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E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated

E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated

Update: 2025-12-12
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The holidays create the perfect storm for stress and emotional reactivity in sobriety. Your reward system may still be healing, your stress circuitry is more sensitive, your routine is disrupted, and old family roles and comparisons drain your patience fast. Most importantly, I teach you how to regulate before the stress hits so you’re not constantly trying to recover from emotional overload. This is the foundation of real stress resilience in sobriety.


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E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated

E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC