cycle breakers. This work is hard, and it is so worth it.

I’m grateful to have you on this journey with me.