Holiday Survival Guide - How to Navigate Your Loved One's Addiction Through The Holiday's
Stay Grounded, Reduce Conflict, and Enjoy the Season.
(Even If Their behaviour Is Unpredictable)
The live workshop has now concluded
The Holiday Survival Guide was a live workshop created to support partners, spouses, and families navigating the emtional weight of a loved one’s addiction, especially during the holidays.
The live session and replay are no longer available.
If you’ve landed here, it likely means something in this topic resonates, and that matters.
If this season feels heavier than it looks on the outside
When addiction is part of your life, the holidays aren’t just busy.
They’re unpredictable.
Emotionally loaded.
And often carried quietly, alone.
You might be:
- scanning moods and behaviour
- bracing for conflict or disappointment
- trying to say the “right” thing so things don’t escalate
- holding everything together while feeling anything but steady
None of that means you’re doing something wrong.
It means you’re responding to a genuinely complex situation.
While the workshop has finished, support hasn’t disappeared
If you’re looking for help now, here are a few gentle next steps, depending on what feels most supportive for you.
There’s no right order.
No pressure to do more than you have capacity for.
Option 1: Listen to the Holiday Mini-Series (Free)
If you’re just starting to explore this, or you’d like to feel less alone, the Holiday Mini-Series on the podcast explores many of the same themes we covered in the workshop:
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emotional load and hypervigilance
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unpredictability and bracing
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protecting your peace when addiction is present
Short episodes. Supportive language. Listen at your own pace.
👉 Listen to the Holiday Mini-SeriesÂ
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Option 2:Â Crisis Conversation Guide (Free)
If things feel tense or unpredictable right now, and you’re unsure what to say without making things worse, this guide was created for those moments.
The Crisis Conversation Guide helps you understand:
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what tends to escalate situations
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what actually helps de-escalate
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how to protect yourself emotionally in the middle of hard conversations
This is a practical, steadying resource for moments when silence doesn’t feel safe — but neither does speaking.
👉 Download the Crisis Conversation Guide
Option 3:Â Discovery to Recovery ($77)
If you’re ready for some support but want to step forwards privately at first, Discovery to Recovery is a gentle, self-paced starting point.
This 3-part, self-paced program helps you:
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understand how addiction has been impacting you
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make sense of patterns you may be stuck in and what helps
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begin shifting out of survival mode with clarity and compassion
It’s designed to help you orient yourself, without overwhelm.
Why learn from me?
I bring a blend of professional expertise and lived experience.
I’ve supported hundreds of women around the world navigating addiction-impacted relationships for over 4 years, and I’ve lived this journey myself in my Husbands active addiction, recovery, holiday seasons and everthing in between.
I understand the triggers, the fear, the emotional fatigue, and the desire for something better.
You’ll get grounded tools, practical strategies, and a proven path backed in evidenced based practices wrapped in kindness. Strategies that I share inside my coaching programs that have helped countless women reclaim confidence and calm (independent of whether their loved one is in addiction, recovery or sobriety).