Most people end December in one of two states: Overstimulate or Checked out. Both come from the same place: a dysregulated nervous system that’s been running in “prediction overload” for 11 straight months. But leaders who finish the year strong and peaceful use neuroscience to their advantage. Here’s how to make December 2025 your calmest, kindest, most successful month yet: 🌊 1. Shift From Prediction → Presence (the Amygdala Quieting Trick) Your brain is constantly predicting danger, conflict, rejection, or unfinished tasks. In December this becomes amplified. 💜 Neuroscience move: Pause for 5 seconds. Exhale longer than you inhale. This drops the amygdala’s threat signaling and reactivates the prefrontal cortex (your leadership center). Result:You stop catastrophizing and start leading. 🌊 2. Use Micro-Wins to Rewire Identity (Dopamine Done Right) Your brain releases dopamine not when you finish the big stuff, but when you mark progress. This month, create micro-wins: ⚡️ 10 minutes of tidying ⚡️ One tough text sent ⚡️ One boundary held ⚡️ One walk without your phone Each micro-win teaches your brain: “I am someone who closes the year with clarity.” Identity > Effort. 🌊 3. Regulate Before You Relate (Co-Regulation Science) Holiday tension, work deadlines, family dynamics—none of it is personal. It's nervous systems reacting to nervous systems. 💜 Neuroscience move: Set your internal target to “neutral + warm.” Your tone, breath, and micro-expressions signal safety to others. ✨ When you’re regulated, you regulate the room. That is leadership. 🌊 4. Reduce Cognitive Load by 30% (Executive Function Hack) Most December stress comes from “open loops” in the brain, unfinished tasks your prefrontal cortex is carrying like heavy bags. 💜 Neuroscience move: Create a 5-minute “Unload List.”Write every loop down.Don’t solve—just get them out of your neural workspace. Result:Your brain can finally think again. 🌊 5. Anchor the Month With One Identity Statement The nervous system follows identity faster than intention.

If you could permanently delete ONE phrase people say too often… What would it be? Mine: “I love that for you.” 🤮 Your turn 👇

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