How to Stay Steady When December Starts Spinning

Dec 01, 2025

This time of year, carries a very specific kind of energy.

For some, December feels warm — full of rituals, connection, and meaning.
For others, it feels heavy — too much noise, too many obligations, and emotional currents that come out of nowhere.

And for most of us? It’s both.

We move between joy and overwhelm so quickly that our nervous system can’t keep up.
That’s when we slip into autopilot — reacting, doing, managing — instead of living.

As we step into the heart of the holiday season, I want you to remember this:

You don’t need a “perfect” December.
You just need a regulated one.

A regulated nervous system changes how you move through:

• emotional triggers
• complex family dynamics
• year-end pressure
• expectations
• gatherings
• the full swirl of holiday energy

When your inner world is steady, everything else feels more manageable.

🌬️ A 30-Second Reset for This Moment

Try this right now:

• Drop your shoulders
• Unclench your jaw
• Take a series of slow breaths - in through the nose, out through the mouth

Be the observer- with kindness and curiosity and gently notice:

• What sensations are present in my body?
• What emotions are moving through me?
• What thoughts are floating by?

You’re not fixing anything — you’re simply witnessing.

Now remind yourself:

I am not my emotions.
I am not my thoughts.
I’m the one experiencing them.

Your thoughts are mental events passing by — like clouds drifting across the sky.

This kind of neutrality gives you choice.
It allows you to respond with intention instead of reacting from emotional momentum.

This is empowerment at its finest.

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This 30-minute session will support you in:

• softening emotional overload
• regulating your nervous system
• steadying your internal energy
• reconnecting with calm and clarity

Here’s what the session will be like:

✨ First 10 minutes: grounded guidance + insight for emotional steadiness
✨ Next 15 minutes: a powerful guided meditation + breathwork for nervous system regulation
✨ Final minutes: gentle reflection + space for questions

Just 30 minutes — and it can shift your entire week.

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BONUS: As soon as you join, you’ll also receive my downloadable
Break Free From Autopilot Cheat Sheet — the perfect tool for navigating December’s emotional intensity.

A Final Reminder

You don’t have to white-knuckle your way through the holidays.
You don’t have to perform.
You don’t have to abandon yourself to meet expectations.

You can move through this season with presence…
with intention…
with an inner steadiness that changes everything.

You’re not doing this alone.
I’m right here walking with you.

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