You Don’t Have to Pretend This Holiday Season
Find peace, boundaries, and belonging, whether you’re spending time with family or sitting this one out.
Every month at Calling Home, we focus on one powerful theme that shapes family life and relationships. In December, we’re exploring holidays and dysfunctional families.
New content and groups begin on December 1, 2025, for members of The Family Cyclebreakers Club. Our entire content library and unlimited support groups are included with membership.
Why This Month Matters
The holiday season can bring out the best and the worst in families.
The same table where you once felt invisible or overwhelmed might now hold the pressure to show up, forgive, and act like everything’s fine.
Maybe you’re considering spending time with family this year but want it to feel different, with clear boundaries, honest expectations, and less emotional chaos.
Or maybe you’re realizing you can’t do it this time, and you need help saying no, coping with guilt, and grieving what a “normal” family holiday might have been.
Wherever you are, you’re not alone. This month’s theme at Calling Home is all about finding clarity, peace, and choice during the most emotionally charged season of the year.
What You’ll Learn This Month
For four weeks, you’ll receive new therapist-created content to help you navigate the holidays, without losing yourself in the process.
Week 1: Whose Holiday Is It, Anyway?
→ Identify what you actually want this year, separate from guilt or obligation.
Week 2: How to Spend the Holidays With Family Without Losing Yourself
→ Learn how to set boundaries, prepare for difficult dynamics, and recover afterward.
Week 3: When You Don’t Go Home for the Holidays
→ Find the courage to opt out, communicate your decision, and manage the grief that follows.
Week 4: Making the Holidays Your Own
→ Reclaim joy, connection, and belonging by creating new traditions that fit your life now.
Who This Is For
This month’s content is for:
- Adults navigating complicated or distant relationships with family during the holidays
- People feeling pressured to “show up” even when it doesn’t feel right
- Anyone grieving the loss of traditional family gatherings or redefining what home means
- Those who want to create new, healthy, and authentic holiday traditions
Whether you’re trying to make peace with going home or peace with not going, this space will help you choose what’s best for you — without guilt.
Inside the Family Cycle Breakers Club, you’ll get access to:
- The full Dysfunctional Family Holidays & Opting Out content series
- Weekly therapist-led support groups
- A library of 12+ past monthly topics (Parentification, Estrangement, Grieving Complicated Relationships, and more)
- A community that actually understands what it’s like to have a family that doesn’t function the way it “should.”
You deserve a holiday that feels safe, honest, and true to you.
Join the Family Cycle Breakers Club today and start planning your season with peace of mind.
Ready to redefine the holidays?
Join the Family Cycle Breakers Club to access this month’s full content series and live support groups.