61. How To Handle The Holidays With Self-Compassion | Coach Moe Poole & Paula Rao

Wisdom Stripes with Meg Tuohey · Dec 11, 2025 · 1h 6m

How do you move through the holidays with more compassion, grounding, and self-awareness?

In this special episode of Wisdom Stripes, I’m joined by Coach Moe Poole and Paula Rao, LPC to explore why the holidays are so emotionally intense... and how to support yourself when stress, expectations, family patterns, or grief begin to take over.

We talk about:

• Why holiday pressure activates old patterns

• Emotional labor, comparison, and “hallmark expectations”

• Boundaries without guilt

• What to do when you feel overwhelmed or “flip your lid”

• Grieving loved ones or lost seasons of life

• How…