How to get through the holidays with Becca Piastrelli In this episode, Becca Piastrelli and I talk about specific things you can do to enjoy your holiday season. We go over tangible things you can do when everyone is pulling at you, how to give amazing presents that don’t break the bank, and a gratitude “trick” that will keep you from getting overwhelmed and wishing it was January 2nd already. http://rachelrofe.com/how-to-get-through-the-holidays-with-becca-piastrelli Want More? If you liked this, there’s plenty more where it come from. Let’s stay in touch! We can connect in any of these places: Main website: http://www.RachelRofe.com A Better Life Podcast – where these transcripts are taken from: http://www.rachelrofe.com/podcast Rachel's books – Learn new ways to improve your life: http://www.rachelrofe.com/booklist Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/RachelRofe Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/AbetterlifeRR Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/RachelRofe Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/chooseabetterlife YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/RachelRofe YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/Chooseabetterlife Did you miss our last episode? You can get it here: http://rachelrofe.com/how-to-make-your-vision-a-reality-with-honoree-corder

1. HOW TO HANDLE
THE HOLIDAYS
with Becca Piastrelli

2. Holidays can be a huge source of frustration
for people. There are all kinds of
expectations to meet – whether it be the
endless traveling, over-spending on
presents, and/or all the people you have to
please.

4. Becca is the first person that's come on for a
second time and she had an awesome
interview the first time we talked with her.
We talked about dabbling, she has a brand
called The Dabblist, and it's one of the most
popular podcast episodes so far.

6. Today we're going to be talking about
the holidays and how to deal with
them, but first if you haven't listened to
the other episode, I'm just going to
quickly read Becca's bio. As I said,
she's the woman behind The Dabblist.
Her manifesto is to rid the taboo
around the term dabbler and instead
to infuse it with a sense of alchemy and
wonder.

8. WHY? WHY? WHY?

9. Because she knows that when we bring an
inquisitive heart to the process of creating
with our own two hands, to get our hands
dirty, share stories and creations with each
other, we remember the ancient wisdom
within. We can tap into what our great – great
- great grandmothers once knew, that given
the freedom to dabble, we can be the
creators of our own joy.

11. I feel like this holiday season is my coming out
of the closet of my real feelings about the
holidays, which feels really nice, it feels really
nice. So hopefully I can give you guys
permission to sort of be real about your
relationship with the holidays as well.

15. Growing up, the holidays was magic,
right? It was a time when life literally
stopped. We got out of school, the adults
stopped working, and there were twinkly
lights all around the neighborhood and
magical things happened. It was special.
There was a special-ness and meaning
and intention and presence, frankly,
around the holiday season.

16. H O L I D A Y S
=
M A G I C

17. Right now we're in the days leading up to
Thanksgiving. Becca started something she's
calling the Gratitude Experiment, which is 10 days
of one little task per day that can bring more
meaning and impact and joy back into the season
so that by the time the turkey is carved on the
table, She and everyone who's joining me for the
experiment can be in a mindset of slowing time
down, being present.

18. How to not overeat during the holidays?
Have a soda water with some pomegranate juice,
a lime wedge, and a mint leaf, and happily
sipped on that. So that's one way to do it. The
other way to do it is to drink a glass of water
between every cocktail and to just be here now
and remember that you want to feel nourished
and happy in your body.

19. Presents Ideas
Infused vodka with Skittles. You get Skittles and
you take the different colors out and you get little
bottles of vodka, and each had different colors.
Infused some olive oil with rosemary and garlic
and lemon, and people went bananas for these
gifts.

20. Visit Becca’s site!
http://www.thedabblist.com/

22. Rachel also has a formula for having difficult
conversations:
http://rachelrofe.com/a-formula-for-how-to-have-
difficult-conversations

24. That was Becca Paestrelli’s
website on making handmade
gifts perfect for holidays!

25. If you'd like to hear the whole podcast, please head
to:
http://rachelrofe.com/how-to-get-through-the-holidays-
with-becca-piastrelli