Recorded Workshop

Lighten the Mental Load: Create a Meaningful Low-Stress Holiday Season

October 28, 2025 12:00 pm EDT/EST

This workshop was hosted live on the date noted above, you can view the recording and download the handouts below.

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About this Workshop

The holidays are meant to bring joy. But for many parents, they also bring pressure, endless planning, and the weight of everyone else’s expectations. In fact, one poll found 20% of parents say holiday stress negatively affects family life – and nearly twice as many moms as dads rate their stress levels as “high.”

In this workshop, we’ll explore how to share the mental load of holiday prep and planning, and how to set clear expectations and boundaries. We’ll also show you ways to make the planning process part of your family connection, rather than a solo burden. Whether you’re parenting solo or with a partner, and whatever your children’s ages, you’ll leave with practical tools to bring more ease, equity, and joy into your holiday season – starting with Halloween!

Parents are craving:

  • Recognition of the invisible labor they carry (especially for moms).
  • Tools to communicate, collaborate, and share the load — especially with partners and older kids.
  • A path to connection, not just survival, through the holidays.
  • Relief from being the “default planner” of every meal, gift, and moment.

Let’s do this together. Watch this previously hosted session for straight talk, simple solutions, and practical ways to create less stress and more joy, so your whole family can look forward to the holiday season!

After this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Recognition of the invisible labor they carry (especially for moms).
  • Tools to communicate, collaborate, and share the load — especially with partners and older kids.
  • A path to connection, not just survival, through the holidays.
  • Relief from being the “default planner” of every meal, gift, and moment.

Meet your Instructors

Aaron Weintraub

Autism, Anxiety, ADHD,

MS, Curriculum Advisor

Lucinda Gibbons

Parents sharing family responsibilities, Marriage and Family issues,

MMFT

Topics

  • connection
  • holidays
  • stress

Age Category

  • All, Mental Health
  • All, Parent Wellbeing
  • School Age
  • Teens & Young Adults
  • Toddlers & Preschoolers