We explore why connection feels harder during the holidays and how nervous system overload, shifting roles, and quick-hit technology drain our capacity to gather. We offer small, practical tools to rebuild trust, start with self-regulation, and create new rituals that fit real life.
• naming the loneliness trend and loss of trust
• stories of risk, travel, and why trust grows with shared effort
• catering vs cooking and the shame loop around time and money
• tech distraction, dissolving roles, and invisible labor burnout
• dopamine vs oxytocin and why slow talk feels hard now
• interoception as the bridge from self to others
• micro-practices to regulate before, during, and after gatherings
• device baskets, one shared dish, and better gratitude rituals
• new third spaces and a monthly three-day reset offer
I hope you'll join me for my monthly three-day resets in the Human Reboot Dojo. You can find that on the school platform. I hope you'll have to check out my sponsor, the Sleeping Dragons Company.
