Why Do the Holidays Bring Out Our Biggest Emotional Triggers?

Tinsel, tension, and trauma — oh my! In this special holiday episode of Manifest This! Believer vs. Skeptic, Jennifer (the Believer) swears the season is an energetic magnifying glass for our emotions, while Sharon (the Skeptic) insists it’s just too many relatives in too small a room.

From “therapy with tinsel” to “trauma portals at Christmas dinner,” the duo unwraps why the holidays seem to hit us right in the feels — family patterns, money guilt, grief, comparison, and all. Jennifer offers her “energetic prescription” for surviving the season (hint: it’s more breathwork, less panic shopping), and Sharon… may just admit that frequency shifts aren’t total nonsense after all.

Funny, heartfelt, and painfully relatable, this episode reminds us that even when it’s messy, it’s still love trying to find its way home.