December has a way of pulling us back into old roles, old expectations, and old emotional patterns — even after we’ve done deep healing.

In this episode, Thérèse speaks directly to caregivers in The After who are moving through the holidays and quietly asking:

How do I get through December without losing myself again?

This is not about pushing through.
It’s not about pretending you’re okay.

It’s about holding yourself — emotionally, mentally, and energetically — when the holidays test your healing.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• why December feels so destabilizing in The After
• how to protect your healing without guilt
• what it really means to “hold yourself” through the holidays
• how to do December differently and perhaps for the first time, true to yourself.

You are not doing December wrong.
You are allowed to choose yourself now.

🎧 Listen to “Don’t Lose Yourself This December” —
Part 4 of December’s Healing Series.

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There comes a moment in healing when simply getting through the day isn’t enough anymore.

In this third episode of December’s Healing Series, Thérèse explores what happens when caregivers in The After feel a quiet pull toward more — more life, more expansion, more meaning.

This episode is about pushing beyond the comfort zone — not in dramatic leaps, but in small, intentional steps that rebuild confidence, curiosity, and momentum. Thérèse weaves together psychology, lived experience, and deeply human examples to show why growth requires movement, how comfort zones quietly limit us, and what expansion actually looks like after caregiving ends.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:
• Why comfort zones feel so appealing — and why they eventually hold us back
• The psychology behind growth, motivation, and expansion
• What stepping out of the comfort zone really looks like in The After
• Why confidence follows action — not the other way around
• How small, brave steps can bring you back to life

Thérèse also shares how she is practicing expansion in her own life, including pushing beyond her own comfort zone during this season of healing.

If you’ve been feeling a quiet restlessness…
If you sense there’s more for you than staying safe…
If you’re ready to gently stretch into the next chapter of your life…

This episode is for you.

🎧 Listen now and take one small step toward the life waiting for you.

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Caregiving reshapes a person at every level — physically, emotionally, spiritually.
And when it ends, most caregivers don’t feel “strong.”
They feel emptied out. Unsteady. Disconnected from their bodies. Unsure how to start again.

This episode is for anyone in that place.

In Part 2 of December’s Healing Series, Thérèse guides you through what real strength looks like in The After — not the strength you were praised for during caregiving, but the kind of strength that grows quietly, steadily, and compassionately as you rebuild your life from the inside out.

You’ll explore:

• The myth of being “strong” during caregiving
• What strength actually looks like when survival mode ends
• How caregiving imprints itself on the body — and how to begin repairing that relationship
• The emotional strength required to tell the truth about how you feel
• A micro-bravery challenge to gently rebuild confidence and momentum
• Why strength in The After begins with listening to yourself, not pushing yourself

Thérèse also shares her own journey of rebuilding strength — and how her upcoming solo pilgrimage to Rome is a sacred step in her healing and a powerful reminder that growth always happens outside the comfort zone.

This episode is your permission slip to begin again, exactly where you are.

If this episode spoke to your heart, I invite you to follow along all December as we continue The Healing Series.
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