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I Did Too Much This Thanksgiving: The Holiday Pressure No One Talks About & What It Taught Me
The CoCo Blend Podcast- (Cooperative Co-parenting Blend) / Blended Black Family
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This week on The CoCo Blend Podcast, Jamie Newton-Knight reflects on the hidden pressure so many of us carry during the holiday season — the pressure to overperform, overextend, and overdeliver… even when our bodies, hearts, and spirits are exhausted.
From staying up late to cook “traditional” meals for small families, to house-hopping out of obligation, to trying to recreate perfect holiday moments, Jamie shares the wake-up call she experienced this Thanksgiving.
This episode is a permission slip to release holiday expectations, honor your own emotional capacity, and choose rest over performance.
Jamie also speaks to those who struggle with visiting family members who don’t feel emotionally safe or peaceful — reminding listeners that protecting your mental health is not disrespect, it’s wisdom.
This gentle reflection is an invitation to create a holiday season grounded in intention, authenticity, and ease.
✨ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
• Why we feel pressured to “do it all” during the holidays
• How traditions can unintentionally drain us
• The emotional cost of holiday overperforming
• Permission to simplify, rest, and say “no”
• How to navigate unsafe or emotionally triggering family gatherings
• Why choosing peace is a valid holiday decision
• How to create new traditions that match your current life
• An honest reflection and scripture-based exercise to help you release overwhelm
🌟 Tips of the Week:
Inside the episode, Jamie offers four practical tips for creating a more peaceful and intentional holiday season — you’ll have to tune in to hear them.
📖 Scripture Reflection Exercise
Jamie guides listeners through Matthew 11:28–30 and invites them to reflect on:
1. What felt heavy or overwhelming this Thanksgiving
2. What expectations they need to release to God
3. What they want to trust Him with moving forward
**A gentle, grounding practice to reset before the next holiday arrives.
🙏🏾As always, Jamie closes with a heartfelt Prayer of the Week for the community🙏🏾
✨ Special Invitation
Join us for Unspoken Wounds: A Safe Circle for Healing Conversations — a faith-centered virtual gathering for women healing from childhood sexual abuse.
🗓 Saturday, December 20th at 7pm EST
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unspoken-wounds-a-safe-circle-for-healing-conversations-tickets-1967601958424
🤎 If This Episode Spoke to You:
• Share it with someone who needs reassurance this season
• Leave a review
• Subscribe to my YouTube channel @blendedblackfamily & The CoCo Crew email list
• Follow @blendedblackfamily on Instagram
Let this be the year you choose peace, rest, and authenticity over expectation.
You deserve a gentle holiday. 💛
💌 Stay Connected:
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🔗 Connect with Jamie:
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Website: www.thecocoblend.com
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