The Magic & The Meltdown: Resetting Your Nervous System for the Holidays
- Samantha Green
- Nov 20
- 2 min read
The holidays are supposed to be magical—a time of joy, connection, and gratitude. But let's be honest: they are also a season of overdrive, emotional exhaustion, and chronic low-grade anxiety.
That familiar November-December crash of fatigue, short temper, and inability to focus isn't a failure of willpower; it’s a failure of your Central Nervous System (CNS) to suppress constant stress.
The Holiday Stress Cycle
During the holidays, your brain is simultaneously managing several high-demand stressors:
Financial & Social Pressure: High-level planning, sequencing tasks, and social regulation.
Physical Load: Disrupted sleep, poor diet (sugar spikes), and increased travel (all impacting physical recovery).
Emotional Reactivity: Increased family time triggers old patterns like anger or explosiveness, which the brain struggles to restrain.
When the CNS is overloaded, it locks into a rigid state, leaving you hypo-suppressed (stuck "ON") in the emotional and cognitive centers. This is why just talking about your stress isn't enough—your brain is simply too rigid and overwhelmed to find calm.
The LENS Solution: Healing the Physical Symptoms of Stress
LENS Neurofeedback is the fastest, most effective way to help your system process the stress of the season. It targets the physical manifestations that plague people in November/December:
Ends Emotional Overdrive: LENS focuses on reducing the hyper-arousal and anxiety system activity that lead to irritability and that constant "jumpy" feeling. Clients report the return of a sense of humor and decreased irritability/yelling.
Restores Restorative Sleep: LENS supports brainwaves to become quieter at rest, tackling the sleep disorders and interruptions caused by worry. Restful sleep is the only way your body can clear the fatigue.
Boosts Cognitive Clarity: It addresses problems with attention, concentration, and sequencing that are necessary for planning events and staying on track.
LENS doesn't replace the magic of the holidays—it restores your capacity to enjoy it. By healing the Brain and stabilizing the Body, we give you the energy and calm necessary to engage with your Soul work, making for a truly peaceful and meaningful season.
Ready to gift yourself true calm this year?
Stop struggling with holiday overload. Book your consultation today to learn how LENS Neurofeedback can reset your system and make this your calmest holiday yet!
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