Have you ever found yourself wishing for a different Christmas? Does Christmas usually come with mixed feelings of joy, regret, and maybe even anxiety?

Expectations surrounding the Christmas season seem to have turned from hope to entitlement, and from love to loathing all the stress that is heaped upon families during this otherwise festive time of year. 

But there is hope, friend. Let's take peek through those crummy curtains of condemnation and lay false expectations to rest. Listen to my conversation with author Alexandra Kuykendall to hear how she learned to finally let go and love her actual Christmas. 

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A trusted voice for Christian women, Alexandra Kuykendall speaks around the world about issues of parenting, faith and identity. She is the Cohost of The Open Door Sisterhood Podcast and has authored Loving My Actual Life, Loving My Actual Christmas, and The Artist’s Daughter: A Memoir. Alex lives in the shadows of downtown Denver with her husband Derek and their 4 daughters who range in age from 15 to 6.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Loving My Actual Christmas

Loving My Actual Life

Open-Door Sisterhood Podcast

The Artist’s Daughter

 

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