Find the Subtle Sense of Home (wherever you are)

If you are in Canada, this is the long weekend that celebrates the Harvest. It’s a beautiful time of feasting on the bounty of squash, sweet potatoes and poultry-like foods.

Whether you are hosting in your home, a guest in someone else’s, or you are celebrating in your own quiet way, it’s a chance to appreciate all the hard work you, others and the Earth have done this year.

I am reminded that holidays, like this weekend’s, can bring up mixed feelings for some of us when it comes to home and the people we call family.

For many, our family-of-origin can even make you feel lonelier. It’s not your fault you feel that way — it’s that some part does feel seen, understood, welcomed or safe. If that is the case, choose others who you can be more like yourself around.

I, personally, have had my own journey around figuring out where I belong and who are my people, and it is an ongoing quest. There was a Christmas in my 20s when I chose not to go to my parent’s home because I just couldn’t take the arguments that would naturally happen at the dinner table. It was the hardest decision to make, but an important one for my own healthy boundaries.

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