The winter high holy days – be they Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, or Christmas & Epiphany can be profound spiritual times of gathering, celebrating together, and welcoming the New Year to come.

They can also be a sugary stress-filled blur of trigger foods, overcommitment and confusion about just how much you should buy, decorate, and paaaarty.

Mindfulness to the rescue. Here is a tool to help you look within to find the answers that work for you.

It’s a practice shown to make it easier to eat well and to savor more. It works beautifully alongside nutritional guidance to help you understand what, how, and how much to eat.

Mindful eating helps to turn down the volume of messages you hear from media and culture, and tune into your body’s internal messages of what, how, and how much to eat.

The more you practice, the better you get!

• Feel satisfied eating less at holiday parties
• Stop the post-meal guilt spiral
• Actually taste and savor your favorite foods
• Navigate family dinners with confidence