If you are celebrating the eight days of Hanukkah, Chag Urim Sameach!
If you are celebrating Christmas, this first week of Advent is set up so that you can start preparing for The Big Event a few weeks from now. Like Hanukkah, Advent uses candles, but only four – for the four weeks of Advent.
I love when our Judeo-Christian holidays crisscross in time. It seems to me sometimes that our political stuff divides us “big time” and it feels unsettling to me. So I see the overlapping/piggybacking holiday celebrations as a ribbon of unity that pulls open the door of kindness and shared humanity.
Holidays and Stress on our Relationships
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And speaking of shared humanity, there is this one thing about the holidays, no matter which ones you celebrate…they put a strain on relationships, particularly marriages. Your marriage and my marriage. That strain is greater in some relationships than in others. That’s probably why January is unofficially declared “Divorce Month” and attorneys say they typically see an uptick in business in the new year.
January is the perfect time to Reset your Relationship!
However, many couples manage to ride out the holidays intact and, as the new year comes in, give themselves and their relationship a do-over or a fresh start. If that’s you, I can help you with that part. Here’s how: The Relationship Reset.
A Relationship Reset Might Just Save Your Marriage!
I can testify to the fact that Relationship Resets work and make a difference. I use it every year in my marriage and, of course, at the end of each five years. Joseph and I take some time to look back, look forward, and make a plan. Sometimes – or some years – things get off-course – like cancer threw us way off this year; the reset helps us get back on track… together.
