Welcome back to The Reset Room — a space to breathe, reflect, and gently return to yourself. We just moved through Thanksgiving week, and if you’re feeling a little more tired, scattered, or emotionally “off” than usual… you’re not alone.

✨ A holiday hangover isn’t about food or activity — it’s the emotional after-effect of intensity.

🤯Extra people. Extra noise. Extra emotions. Extra expectations.

Even when it’s all good, it’s still a lot for the nervous system to hold.

So this week, we’re talking about the reset your mind and body need AFTER big holidays.

💫 Personal Reset Topic: The Emotional Hangover

I don’ know about you but I am feeling extra drained and can definitely tell my nervous system has been over-stimulated the last several days, even though I had a beautiful time and really worked hard to stay mindful as we learned in last weeks' newsletter.

A client recently shared with me, “Everyone else seems to bounce back right away… but I feel tired in my bones.”

This is more common than people admit. Big holidays often stir up:

• overstimulation

• emotional effort

• unresolved family dynamics

• schedule disruption

• social exhaustion

• sensory overload

• pressure to make it all meaningful

Your brain works overtime to stay “on,” and when the holiday finally ends, your body says:

💭 “AHHH.......Now can I rest?”

That’s the emotional hangover — not sadness, but a drop in intensity after stretching yourself for days.

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🌱 THE RESET: The 3‑Part Emotional Debrief

1️⃣ Name What Drained You — noise, travel, cooking, emotional management, expectations.

2️⃣ Name What Nourished You — laughter, a hug, a quiet moment, a warm memory.

3️⃣ Choose One Act of Recovery — a slow morning, a warm drink, silence, a walk, an early bedtime. For me it is an organized list for the upcoming week to take the spinning out of my head!

When you honor the emotional hangover, your energy returns much faster and gentler.

I, personally, actually feel better just writing this out and admitting this to all of you!

👇🏻--Read the co-parent RESET--or--Skip to the bottom for a mindfulness script for EVERYONE--

💛 Co-Parent Reset: After the Holiday Exchange

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 If you had the kids:

Maybe it was beautiful… and exhausting. Maybe transitions were easy… or stressful.

RESET: Give yourself permission to recover without guilt. Good parents also need rest.

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🤍 If you didn’t have the kids:

You may feel the ache of not being included in their memories. This is normal grief — not failure.

RESET: Hold compassion for your heart instead of criticism for your circumstances.

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💬 For Both Parents:

This week is a great time to restart communication with your co-parent gently:

"Hope the kids enjoyed their holiday — let me know if there’s anything I should be aware of for the week ahead.”

A soft start sets the tone for the entire month.

🌼 Mindfulness Script for Everyone: The Post-Holiday Softening

Read slowly. Let your body settle as you do.

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“Today I let my mind unwind.

I release the rush, the noise, and the weight I carried.

I honor the parts of the holiday that were beautiful… and the parts that were hard.

I give myself permission to recover at my own pace.

My nervous system is allowed to rest.

My heart is allowed to exhale.

I soften into today — one breath, one moment, one gentle reset at a time.” 🌿

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Screenshoot and use anytime this week when the emotional hangover feels heavy.

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✨ Closing Reset Thought

Your holiday didn’t have to be perfect — and your recovery doesn’t either.

Softness is part of healing.

💪🏼 Slowness is strength.

And you deserve the kind of peace that lingers long after the holiday ends.

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I love to hear your thoughts and comments. I read every one of them and will reply to each one as well. I also get ideas for future newsletters straight from you all!

👉🏼 Hit reply and let me know:

💬 Does this happen to you like it does me? What part of the emotional hangover do YOU feel the most this week? And what was one memory from the week that you can think of that made it all worth it?