The holidays are officially here, and for me, that’s not necessarily a good thing.

As a single mom with a very busy law practice and a couple of other businesses underway, any disruption to our regular routine can wreak havoc.

Inevitably, there will be an early pickup at Kaia’s school that I will be unaware of until the morning of and I’ll be scrambling to get her home. Or, Noah’s preschool will be closed on a day I didn’t think about and I’ll be without childcare at the last minute.

Luckily, I’ve started living very much in the moment and I’m doing a lot less projecting into the future.

You know what I’ve noticed? I’ve noticed that all the same things still happen - but, I don’t stress about them in advance AND it ALWAYS works out.

So, if you want to know the true secret to my success - and, a lot of you have asked me about this - Alexis, how in the world do you do everything you do?

You can do it too! Just stop worrying about things so much. Do the very best you can to plan for what might come up with the realization that you are going to miss something. And, it might be something that seems important.

But, in the grand scheme of things - it’s ok!

The secret to my freedom is that I’ve begun to truly accept my shortcomings. When I make a mistake I forgive myself. When I forget something I forgive myself. When my kids are raging mad at me about something, I forgive myself.

And, know what? Everyone around me treats me with a whole lot more love and acceptance as well.

So, this holiday season, my wish for you is to forgive yourself for anything that you’ve been too hard on yourself about. Let it go and give yourself the love you’ve been looking for.

Now I’ve got to run before I’m late for Kaia’s carpool!

Happy day to you.

Dedicated to Your Family’s Well-Being,

~ Alexis

PS If you are traveling this holiday season and you have not yet made sure your family would be taken care of if something happens to you, call our office right away; there’s still time to get this taken care of!