There are only a few weeks until Christmas.

These weeks and those immediately after can either be draining, depressing, unhealthy, expensive, and rushed, or can be Christ-centered, calm, healthy, memorable, and renewing.

Today's guest is my friend Teresa Emanuel, host of the Faith Food Fellowship podcast.

Teresa has something big up her sleeve that will help us all have that calm Christmas we all want.

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Welcome to Fat Loss School, Teresa Emanuel.

We know you as the podcast host of the Faith Food Fellowship Podcast, but you have a project you've been working on that has everything to do with a calmer Christmas.

We are all ears.

Please tell us what you've got for us.

Certainly, Amy.

First, thank you so much for having me here.

I am planning hosting the Calm Christmas Workshop.

I have brought together other Christ-centered women to join me with tips to help other Christian, busy Christian women get through the holiday season focused on Christ and with calm.

That sounds fabulous.

I'm excited about that.

There are 11 presenters.

Each of them is giving a lesson, and they have also generously offered a gift.

And each lesson focuses on getting through the holiday season so that you can wake up Christmas morning feeling peaceful, prepared, and ready to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Oh, I love that.

Now, who is this specifically for?

Is this just for women?

Is it for a certain age group?

So we are focused primarily on women.

I think that any Christian would benefit from it.

But we are focused primarily on women, multifaceted Christian women who wear all the hats.

Like they may be mothers, they may be wives, they may have careers, they may have a side business, the entrepreneurs, just busy Christian women who are juggling all the things.

So that is our target audience.

And we want her to be able to step back from any worldly circumstances so that she can have a season that is truly Christ-centered and not focused on those circumstances.

I have a feeling there is a story behind this.

What inspired you?

What have you gone through that made you want to create this opportunity for us?

So it began when I was in college.

my freshman year during exam time, my resident advisor knocked on our door and said, come help me decorate my Christmas tree.

So everybody on the hall went to her room and we were decorating her Christmas tree.

And for that moment in time, all the stress of exams just disappeared.

I was so focused solely on the joy and the fellowship.

And since then, I have just leaned into Christmas as a stress reliever rather than a stressor.

And I just want that for everybody because I believe that that is God's will, that He wants us to enjoy the birth of His Christ.

He wants it to be a season of joy, not a season of stress.

Absolutely.

So you said there are 11 presenters.

Can you give us some ideas on the different topics that will be covered?

Absolutely.

So there are topics for your spirit, devotions, and just scriptures and tools to help you to seek God first.

And then we also have topics for your mindset, just getting your mind ready for whatever the season may bring, and also to create a strategy for what you want this season to look like.

And then we have topics to help you steward your blessings, to care for your body, the temple of God, and also to care for your finances during this season.

So the topics cover your entire being, your spirit, soul, and body.

And it will just help you really get ready to create your own plan for the holiday season.

Now, we are podcasters.

Is this an audio-only type of summit?

It is audio-only and that makes it easy for you to listen wherever you are.

You'll be able to listen on the go.

You'll be able to listen while you fold laundry.

You can listen while you cook dinner.

So it will be very easy for you to consume.

Okay, so that means there is a time frame that they will be presented, and then we listen to them at our own time.

What is the time frame?

The workshop will be live November 11th through the 13th.

All of the lessons will be available all three days.

It's not like 24 hours and it disappears.

You get a full three days to consume all of the lessons.

If you need time beyond that, you can upgrade to the VIP, and then you'll have access to those audio lessons through January the 6th.

Okay.

What is the price of this?

So if you opt into the VIP when you first sign up, you can get it for $12.

Once the workshop goes live, then the price increases to $17.

But if I don't choose VIP, it's free?

Yes, you can absolutely enjoy the workshop for free from November 11th through the 13th.

Gotcha, gotcha.

So 11 presenters all helping us with strategies for a calm Christmas, and it's called the Calm Christmas Workshop.

And you will have takeaways, gifts for everybody.

And it's free.

The gifts are free, too.

Absolutely.

Each presenter has graciously given a gift to help you put her lesson into action.

And the presenters have been very generous.

So you absolutely want to take advantage of these gifts for free, which are valued at over $100 easily.

I can't wait.

November 11th through 13th, the Calm Christmas Workshop.

It is free, but you can do a $12 VIP upgrade to have access to the lessons beyond the three-day period.

Absolutely.

The other things that come if you decide to upgrade, you would get a workbook to help you plan out your Christmas, and you get a bonus lesson for a capsule wardrobe and your holiday style, and then, as we said before, the extended access.

I love that.

Okay, November 11th through the 13th, it is the Calm Christmas Workshop.

It is for Christian women, all ages.

All women will benefit from this.

I can't wait.

I'm excited, too.

I definitely hope that everyone who hears this will partake and enjoy and wake up Christmas morning ready to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

I bet you know this already, but the link to register for the Calm Christmas Workshop is in the show notes.

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