DECEMBER: THE SEASON OF EXPECTATION ... AND OF SIMPLE CHOICES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD

December always arrives with a unique mix of emotions:

the desire to slow down and, at the same time, the rush toward the end of the year; the warm glow of the holidays and the darker days; the expectations and the fatigue.

The women I support in my programs often tell me: “December moves me and exhausts me at the same time.”

And it’s precisely within this contradiction that a precious opportunity lies: December is a month to be listened to, not merely survived.

The waiting: a space you can choose how to inhabit

December is the month of waiting: for the holidays, for pauses, for a different rhythm. And yet we often live it as a period to rush through.

As a Health Coach, I often offer a simple question: How do you want to inhabit your waiting?

Waiting can become a small daily ritual:

• five minutes to breathe

• an early-evening walk

• a cup of herbal tea actually sipped while sitting down

• a list of the things you want to leave behind in 2025

They are tiny gestures, but they are the ones that change the quality of the month.

December as a mirror: what is your body asking for?

The holidays bring energy, social life, and more intense rhythms.The body, often, asks for the opposite: pauses, consistency, boundaries.

Some signals we tend to ignore:

• emotional fatigue

• recurring tension

• irregular hunger

• difficulty switching off

• lighter sleep

These aren’t mistakes, they’re messages.

In my programs, this is exactly what we learn: to listen to the body before trying to fix it. When you do that, you don’t need revolutions, just small choices.

The pressure of the holidays: when you stop trying to do it all

December pushes us to be everywhere: at gatherings, dinners, meet-ups, family commitments.

But no body - and no mind - functions well in “do everything” mode.

It is absolutely ok to:

• say a gentle no

• choose one celebration instead of five

• keep an afternoon for yourself

• preserve your social energy

The holidays become more genuine when we stop treating them like a performance.

The small choices that prepare the new year

“How many times do we hear: ‘In January, I’ll change’?

But the body and mind don’t work in sudden leaps. The way you live December influences your start of the year far more than you think.

You can ask yourself:

• What is one thing I can do today to arrive lighter in 2026?

• Which micro-habits do I want to preserve even during the holidays?

• What can I do a little less of to feel a little better?

December is the perfect month to change something.

Letting go: the true year-end ritual

In my programs, I always offer one exercise: decide what you don’t want to carry into the new year.

Not what to start. Not what to achieve. Not what to improve.

But what you’re ready to stop holding onto.

An expectation, a draining habit, a way of reacting that no longer feels like you.

Naming it is already a liberating act: creating space is the real preparation for the new year.

A more authentic December, not a more perfect one

December can be a chaotic month, but it can become a true month, a month in which you listen to yourself, choose yourself, and allow yourself pauses and boundaries.A month in which you make space rather than make plans.

And if you feel that during this time you’d like clearer, more human, more personal support, the first introductory call is free: a light yet meaningful moment to start understanding what could help you feel better right now.

I’m here for you!