What's up Divas? I'm Lexi Lombard, you host of the Alexi Podcast, and you're tuning in to a fresh new episode.

It's mid-November. The year is quickly coming to an end. And typically, I've had a lot of hard seasons of my life

specifically around this time of year. History repeats itself and generally I'm pretty

miserable by this time of year just for personal circumstances as well as daylight savings a lot of

things impacted but last year I really

took matters into my own hands and I'm continuing with that momentum this year and I've made such a

diligent effort to keep my spirits lifted come this time of year and I really am tapping into the

seasons and the holidays and trying to enjoy it

for what it is and I'm proud of myself for that I want to give myself a pat on the back so if you know

Thanksgiving, Christmas time, the holiday season is a little tricky for you I don't know what

your relationship is like with your family or if you've lost loved ones and this is a

grief reminder. I just want to A, say that I've been there, but also B, that there are steps that you can

take to make yourself feel a lot better or a little better. Any better is better than worse.

Brilliant advice, I know, really, really wise over here. And last year,

I actually hosted Christmas myself. I had friends that were still in town, you know, people

that didn't celebrate Christmas normally come over and have a big breakfast at my house and we

played games. And it was the absolute most perfect Christmas I've had in

many many many years. I do think I'm going to go home this year for Christmas but I'm just

keeping my spirits up and I wanted to acknowledge that. Also, I've been doing a lot of fun

activities lately. I'm feeling like the luckiest girl in the

world. Let me tell you, even yesterday I was running a bunch of errands still felt so lucky during them.

For example, I went to a concert last Thursday. I get home that night, can't find my wallet,

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