Are you stressed about over-indulging during the holidays? Are you wondering how to eat a nourishing ancestral diet while away from home? What about the children - are people stuffing them full of sugar plums when you wish they were eating something else?

Alison and Andrea tackle all these questions and more in this episode centered around surviving the holidays, and walking into the New Year feeling nourished and healthy!

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What We Talk About:

Why getting clear on what's important to you over the festive season is so important
Ways to celebrate Advent
Making your space joyful
Creating decorations from nature
How to eat well and stay sane if you're hosting
Ancestral dishes that you can prepare in advance
How you can eat well if you're not the one cooking/choosing the food
Ancestral dishes you can take with you to other homes
How to get in good food if you have to fly
Children and Christmas food
Overindulging
Is it worth it?!

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