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Raising Good Humans

Holiday Talks with Drew Barrymore: Is Santa Real, Creating Meaningful Traditions, and Tips on How to Cultivate Gratitude

Raising Good Humans

Dear Media, Aliza Pressman

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4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Drew Barrymore thinks about the holidays, the pressure and the meaning. Also we are tackling some of the inevitable questions that come up during the holiday season, from making meaning, underplaying materialism, enjoying rituals, and what to say to our children about Santa.


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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:14.6

Welcome to Raising Good Humans.

0:17.9

Happy holidays, everybody.

0:24.7

I'm thinking of all of you. I know this is a beautiful and fabulous and hard and exhausting time of year. And I hope you're all thriving or getting

0:34.0

through it. I am so psyched you're taking a little break to have some time to yourself

0:39.7

and join me and Drew Barrymore as we talk about the holidays, the pressure, the meaning of the

0:46.0

holidays. And we're tackling some of the questions that come up during the holiday season. We're

0:51.4

talking about making meaning, underplaying the gift, the materialism parts

0:56.9

of it all, enjoying the rituals of it all, and some practical stuff like what to say when your

1:03.7

kids ask you if Santa is real. If you enjoy this episode, don't hesitate. In fact, go write a review. That would be the best

1:13.5

Christmas present for me. Write a little review and give it a five-star rating and tell me that

1:19.6

you want to see more episodes like this. And as always, I am thinking of different ways to reach

1:25.3

you. I'm on Instagram at Raising Good Humans podcast.

1:29.4

I have a substack, Dr.alisa Pressman.substack.com. It's free. It comes out every week,

1:36.3

sometimes more. And we have monthly meetings. If you want to join the premium substack,

1:41.7

we just go on Zoom and chat once a month for $4.99. And then, of course,

1:48.7

my book, The Five Principles of Parenting, Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans, is a great start

1:54.4

to the new year. But we get lost in commerce and wanting and lists and Santa and the elf is watching.

2:02.7

And oh my God, wait, what are we talking about? Oh, my God Santa and the elf is watching and oh my god wait what are we talking about oh my god and the elf is watching or the mensch on a bench depending on your we have

2:08.1

both right there you go you're actually your kids celebrate both yeah mine just do mench on a bench

2:14.4

on a bench except we don't do mention a bench, but we do Hanukkah.

2:18.2

And I will go over why what I think fits together with this idea of gratitude and how in conflict, the elf on the shelf is, with also trying to teach her kids kindness and gratitude.

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