Holiday Survival: Choose How to Celebrate the Holidays #christmas #motivation

I believe in celebrating traditions. I have let go of some traditions and I have created new ones. I still celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, but I might not spend these holidays the way of my family of origin. I also celebrate Pennsylvania Dutch Dinner and Dessert, After Turkey Potluck Paddle, Cookie Baking Day, New Year's Day Hike, and the Dead Cookie Party.

If you have traditions that cause you stress or bring up intergenerational pain, segue into newer, healthier traditions. You do not need to re-create childhood trauma and sadness by re-creating the same events that made you feel that way. Recovery and mental healthcare are all about learning to take care of yourself. Choose the path to become the hero of your own epic journey.

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm Ken Francis, M.S., California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of The Intimacy Gram and The Gratitude Snorkel and Other Bedtime Stories. I believe in keeping a healthy life balance and sense of community. As a therapist,I specialize in Alcohol Addiction treatment, Substance Use Disorder Treatment, trauma recovery, and group therapy. With Covid-19 social distancing practices, I have had to stop teaching classes at my clinic. This video and others are my attempt to make my educational topics available to my patients. I have placed them on YouTube so others can benefit. Please like and subscribe to get more videos on recovery: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Alanon, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Mindfulness, good Mental Health and Self Care.

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Kenneth Francis