DO THE HOLIDAYS TWEEK YOU? A CONSCIOUS GUIDE FOR SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS! Trauma Expert Brett Cotter

DO THE HOLIDAYS TWEEK YOU? A CONSCIOUS GUIDE FOR SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS! Trauma Expert Brett Cotter

From THE SOULFAM PODCAST with Diana by Diana Marcketta and Lexi Strumor Saldin

December 3, 2025 · 38 min · Season 11 · Episode 22

About this episode

Brett Cotter discusses strategies for managing anxiety and emotional challenges during holiday gatherings.

Do the holidays or family/friend gatherings make you anxious? Does your young person exit the room when families gather? Does your spiritual journey make you vulnerable to deep emotionality when family and friends gather on special occasions, holidays and events? Do you notice a shift in your young person during these times? Join this illuminating and practically helpful conversation with Brett Cotter of www.stressisgone.com and www.stressisgone.org on THE SOULFAM PODCAST. Here we navigate intense holiday and special event moments...be it Halloween, a football game, Thanksgiving or any family/friend gathering. Intense emotionality or realizations which are a normal part of your awakening/remembering journey can be surprisingly painful or illuminating. Brett, whose work with individuals, families, first responders and veterans, is transformative for more than two decades shares his methodology for deep connection and understanding of your own memories, emotions, timeline collapse moments that can escalate your sense of anxiousness, anger or sadness. Cotter, who also works closely with families and organizations with regard to suicide and suicide prevention, shares his remedies for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Diana Marcketta, Lexi Strumor Saldin

Guest: Brett Cotter

Topics covered

  • holidays
  • anxiety
  • emotionality
  • family gatherings
  • spiritual journey
  • mental health

Keywords

  • holidays
  • anxiety
  • emotionality
  • family gatherings
  • spiritual journey
  • mental health
  • Brett Cotter
  • stress management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: www.stressisgone.com, www.stressisgone.org

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