Help us Write our holiday posts! What holiday traditions might pull you off track?

The holiday season is almost here, and for many of us, that comes with a mix of excitement, nostalgia, and if we’re completely honest, a few landmines for our health goals. Every year, traditions show up in full force. Some of those traditions fill us up in the best ways. Others make it a lot harder to stay aligned with the habits we’ve been building all year.

This blog isn’t here to tell you what to change. It’s here to get you thinking before the season fully arrives. Reflection has a way of slowing things down just enough for us to see our patterns clearly. Once we see the patterns, we can decide what to keep, what to adjust, and what to let go of.

So take a moment with these questions.

As the weather gets colder, what happens to your movement routine?Do your usual walks turn into quick excuses? Do you find yourself saying you’ll restart after New Year’s Eve? Winter can make it harder to get outside, and when the cold hits, our vulnerabilities show a little more easily.

What holiday foods tend to pull you off center?Cookies at work. Extra servings. Family recipes that carry strong memories. Food around every corner. It’s not about judgment, it’s about noticing where you tend to lose your footing.

What role does alcohol play for you around the holidays?For some, drinks are a once-in-a-while tradition. For others, it becomes a coping mechanism to survive the stress, the family dynamics, or the awkward moments. There’s no shame in naming this honestly.

Where do you find yourself “numbing out” when things get overwhelming? Scrolling, skipping sleep, overeating, drinking, avoiding movement, people-pleasing? Our holiday patterns are often just magnified versions of our everyday ones.

What crutches do you reach for that might leave you feeling less successful when this season is over? This is the heart of it. The holidays don’t create our vulnerabilities, they reveal them. Once you see yours clearly, you can decide what version of yourself you want to bring into the next couple of months.

Over the next few weeks, Storm & Harmony will take your reflections and create blogs that offer simple, realistic alternatives and skills to help you move through this season with more steadiness and less guilt. These posts will meet you right where you are: whether you’re trying to keep your workouts alive, set healthier boundaries with food, cut back on drinking, or simply stay grounded when emotions run high.

Take a few minutes to answer these questions for yourself. You don’t have to share them with anyone. If you are comfortable sharing, we will be reviewing your responses and using them as the blog topics over the holidays Just bring them into the light. Awareness is always the first move toward change, and you deserve to enter this season feeling supported, not defeated.

Let’s walk into the holidays with intention.