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Many of the people I work with express a sense of pressure to match the energy of those around them. This pressure is often subtle and hard to detect, but you might find it in internal whispers of “shoulds” or comparisons with others (“I should be doing better”, or “I should be doing more”). We might be harshly judging ourselves for not feeling the push that others seem to feel.

For some of you reading this, December isn't just tiring, it's genuinely difficult. If that's you, I want you to know that you're not broken. You're not a Grinch. You're not ungrateful. You're a human being having a human response to something that's genuinely hard for you. The shift that happens from knowing something doesn’t feel right to adapting to the discomfort can cross into self-abandonment.

As we move towards the end of the summer, it’s a great time to take a pause and honestly assess how your inner ‘batteries’ are. What are the patterns that have developed over the past few months? What are some conscious choices you can make now about how you want to move forwards?

Navigate the festive season with greater goodwill to all (and especially to yourself)