12/24/2025
A Christmas Message for you from your nervous system (either it's a gentle reminder or a "permissioning"):
Your nervous system does not experience "holiday magic" and while that may be a startling statement to read or one that feels anti-festive - it's a recognition of what it might be experiencing that we may not always acknowledge: how it experiences the noise, expectations, the extra sugar that's ingested, unresolved heartache or unease of unresolved family dynamics and unplanned schedule changes. It all wears on our nervous system.
It's helpful to remember that this holiday season doesn't require peak joy, the pressure to perform, create perfect connections, or have healed family systems (although yes, that would be nice). It can be: quiet, simple, in pajamas, cancelled plans, and deep breaths between conversations.
So if you feel overstimulated, tired, tender or oddly irritableâtake this as a validating message that thatâs not a failure of faith, gratitude, or effortâitâs information. And your system is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Youâre allowed to listen to it.
Pause. Unclench your jaws. Drop your shoulders. Breath in for 4 seconds. Exhale for 6. Repeat once. That is enough.
Know that you're in good company. And this is our wish for you:
May your expectations be soft, your boundaries respected, and your nervous system met with compassionâespecially by you.
Wishing you a Christmas that feels safe, regulated and good enough. đđ