Mindful Eating – Savor the Holiday Season With Presence

By Kim Fournier-Jacques, MSW Intern

Do you ever feel like food is more stressful during the holidays and wish you could just fully enjoy it instead?

There are parties packed with treats, nostalgic family dishes you only get once a year, cravings for sugar – and the jolt of energy it gives you so you can keep up with the busy holiday of life. Then there’s the pressure of New Year’s resolutions looming around the corner.

It’s no wonder so many of us feel confused about what to eat and tired of judging or micro-managing ourselves for every choice we make.

But here’s the truth: you deserve to feel at peace with food and your body and the holidays are a great time to discover how.

Your body is always speaking to you—through hunger, fullness, cravings, and satisfaction. The problem is, we often override those signals with diet rules, “shoulds,” and self-criticism. We eat out of stress, ignore our needs, or worry that enjoying food will lead to overindulging.

What if this year could be different?

In Mindful Eating: Savor the Holiday Season With Presence, you’ll spend time learning how to tune back into your body and discover its wisdom while learning how to notice and allow for the automatic thoughts of your mind in the background. 

Together, we’ll:

• Explore the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger
  
• Practice listening to your body’s cues for hunger, fullness, and satisfaction
  
• Experience a guided meditation on body compassion and trust
  
• Reflect and journal on how to eat in a way that feels nourishing, calm, and joyful
  

This workshop isn’t about rules or restrictions. It’s about reconnecting with your body, honoring your true needs, and giving yourself permission to enjoy holiday foods with awareness and presence.

When you stop fighting food, acknowledge the automatic thoughts of your mind, and start listening to the deeper, more valuable messages of your body, you create space for more ease, confidence, and joy at the table—and throughout the season.

✨ Join us for Mindful Eating: Savor the Holiday Season With Presence and give yourself the gift of peace with food and your body.

Reserve Your Spot Here!: Mindful Eating – Savor the Holiday Season With Presence