A lesser known side effect of the holidays is that it can really bring up stuff you've outgrown. It's something I've seen with my students for years. Whether it's coming home from school or the extra downtime winter break brings, the space between what was and what is and what's next can become more apparent. It's been very healing to normalize outgrowing friendships, things you used to like, and even old versions of yourself. In this pep talk, we normalize outgrowing friendships, chat about the uncomfortable time in-between letting go of the old and bringing in the new, and the shame outgrowing can sometimes conjure up
A lesser known side effect of the holidays is that it can really bring up stuff you've outgrown. It's something I've seen with my students for years. Whether it's coming home from school or the extra downtime winter break brings, the space between what was and what is and what's next can become more apparent. It's been very healing to normalize outgrowing friendships, things you used to like, and even old versions of yourself. In this pep talk, we normalize outgrowing friendships, chat about the uncomfortable time in-between letting go of the old and bringing in the new, and the shame outgrowing can sometimes conjure up.
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