Navigating the Holiday Season the Natural Way

By Amy Rickman

The holiday season can be beautiful, but it also brings fast-paced schedules, richer foods, and emotional demands. One of the most powerful ways to stay balanced is to pair rest with deeply nourishing supports such as homeopathic tools, grounding routines, and nutrient-rich foods that help your system stay steady.

Slow the Season Down

Instead of racing through Thanksgiving to the New Year, small intentional pauses create breathing room. A quiet cup of tea, a short walk in winter air, doing a special event with your children or a few minutes of stretching can reset your nervous system. This gentle slowing helps you savor the season instead of just getting through it.

Homeopathic Support When Emotions or Digestion Run High

Homeopathic remedies can offer calm and balance when life feels overwhelming:

· Ignatia for emotional tides, nostalgia, or stress mixed with joy.

· Nux Vomica when there’s too much food, sugar, caffeine, or stimulation.

· Gelsemium for anticipatory tension before gatherings, seeing certain relatives or travel.

· Cocculus for fatigue from disrupted sleep, traveling or caregiving.

· Aconite for sudden waves of worry or restlessness.

· Arenicum for food poisoning.

They’re gentle supports that align with the season’s needs.

Nutrient-Dense Foods That Restore You

This time of year, your body appreciates foods that truly nourish:

· Bone Broth for minerals, collagen, and immune resilience can be used for a variety of soups, stews, curries, and dishes.

· Fermented Foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented carrots, pickles, kefir, and kombucha are excellent for digestion, gut balance, and nutrient absorption during heavier meals. Free classes are in the Skool on how to make these foods easily.

· Winter Whole Foods such as squash, greens, citrus, and root vegetables for steady energy and strong immunity.

Warm Drinks That Soothe and CenterWarming beverages become small rituals of comfort:

· Lemon balm tea for calm.

· Chamomile tea for rest and digestion.

· Warm coconut milk with cacao for minerals and gentle uplift plus helps with sleep.

· Ginger tea or licorice for warmth and digestion.

· Peppermint tea for clarity and stomach ease.

· Golden milk for inflammation support and winter grounding.

Eating for Digestive Ease

Holiday and parties meals often come rich and plentiful. A moment of deep breathing before eating helps your body shift into digestion mode. Drink lots of water and add a splash of apple cider vinegar before the event. Focus on protein and fresh produce options avoiding highly processed and sugary desserts. Many people also like keeping natural digestive supports on hand such as Carbo Veg, Lycopodium, or Pulsatilla when discomfort shows up.

Honoring Traditions That Fill the Heart

Just as important as food and remedies, are the traditions that feed and nourish. These rituals create meaning, stability, and connection gifts often more nourishing than anything on the table.

In our home, we light the Advent wreath each evening, often sing a carol, and read a story after dinner. Later in the evening, we gather again for our Jesse Tree reading, journeying from creation all the way to the birth of Jesus. We hang the corresponding ornament on the Jesse Tree and the kids end the night with a chocolate treat from their Christmas Chocolate Advent House. These small, sacred rhythms slow time down and anchor our hearts in what matters.

Traditions like these restore, steady the mind, warm the home, and give a sense of rootedness that carries us through December with more joy and less strain focusing on our Savior and relationships that matter. Blending natural remedies, real nourishment, warm drinks, grounding practices, and cherished traditions turns the holidays into a season of restoration rather than exhaustion. The goal isn’t doing everything it’s staying well while staying connected to what truly matters. What special ways do you enjoy this precious time and still take care of your health during this festive season?

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