Preparing for Christmas Emotional Awareness and Practical Tips

Melissa Amos:

Good morning Beth.

Beth Hewitt:

Good morning Melissa.

Melissa Amos:

Christmas time it is.

Beth Hewitt:

Are you ready?

Melissa Amos:

Define ready.

Beth Hewitt:

Are you thinking about Christmas? That's about as ready as I am.

Melissa Amos:

Christmas is always an interesting one. Like for me Christmas starts around about the Black Friday when I'm like buying all my presents and then we're in Christmas season. Am I ready? So I've got three kids and I'm not sure if you're ever ready for Christmas with.

Beth Hewitt:

That's true children.

Melissa Amos:

And then I'm going away on Boxing Day so that's brought a whole nother bit of mind stuff in the mix.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah I'm the same. I think I probably. I used to switch on a lot earlier. I think now Leah's at university it's like that waiting for her to come home because we like to put the tree up together. So we've only just put the tree up so it's quite late. Although it is a week earlier than last year. Cuz last year we were decorating the living room. I don't know if you can remember but I think I probably mentioned it on the podcast last year and so I didn't have a carpet until the 20 something last year so I didn't actually put the tree up until we got the carpet down.

Beth Hewitt:

So a week earlier this year but still not totally ready. I went to a Christmas fair yesterday. My brother runs a. A club in the village that I lives in like a pub club and it had little business stalls in there and that was quite nice. And buying Christmas gifts. So starting to get into the season and I don't have like you'll. Because you've got your three children that are still of school age. You'll have all the concerts and nativities and that's what I miss.

Beth Hewitt:

I think that's what I miss because I do love a good carol sing song.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah I did that actually when we were meant to be recording last week I was listening to my middle singing in the town singing Christmas carols which is very sweet. I think for me there's two. There's kind of two things with Christmas. There's one is the material like outer stuff.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

Which for me starts that week of Black Friday and it's let's get presents, let's get sorted, get everything done. Because I like this is very unlike me. I used to do my Christmas shopping literally like a week before but I like to have things done so it's done and I don't have to think of about it but then energetically and symbolically and that kind of Feeling of Christmas for me starts around about the solstice. Like, I start to feel that energy moving in. So as we're speaking today, we've just had the final full moon of the year. And I don't know about you, when I walked out this morning, it's beautiful blue sky and the moon was massive. I said to my kids, I'm sure I've never seen a daytime moon, like, look that big. And so now I'm feeling that we're starting to move into that feeling of Christmas.

Melissa Amos:

Like, I've got a candle, a yule candle, and I lit it just this weekend and it's been sitting there and I was like, oh, I like that in December. But it's just not felt that. I think there's this kind of the outer materialistic, especially with the kids just making sure all the present stuff is ready. And then there's that magical inner, that joy, that feeling of just being inwards and finding that light in the dark is just starting to build up now for me.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah, no, I don't. There's, like a clear distinction, isn't there? That feeling of easing into something. It's like we're not working the same or like we're not doing all the things. We're easing into that energy of family and Christmas and festivities and things.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah, but Christmas can be super hard. And especially when you hear everyone talking about the joy of Christmas and all of the things, but actually energetically and physiologically and neurologically and like, all of these things, it puts a massive toe on us and a lot of pressure. So it is the worry of, am I going to get the right things? Have I got enough money to get the right things? Have I got everybody the things right? There's a lot going on as well as still doing your work, still running your house, still doing this, and now you're running your house and you've got a big old tree sitting in the corner of the house, and you've probably got flashing lights flashing everywhere, like little trinkets going on. So there's a lot of shift going on internally in the house. And then you've got all of the things to prepare, whatever that is for you. If it's you're having dinner at your house or you're going somewhere or you're traveling, or you're buying things for other people, and people are asking you, what do you want for Christmas?

Beth Hewitt:

And you're like, I don't know. I don't know.

Melissa Amos:

I don't know too much. And then it's oh, I've got the Christmas. About the Christmas concerts. So you've got. They spring it on you and you're like, oh, God, I'm working and I've got to pick them up and even though I'm not going to the concert, I've got to drop the kid off to the concert and bring them back. And the parties and the. And then we can really get into this state of overwhelm. And then when Christmas Day comes, you're.

Beth Hewitt:

Like, oh, there is a sense of that, isn't there? There really is. I suppose it's however you're experiencing your version of Christmas. Not everybody celebrates Christmas and sometimes it is difficult for some people at Christmas. The time when we remember our loved ones or those that have passed and maybe we've had a difficult year. So it's the whole culmination of I've got to the end of the year and yeah, I can stop or I can't stop, I've got to keep going because life goes on kind of thing. So we've got all of these mixed up energies and I like you, so unlike many people, I'm sure. Do you have to rearrange any of your kind of furniture in the house to allow the tree to arrive? We did a bit of shifting around and you can definitely feel. And I quite like that.

Beth Hewitt:

maybe sitting in for the past: 1212

Melissa Amos:

And then there's the whole family dynamics.

Beth Hewitt:

Oh.

Melissa Amos:

And what's interesting, like from a psychological point of view, what is really interesting is that we do. We can really revert to different versions of ourselves, like versions of ourselves that we're like, I've worked all year and I'm done so well and I've regulated and I've transcended and I've healed and this is amazing. And then, and then you get into that mix and you find your natural rhythm in there, which can often be the rhythm that was that you've transcended that you've moved through and everyone else's expectations of who you are and everyone's else's expectations of how they know you to be in your relationship. To them. And it takes quite a lot not to drop, if it is dropping back into maybe that older version of you or that child version of you or that critical version of whatever it is that people expect of you. And that can bring up a whole load of other things. How many times have we thought we've done the work and then something happens and we're like, oh my God, why? I thought I did this. Was it all a waste? But it's not.

Melissa Amos:

It's just for me, it was something I noticed. And it's interesting to be very aware of it and then notice if you can use it. This is really difficult in the swing of everything, if you can notice it as an invitation of, okay, what's different rather than what's the same. Like, what's different this time.

Beth Hewitt:

It's an interesting experience, isn't it? Because as you're sitting, I don't know, it is like we do revert and it depends where you are. So you could be like, it might be that you always go to your mum and dad's house or mum's house or whatever, or Grant's house. And being back in maybe a similar environment, we don't ask for biscuits, we just go to the biscuit cupboard because we know we can have biscuits or whatever, revert back to. To that child. And it's the whole dynamics, is it? Isn't it? And yeah, I've been thinking about that more because I'm getting older, thinking about for the future because we've always spent a lot of time with my partner's side of the family at Christmas, which is. Which has always been fine and wonderful. But I always start to think about as we get older, at some point that needs to shift a little bit because we can't be expecting our older generations to be. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, it needs to flip the tables need to flip a little bit.

Beth Hewitt:

Or like the younger. The ones who were toddlers not so long and out they start coming through and everything. So the whole family dynamic shift. And it's interesting it to see at Christmas and. But then you see like where people's strengths are. No, I really like to do this. This is what people. Some people thrive at Christmas time and some people just don't like being like the hostess.

Beth Hewitt:

That's just not their thing. It's just the same as in life, isn't it? As it is like around the family table. So I think it's really interesting to watch it. But again, I suppose when you're in business as well Maybe you've had a good year in business or you've not had a good year in business, for example, and it's. You're starting to dread those conversations of, oh, how's your. How's your year been? How's business going?

Melissa Amos:

How's your little business?

Beth Hewitt:

How's your little business?

Melissa Amos:

I don't want to talk about that.

Beth Hewitt:

I want to talk about what's going on in the east eastenders omnibus, however.

Melissa Amos:

So, yeah, for me, small talk is, I'm dying a small death.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah, exactly. Don't talk about that.

Melissa Amos:

I don't know. To the, like, politics and the news comes on and I'm like, and, you know, let's talk about merry and bright. I think the point is that everything is intensified. It can be. And I think it's important to remember that, to have that gentleness and have that awareness of self that I know, I know that when the music's on and the trees on and the lights on and all the people are on and the kids are on and everything's on, that I'm like, I want to turn off. And I know that about me and I know, I know my limits. So it might be, for example, so if you feel that you're that and you're sensitive to stimulation, shall we say, and you know that at 1:00, you're 2:00, whatever your, your family's coming around, you're going to be out, like, why not spend the morning and just be a bit quieter. Or instead of drinking coffee first thing, have a Bailey snack.

Melissa Amos:

Instead of drinking, have a snowball. Yeah, drink, just drink a ton of water. I use these tinctures every day. So, like picking the right one, that's then going to settle my nervous system down or doing things like body brushing in the morning or like doing something that's going to bring that self care and that's going to bring that regulation to you and then having that conversation. Like, I used to just suffer in silence or not in silence with Christus music and all the things. And now I'm like, look, if there's all of this stuff going on, if the. If we're going to put Christmas music on, let's put on. Put it on really low or put on classic, like while dinners going, let's get classic Christmas rather than like just for that point.

Melissa Amos:

And so you can just start to manage your energy and then you might be more tolerant to the side comment or the, the sugar rush or whatever else is then coming in. And something that I find useful is I is doing a little card pull in the morning. I had it once where I was going for a family thing, family occasion, and there was loads of us, and I pulled some cards and the card in the morning said, I got the Joan of Arc card, which is all about expression, standing in your truth, and all of this. And I was like, okay, that's an interesting card to come up.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah, what's going to come up today?

Melissa Amos:

Yeah, with the armor on, I'm like, okay. And then I also got the Peacekeeper card, which says on it, let go of the need to be right. And I was like, okay, this sounds like fun. It sounds like a fun day. But I had that. I just had that in my awareness. So with the Joan of Arc card, I was like, okay, clearly I just need to not put on armor, as in don't come near me. But just a reminder to do a, like, a little energy cleanse.

Melissa Amos:

I chose a crystal I wore around my neck. That. That was. That didn't just look pretty, but it had a purpose and it worked for me as an anch. Okay, this is like something like labradorite could be really helpful. I probably wouldn't go with something like obsidian, but like tourmaline, maybe a shield, an obsidian shield, but something just to manage that energy. And then I had this. Let go of the need to be right.

Melissa Amos:

Just in the back of my head, anyway, conversation started, and I said something which was in my belief system, and one of the other people, the host, took offense. And had I not have pulled those cards, yeah, I probably would have gone into. Then, I don't know, I would have gone into maybe defending myself or going, no, this is what I meant. But I was like, let go of the need to be right. I was like, okay, that's just where I am. This is where you are.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

And I just. And I just changed tact and I ended up just going. And, like, doing all the washing up just to take me out of the situation and show that I'm not harboring any resentment. And I think had I not have had that little ritual in the morning and not taken that time for self and taken that guidance, because for me, when we're doing a card pull, we're pulling in on that highest guidance rather than reverting back to the old family patterns, rather than reverting back to the. Well, that's her role, and this is his role, and this is my role, and this is who I am in this dynamic. It's okay, who am I now and where am I drawing that guidance? From and that this was a few years ago now. And that really for me was a massive lesson.

Beth Hewitt:

And that's something I've never done on a Christmas morning. I think it's interesting because I use cards pretty much all of the time and I think it's something that I might implement this year because it is. It's like that time before the madness starts of ripping open the presents.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

And I think you're right. We're going into these spaces where there's family dynamics, there's all kinds of things going on.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

And I think to have that level of awareness, not to steer you in any one direction, but just to have that in the back of your mind in terms of, okay, this is how I'm choosing. I'm going to choose to be today should this or should a scenario arise.

Melissa Amos:

But we also remember that it's not just us that's pulling into these directions. Everybody else in that room has also been through the overwhelm and the worry. So we always have to bring it back to us. But again, it's having that understanding not of, oh, they always behave like this. It's. Maybe they don't always behave like this. Maybe they only behave like this when this dynamic's going on in the room and they're also sitting inside their heads going, oh my God, like, just stop it. Who are you? Why are you acting like a 10 year old again? And then I think just, especially if you're listening to this and I think if when we become spiritually aware and we start to take that into our own hands, that we become that coherence space, that we're the ones, I think the person in the room who has that the most kind of, I suppose, self awareness or like that energy management, that energetic awareness becomes the most coherent person in the room.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

Like we're the one who can almost be the thermostat. And I don't mean that in a way of, you know, you take all of the responsibility, but owning that of, okay, where how can I turn the temperature up or down? Or am I turning the temperature up or down? Even just that question. I ask my question that myself that often, especially with children. Yeah, but just noticing your own part. And if you started the morning because the wrapping paper's everywhere and the lights and the music and whatever and you're in a rush and the turkey's in the oven and you haven't done the potatoes and all of whatever's going on and so your cups is already nearly on overflow, then you're not going to have as much capacity. So where can we find that space and time? Like, I'm looking at my week on the run up to Christmas and we're going away the following day. So we need to make sure that everything's ready for that. And we're having Christmas at our house.

Melissa Amos:

She needs to make sure everything's ready for that. And the kids and Santa and the wrapping and all of that. And I'm looking at my week going. We've got no time.

Beth Hewitt:

When is this gonna happen?

Melissa Amos:

Today, Sunday, Monday. And we've only got Christmas Eve.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

To actually do anything. And that's Christmas Eve. Then we want to do Christmas Evie stuff. But that's not entirely true because in that I'm not out all day and it's okay. So there's. I've booked on yoga because, like, for me is that. That physically, mentally, spiritually, that ticks all the boxes for me. So that's done.

Melissa Amos:

And then that hour after yoga is going to be. I've. Don't tell the family. I've told them I'm working for an hour every day and I'm just going to come out here and I might do a bit of work. So I've got a little studio in my garden. So I'm just going to come out here and do that stuff. Just set that intention. What is it that I want start to get prepared for the week ahead and the holiday and the year ahead.

Melissa Amos:

So that still is work.

Beth Hewitt:

Right. The preparation still is work and having that space is still his work. So I love that you've set that aside. I've blanked my diary out. I've got. This week is still working week, but I've still got, like, shopping interspersed with that and other stuff. But then I've blanked my diary out for two weeks and I think it's important that you. We prepare ourselves for that and create that space for ourselves, because it is a busier time than normal and it does drain our energy in different ways.

Beth Hewitt:

Ways. And we want to keep our cups as full as possible so we can.

Melissa Amos:

Right.

Beth Hewitt:

Do all of the things.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah. And working out what keeps our cup full.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

I noticed. I love a coffee and if I'm. If something's coming up, I know if I have one, I'm going to be more on edge or less calm than if I don't, which is fine. Like every day. Like, I've just had a coffee now and it's. It's not particularly strong one. I'm going to yoga. Like I've got all these things.

Melissa Amos:

I could just really enjoy it. And I've not really got irritants happening, but to start the morning with one when. Before you're going to the shops. I went to a toy shop yesterday, Beth.

Beth Hewitt:

Oh, wow. Okay.

Melissa Amos:

I know. Wow. A week before and. Oh, wow. And I. And I didn't know I was going. It sprung upon me. I was like, oh, my God.

Melissa Amos:

It was fine. It was just. But I felt, as I was standing in the queue, I was feeling that, yeah, maybe the coffee wasn't the best idea this morning.

Beth Hewitt:

Right.

Melissa Amos:

Because it's just coming in. So that's another tip. This is what I do if I'm in a space. So yesterday the music was so loud. I swear it was louder than usual.

Beth Hewitt:

I thought that when I went to the supermarket. I think they're trying to the song that.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

When I went to the supermarket last weekend, the music was so loud, I was like, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to make us super happy so we're buying all these Christmas things?

Melissa Amos:

It doesn't work for me. It's like that makes me want to get out as quick as.

Beth Hewitt:

I know.

Melissa Amos:

I was like, what?

Beth Hewitt:

And nobody. I didn't feel like anybody else was affected by it, but I think that's what they're doing. I think we'll increase the music, we'll make them happen, we'll make them sing along and then they'll buy more things.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

I think that's why.

Melissa Amos:

Oh, the sh.

Beth Hewitt:

I was like, what is going on?

Melissa Amos:

So what can happen when we're in that space is we then. And this is from personal experience, we then bring our attention outwards. We're then very much in the outer world and we're like. Like, oh, it's so loud. And all of the people. And we start to focus on. On the agitators. Yeah, we can call them.

Melissa Amos:

So that was me yesterday. The music was super loud. There was loads of people. There was a woman on the till who was on her phone and she had a massive trolley full. And I was going to the cinema. That's why I had a deadline. Right.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

And I was like, oh, my God, it's going to take ages. But then I noticed the agitation and my first thing was, okay, yeah, that coffee probably wasn't the best idea earlier because I noticed it because I felt that feeling that coffee gives me. So what I then did was I just moved my attention inwards. So I just was standing there with the rocks. They wanted crystals, which I was quite Happy with. Anyway, so I'm standing with the rocks in my hands in the treasure chest and the books, and I just brought my attention inwards, and I first of all noticed where that coffee feeling, like that agitation feeling was going on, and I just noticed that. And then I looked for the feeling that sat behind it. So I'm not going into a big intervention in there because my purpose of this is to regulate.

Melissa Amos:

It's not to dive in and go, what's going on there? And what's this reminding me of? That's for another day. So I'm like, okay, what part of me is actually still feeling calm? And so that might be like your right elbow, right. Or your little toe or the end of your nose and then just going, okay. So I'm noticing this agitation feeling, and that's there. And there is also a feeling of calm or softness or joy maybe. Maybe you like the song that's on the radio. And actually, isn't it interesting that both of these energies can be there, both these emotions can be there at the same time. It's natural, FYI, that the agitation, the fear, the overwhelm is going to draw your attention more because it's a survival mechanism.

Melissa Amos:

So natural that's going to happen, and this is there. So which one am I allowing to dictate my actions and how I'm responding? Because I could have quite easily have been tutting and looking at. I don't wear a watch, but looking at my watch or looking at my phone, because also I was standing just at that bit where everybody who wasn't buying things had to move past me. And then you're excused. All right. So just bringing that. Finding where it is that there is comfort or there is peace or there is softness and just bringing some awareness to that.

Beth Hewitt:

And I think as you might be doing the late food shop or having to rush back to get the wrapping paper because, oh, you've forgotten the cellotape. Whatever. It's about having that almost preparing yourself, like literally putting your armor on and thinking about, okay, I know it's going to be crazy inside there.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

But inside here, I'm feeling. I'm ready. I'm feeling calm. I've got my armor on. And I think having that level of awareness is always going to support us in that. It is crazy out there this time of year, isn't it?

Melissa Amos:

It's crazy out there, kids.

Beth Hewitt:

It really is. I think as kids, you don't notice it the same day because you're just so hyped up and you're so excited about everything. Like everything's done for you. And then as soon as you've got some level of responsibility in the world where you're the one that's got to keep the kids the plate to spin in, then you start to write. Okay. All of these things need to be done. Need to be one of those people that need to sort it out.

Melissa Amos:

And I think often the mother is.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

Often we think the kid is. Because it can be. And so my youngest right now, he wants to be the thermostat. He's. If I'm not feeling good, none of you can feel good. That's where he is right now. And it's reminding of that. And I'm witnessing actually all the children are.

Melissa Amos:

My children are. There is this kind of. There's less tolerance than that. I can see it. It doesn't take much for them to flip into whatever it is.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

Their natural way of coping and regulation. And it is part of it. And I did not know this about myself as a child. And now I know. Now I've notice, for example, the lights. So it's even just simple things. Keep the lights on, it's fine. But stop them flashing or just having them on a slow.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah.

Melissa Amos:

Rather than. Which ours defaults to. Which is very annoying. And understanding that from the kids that they don't have that. They're also overwhelmed. They're feeling that overwhelm also for them, their house has turned around and they're not sitting in the same place and the things are different and they have to wait and they don't know whether they've been naughty or nice. And Santa's actually going to come down and leave them cold. And even maybe the thought of having Santa come down the chimney and going.

Beth Hewitt:

To visit Santa, that's when you think about it like that. Going to see somebody.

Melissa Amos:

Right.

Beth Hewitt:

All these kind of things. I think children are made to feel overstimulated at this time as well.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah. Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

That there's a lot going on. There's a. The marketing on the TV for the presents, the stuff at school, all the concerts, having to learn lines, having to dress up, having to wear different things. It's like Christmas Jumper Day, whatever, Christmas dinner. There's so much change that happens for these little people anyhow. We've all experienced it. We've all been little people. But like you say, we're not taught how to deal.

Beth Hewitt:

No, no. The teacher doesn't go, okay, we've got Christmas coming up. There's going to be lots of things that we're going to be doing. And some of you might really enjoy it and some of you might feel a bit uneasy about it and not know why you're feeling uneasy about it. We're not taught that. Nobody. I don't think teachers are doing that. Maybe they are a little bit more than in our day.

Beth Hewitt:

But I think it's now that with the benefit of time that we have that understanding. We can obviously share that with our younger family members and things like that. But it's not just stimulating for adults, is it? It's stimulating for everybody and right. Everything the world is just stimulating this time of year.

Melissa Amos:

So maybe the. I'm going to get my cards. So maybe the story for today are those cards that I pulled all those years ago. The Joan of Arc and the Peacekeeper, the armor, the stand in who you are. I'm getting the same cards out and see what comes up. So I'm using Kyle Gray's Keepers of the Light Oracle cards, which are smattered in with the archangels from angel prayers. It's interesting. I've not pulled these cards out for a while.

Melissa Amos:

These used to be my favorite deck. They did. Let's see a card for all of our listeners and ourselves. Oh, look, there's one flipping. Oh, my God, there's one flipping. I'm gonna get. I think I want three just to help us over the Christmas period. Like that one wants to come.

Melissa Amos:

And one more. Okay, so the first card was. Is Archangel Michael. So there's the armor again. So the card is a beautiful blue card with this gorgeous angel on there with a sword and the armor on. And it literally says, you are protected. Thank you for surrounding me in protective light. So that's number one.

Melissa Amos:

That is your number one job is to surround yourself in whatever you form as your psychic protection. If you need some help with that, I do have a recording. I'll drop it in the show notes that you can do with the platinum shield. It's really beautiful. So protect the energy. Just imagine yourself as that coherent. Connected to. My trick is connect to the heaven, connect to the earth, and you're the conduit.

Melissa Amos:

The second card is. The second card is El Moria and it's another blue card. So now he's wearing white, as Beth and I both are today. Actually, mine's more of a cream. I'm not allowed to wear white with the blue cloak on there. So now this is like now really. It's not just about protecting your energy and hiding it. It's really about awake.

Melissa Amos:

It says Here awakening. Pres. Awakening who you are. Like really standing in that truth of who you are and using that as this element of protection. And it literally says on here, the universe is with you. Moving out of this. It's all out to get me, which is how I used to feel when at Christmas time. It's all there.

Melissa Amos:

It's all trying to overstimulate me. No, it's just bits are the universe, heaven and earth are there with you. Wear a cloak of protection and love. We've got another protective force as well. And then the last card is Canunnus. Now Canunnis is. It's funny, I actually got this card from another deck the other day. So his time of year is normally coming into the spring and the harvest.

Melissa Amos:

So this, for me, feels like a reminder of that this too shall pass. There's some energy going on there. And the card is about life force. And it's a very abundant card. Can see that the leaves and the harvest coming from him and the horns of the ram. So this is about. It talks about, like, sexual prowess. So take that as you sensual and sexual powers are increased.

Melissa Amos:

Actually, what I'm feeling with this might sound a little bit odd, but with all of the stimulation that's happening outside, if we've got this energy of protection around us, this love, this sense of who we are, and we actually welcome some of that in and ask it into. To transmute into that peace. Not even peace like that passion. This is really a passionate card. Okay, so what this is saying is actually have fun with it. Yeah, Actually have fun with it. Just go and put your ram horns on and get dressed up and do the thing and just be like, yeah, you know what? Sometimes I feel a bit whatever everyone else does too. So I'm gonna make the most of everything that's going on there.

Beth Hewitt:

Yeah, embrace. Embrace what's going on.

Melissa Amos:

Exactly. So protection and sexy with the last cut.

Beth Hewitt:

I actually think the. The colors are quite Christmy out there. You've got your greens and your reds in the horn. And it's sometimes like the whole. The. They do look like reindeer. You've got the ram horns, but you've also got like the reindeer horns on there as well. So I love those cards.

Beth Hewitt:

I don't have any cards with me up here, which is. I wasn't meant to have cards today. Clear. They're all.

Melissa Amos:

There we go.

Beth Hewitt:

A different bedroom, but yeah.

Melissa Amos:

Yes. Exciting times ahead. So just. I suppose our closing thoughts are just manage your energy. Be aware of your energy. Be aware of your driving. Force that's sitting there underneath because nothing is out to get you. The universe is with you and it is in your hands.

Melissa Amos:

So use all of the tools that we've shared over this season so far and everything that you already know about managing your energy and just go and just. And have as much fun or joy or whatever it is that you're looking for. Make the most of this time because soon we will be in the new year.

Beth Hewitt:

New energy.

Melissa Amos:

New energy.

Beth Hewitt:

I think that's it, isn't it? I think it's finding what is it that you want out of this time of year. And if it's a quiet Christmas, let it be a quiet Christmas. If it's a sociable, jam packed Christmas and let it be that. If it's a fun Christmas, let it be that. I think however you want to experience Christmas is exactly how you should be able to experience without feeling the pressure.

Melissa Amos:

Yes.

Beth Hewitt:

To do it any other way. And that in itself you can have a. Having the quiet Christmas and doing the way do it the way that you want to do can actually be the fun and the passion. Right. Just because you are doing it that way doesn't mean nice. Not the way to do it.

Melissa Amos:

Yeah.

Beth Hewitt:

I hope all of our listeners have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We'll be back again in the New Year and thank you for listening to.

Melissa Amos:

Us and good luck. Godspeed.

Beth Hewitt:

Enjoy your days with loved ones.