Episode Details

The holidays can intensify toxic family dynamics, emotional labor, grief, and high-conflict co-parenting. For many women, this season brings pressure to perform, suppress pain, and hold everything together.

In this episode, Lizzie and Deana talk honestly about why the holidays feel so heavy for women navigating emotionally unsafe relationships and life transitions. We discuss guilt, boundaries, caregiving overload, and why real self-care is not selfish—it’s protective.

This episode offers permission to say no, leave early, grieve what’s changed, and guard your heart without shame. If the holidays are hard this year, you are not alone—and you are not doing them wrong.

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