Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober · Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated

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The host defines stress resilience as managing emotional load before overwhelm, not waiting for meltdowns to start regulating.

A neuroscience-based guide to managing holiday stress in sobriety, explaining how holidays activate brain systems for reward, stress, and emotional memory while offering practical tools for preemptive emotional regulation. The host teaches how to build stress resilience by regulating before overwhelm occurs rather than reacting to it.

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