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In Part 2 of Healing Holiday Relationships, Elly and Isa continue the conversation about what it really takes to find peace and connection during the holidays.
This episode dives into how to adjust expectations, build small safe connections, and recognize when it’s time to gracefully step away. You’ll hear real stories and faith-filled insights about setting boundaries, extending grace, and protecting your peace when family dynamics get complicated.
Together, they explore how faith and therapy work hand in hand to reduce holiday stress, heal shame patterns, and create healthy relationships built on understanding rather than assumptions.
✨ In this episode:
• Adjust expectations with grace and self-awareness
• Build small connections that nurture belonging
• Redirect difficult conversations with compassion
• Know when to pause or step away without guilt
• Understand how shame and unmet expectations overlap
• Learn how active listening builds deeper connection
A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy is hosted by Eleanor L. Brown, LPC, a Central Texas trauma therapist integrating Christian counseling and evidence-based tools to help you move from simply surviving to thriving, with co-host Isamary Nieves Banks.
🌿 Free Resources:
• Take the Shame Quiz to see how shame might be showing up in your life
• Download the A Better Way Guide and learn Elly’s 6-step BETTER Framework for healing

Looking for a faith-based path toward emotional healing?
Download Elly’s free A Better Way Guide, a 6-step BETTER Framework that blends faith and therapy to help you recognize emotional triggers, build resilience, and start healing from the inside out.
Start your journey today at eleanorbrowncounseling.com/a-better-way-guide-freebie.

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Chapters

1. Welcome Back & Recap (00:00:00)

2. Why Awareness And Peace Come First (00:02:30)

3. Adjusting Expectations With Grace (00:04:40)

4. Marriage, Mind Reading, And Communication (00:11:30)

5. Parenting Without Unrealistic Standards (00:19:09)

6. Small Connections At Big Gatherings (00:25:19)

7. Redirecting Hot Topics Productively (00:30:59)

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