Prioritizing YOU in this Season. Finding Peace Amid Chaos: Navigating the Holiday Blues. Home For the Holidays Pt 3 | A Guide to Self-Care

Affirmations for Black Girls

Tyra The Creative

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today, Tyra wraps up the "Home for the Holidays" series (and wraps the 2023 season of AFBG) by addressing an important topic—the holiday blues and seasonal depression. In this episode, Tyra delves into practical ways to combat these challenges, emphasizing the vital role of self-care during the festive season.

From understanding the different types of self-care to offering actionable tips for managing stress, Tyra guides listeners through maintaining their well-being amid the holiday hustle. Tune in for a thoughtful exploration of prioritizing self-care and finding moments of peace during this joyous yet demanding time.

This week’s affirmation is: “I prioritize my well-being”

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3 Biggest Takeaways from Today’s Episode:

Types of Self-Care: Explore the eight categories of self-care, understanding how each contributes to overall well-being—physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, professional, environmental, and financial.

Practical Self-Care Tips for the Holidays:

Prioritize sleep and downtime to manage stress.

Set realistic expectations and take breaks from social media to alleviate pressure.

Embrace the power of breathwork and incorporate micro self-care moments into your daily routine.

Establishing Boundaries and Delegating Tasks:

Clearly define and communicate boundaries to avoid feeling overwhelmed.

Delegate tasks, simplify responsibilities, and recognize that enjoying the holidays doesn't require doing everything alone.

Home For The Holidays Episode 1: ⁠Listen Now⁠

Episode 2 - ⁠⁠Navigating the Holidays After Loss ⁠⁠

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0:00.0	What is the holiday blues? The holiday blues is a temporary and often mild emotional state that some people experience during or after the holiday season.
0:13.0	It's characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, or stress
0:19.0	that can be triggered by various factors associated with the holidays.
0:24.3	Now there are many reasons why people might experience stress and sadness between
0:28.3	Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, including a lack of sleep, lack of downtime, unrealistic, and increased expectations, family stress, financial stress, isolation, and grief, and anxiety about the new year ahead.
0:46.0	Fortunately, there are ways you can address these concerns and ensure that you are
0:51.6	taking care of yourself during the holiday season.
0:55.0	Powerful.
0:57.0	Few things are as powerful.
1:10.0	What is going on,
1:11.0	beautiful people, you are listening to the Affirmations for Black Girls Podcast,
1:16.0	where we focus on personal growth and cultivating a healthy relationship with ourselves.
1:21.0	I am your host, Tyra the Creative, Actress, Content Creator, and mental health enthusiast, and we are at the final episode of 2023. Now, we are in the middle of the Home for the Holiday series. We have two
1:38.5	episodes that are already live. You can go and listen to those, but this is episode three of our series and
1:45.0	Christmas is next week so I really hope you guys have taken something from this
1:51.0	series even if you didn't go home for the holidays. I hope that it
1:54.6	fed you in some way. So with that being said you can listen to episode one and
1:59.7	two and I've linked them down in the show notes below and I just really wanted to do this
2:05.1	series to provide a resource for people who are grasping at something to help get
2:11.0	them through this time of year regardless of where you are if
2:15.2	you're spending time or family if you moved away and you're in a new place
2:19.2	maybe you are creating your own traditions all all of the above, I wanted to create a resource
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