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Hello and good morning to anyone else trying to stay informed about current events, ethically engaged, and also be a functioning person who cares for others. It’s a lot of hats for one nervous system. Welcome.

We hope the holidays gave you moments of actual rest, meals you didn’t have to plan, and at least one day where you didn’t check email. We’re grateful to be back with you.

Happy holidays, friends! 🎄🍪🥛❄️🍾 We’re stepping away for the next two weeks to rest and reset. We’ll see you again on Wednesday, January 7th, when hopefully we'll all no longer be negotiating with ourselves to finish “just one more thing.”

Every day of December feels like opening a tiny therapist advent calendar: Will it be a crisis? A cancellation? An “I forgot we had therapy today”? If you squint and reframe, it’s festive, in its own way.

It’s that time of year when Mariah Carey has defrosted, twinkly lights are everywhere, and therapists quietly hope clients don’t bring them anything they now have to ethically navigate.

Therapists know Thanksgiving isn’t just about food (although the food is good). It’s a holiday layered with history and revisionism. However you spend the holiday, be it feasting, mourning, napping, or surviving family systems in the wild, we hope you get at least one moment of peace on Thursday.

Thanksgiving is next week in the U.S., which means if you haven’t already rehearsed your “that’s an interesting perspective” face for family politics talk, there’s still time.