# Setting Healthy Boundaries and Fostering Connection During the Holidays Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mental-health-addiction-podcast-mind-matters-by-gordon-bruin-6621568/setting-healthy-boundaries-and-fostering-connection-during-the-holidays Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mental-health-addiction-podcast-mind-matters-by-gordon-bruin-6621568/setting-healthy-boundaries-and-fostering-connection-during-the-holidays.md Podcast: [Mental Health & Addiction Podcast: Mind Matters by Gordon Bruin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mental-health-addiction-podcast-mind-matters-by-gordon-bruin-6621568) Published: 2025-11-26T05:18:01+00:00 Episode link: https://gordonbruin.com Audio file: https://connect-mypodops-production.s3.amazonaws.com/hosting/podcasts/1292/episodes/50951/audio.m4a Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mental-health-addiction-podcast-mind-matters-by-gordon-bruin-6621568/episodes/setting-healthy-boundaries-and-fostering-connection-during-the-holidays Duration seconds: 1079 ## Resource 🎙️ Discover the Art of Setting Healthy Holiday Boundaries! In this enlightening episode, we delve into the complexities of family dynamics during the holiday season. Explore how systems therapy views families as evolving systems and learn to navigate relationships that range from comforting to challenging. We discuss how vital it is to be present and mindful in interactions, emphasizing the importance of repairing and nurturing connections for lasting peace. Key Takeaways: - Understand your "felt sense" during family interactions and its impact on setting boundaries. - Learn strategies to strengthen or repair difficult relationships within your family system. - Discover why true human connection outweighs material success in achieving life satisfaction. Tune in now to transform your holiday gatherings into moments of genuine connection! ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mental-health-addiction-podcast-mind-matters-by-gordon-bruin-6621568/episodes/setting-healthy-boundaries-and-fostering-connection-during-the-holidays/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mental-health-addiction-podcast-mind-matters-by-gordon-bruin-6621568/setting-healthy-boundaries-and-fostering-connection-during-the-holidays.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.