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December is often marketed as the most wonderful time of the year, but for many, it’s the hardest.
In this short episode, Megan Senese reflects on the complicated emotions that the holiday season can bring, especially for those navigating grief, anniversaries of loss, or simply a heaviness they can’t quite name.
This episode is a reminder that if December is difficult for you, you are not alone. And if it happens to be a good year for you? That’s okay too.
The throughline is this: none of us know what others are carrying, and offering more grace, patience, and humanity, at work and at home, can be the difference we all need.
Remember,
You’re not alone.
You don’t have to do this season alone.
You matter.
You are loved.
And you are important.
In this short episode, Megan Senese reflects on the complicated emotions that the holiday season can bring, especially for those navigating grief, anniversaries of loss, or simply a heaviness they can’t quite name.
This episode is a reminder that if December is difficult for you, you are not alone. And if it happens to be a good year for you? That’s okay too.
The throughline is this: none of us know what others are carrying, and offering more grace, patience, and humanity, at work and at home, can be the difference we all need.
Remember,
You’re not alone.
You don’t have to do this season alone.
You matter.
You are loved.
And you are important.
Creators and Guests
What is So Much To Say: A Legal Podcast For People?
Welcome to So Much To Say: A Legal Podcast For People. Where we explore behind-the-scenes of work, law, life, and everything in between. We're your hosts, business development and legal marketing coaches, Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese, and we're here to showcase the human side of the legal world, from marketing and consulting to the very real struggles of balancing work with being human. This isn’t your typical, dry legal show. We're bringing you real stories, candid conversations, and smart insights that remind you that outside of being a lawyer or legal marketer - what makes you human? So whether you’re navigating billable hours or breaking glass ceilings in a woman-owned legal practice, this legal podcast is for you. Stay human. Stay inspired. Namaste (or whatever keeps you human).
Megan Senese: [00:00:00] December is labeled as the most wonderful time of the year. But what if your experience is that it's the worst time of year.
What if December for you is something that you dread every single year, year after year? And I'm not on here today just to bring it down. Or to make other people who have great Decembers feel bad. But the more that I have shared publicly, the more I have realized that the human experience is rather similar, rather the same.
And my encounters aren't always so unique as I think they're, this is top of mind for me as I have a loss that I think about every, every year. For since I was 17 years old, and it was brought again, kind of top of mind when there was another loss [00:01:00] from somebody I went to high school with and all of our classmates from our high school kind of came together and rallied around this person and showed her love and talking with my friends, we kept saying, you know, December is hard enough.
And that made me think that I can't be the only one who loves and hates December. Maybe you've also experienced a loss in December, and it's not the most wonderful time of the year. Your body remembers. And I say that in the most like woowoo way, but you could be having the best day and something about the air, something about the breeze brings you back to a time of that loss.
You know, maybe you were at a cemetery where a cold breeze went by and that sea kind of breeze hits you 20 years later. And so I'm on to share that the most cliche [00:02:00] saying I guess, in the world, which is if December is hard for you, you are not alone. If this December is fine and other Decembers have. Been tough.
That's okay too. I'm on really to talk about grief in a lot of ways. And grief is weird and grief is a bitch and it's not tidy. It is not linear. There are some times it is fine and there are other times that it is not, and so if December is hard for you know that you are not alone. And that you can reach out to me or your community and understand that there are other people who are feeling the same way and be, and because I'm always trying to tie this back to the workplace.
If you are having a hard time and you feel ready to. Share. Let someone [00:03:00] know that you're having a hard time at work so that they can be more mindful. If you suspect that someone is having a hard time, give them a little more grace. We are so programmed to be selfish and think that everything is about us.
That is regardless whether or not we are having a hard time or not. We often think the reason people haven't responded to our texts is because we said something wrong, or our pitches is because they actually hated it. We really have no idea what people are going through, and so having more understanding about what people might be experiencing in the most wonderful time of the year will probably go a long way.
It's just another way that people can contribute and have more empathy and kindness. My closing thoughts are this, you are not alone. You don't have to do it alone. You are loved. You matter. And you are [00:04:00] important.