How to get through the holidays with Becca Piastrelli

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HOW TO HANDLETHE HOLIDAYS

• with Becca Piastrelli

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Holidays can be a huge source of frustration for
people. There are all kinds of expectations to
meet whether it be the endless traveling,
over-spending on presents, and/or all the people
you have to please.
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Becca is the first person that's come on for a
second time and she had an awesome interview the
first time we talked with her. We talked about
dabbling, she has a brand called The Dabblist,
and it's one of the most popular podcast episodes
so far.
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Today we're going to be talking about the
holidays and how to deal with them, but first if
you haven't listened to the other episode, I'm
just going to quickly read Becca's bio. As I
said, she's the woman behind The Dabblist. Her
manifesto is to rid the taboo around the term
dabbler and instead to infuse it with a sense of
alchemy and wonder.
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WHY? WHY? WHY?
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Because she knows that when we bring an
inquisitive heart to the process of creating with
our own two hands, to get our hands dirty, share
stories and creations with each other, we
remember the ancient wisdom within. We can tap
into what our great great - great grandmothers
once knew, that given the freedom to dabble, we
can be the creators of our own joy.
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I feel like this holiday season is my coming out
of the closet of my real feelings about the
holidays, which feels really nice, it feels
really nice. So hopefully I can give you guys
permission to sort of be real about your
relationship with the holidays as well.
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Growing up, the holidays was magic, right? It was
a time when life literally stopped. We got out of
school, the adults stopped working, and there
were twinkly lights all around the neighborhood
and magical things happened. It was special.
There was a special-ness and meaning and
intention and presence, frankly, around the
holiday season.
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H O L I D A Y S M A G I C
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• Right now we're in the days leading up to
  Thanksgiving. Becca started something she's
  calling the Gratitude Experiment, which is 10
  days of one little task per day that can bring
  more meaning and impact and joy back into the
  season so that by the time the turkey is carved
  on the table, She and everyone who's joining me
  for the experiment can be in a mindset of slowing
  time down, being present.

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How to not overeat during the holidays?

• Have a soda water with some pomegranate juice, a
  lime wedge, and a mint leaf, and happily sipped
  on that. So that's one way to do it. The other
  way to do it is to drink a glass of water between
  every cocktail and to just be here now and
  remember that you want to feel nourished and
  happy in your body.

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Presents Ideas

• Infused vodka with Skittles. You get Skittles
  and you take the different colors out and you get
  little bottles of vodka, and each had different
  colors.
• Infused some olive oil with rosemary and garlic
  and lemon, and people went bananas for these
  gifts.

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Visit Beccas site! http//www.thedabblist.com/
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Rachel also has a formula for having difficult
conversations http//rachelrofe.com/a-formula-fo
r-how-to-have-difficult-conversations
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That was Becca Paestrellis website on making
handmade gifts perfect for holidays!
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• If you'd like to hear the whole podcast, please
  head to
• http//rachelrofe.com/how-to-get-through-the-holid
  ays-with-becca-piastrelli