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A Psychologist's Guide to Holiday Boundaries & Burnout: Live Workshop

A 90-minute psychologist-led workshop to help you navigate holiday stress, family dynamics, emotional triggers, overwhelm, burnout, and boundary-setting, so you can move through the season with more ease, clarity, and self-trust.

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I’m Dr. Katie Carhart, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in burnout, nervous system regulation, and helping people feel more grounded and connected. Learn more about my work here.

Stressed Woman

The what...

The holidays bring joy, but they also bring: family tension, old patterns, overstimulation, grief, exhaustion, pressure to “be on,” and the emotional hangover that hits in January.

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This 90-minute live workshop is designed to help you move through the holiday season with more grounding, boundaries, and nervous system steadiness. 


You’ll learn practical skills for:

  • Protecting your energy during a season that often demands more than it gives

  • Identifying what truly lights you up vs. what drains you, so you can say “yes” with intention and “no” without guilt

  • Using your emotions as information rather than feeling overwhelmed or hijacked by them

  • Navigating complicated family dynamics with more clarity and self-trust

  • Responding instead of reacting when you feel stressed, activated, or overstimulated

  • Preventing burnout by understanding your personal patterns and pressure points

  • Regulating your nervous system before, during, and after gatherings

  • Staying connected to your values instead of slipping back into old roles, expectations, or patterns

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You’ll walk away with a personalized “Holiday Coping Plan” you can use immediately.

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Includes a guided nervous system practice, takeaway worksheets to reference, and optional Q&A.

The who?

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This workshop is for you if:

  • You feel excited about the holidays, but every year you end up burned out, overwhelmed, and crashing by January.

  • You love your family but still find gatherings emotionally draining, overstimulating, or triggering.

  • You want to set boundaries but guilt, pressure to keep the peace, or old family roles make it difficult.

  • You tend to get overstimulated by noise, chaos, expectations, hosting, travel, or being “on” too long.

  • You often overcommit, overfunction, or prioritize others’ needs before your own.

  • You experience an emotional “holiday hangover” that lingers well into the new year.

  • You notice your body shift into survival mode around certain people or events.

  • You feel pressure to make the holidays “perfect,” which adds stress and tension.

  • You dread certain conversations, comments, or interactions and want tools to navigate them with more ease.

  • You lose your grounding rituals or routines during the holidays and want support staying regulated.

When?

Thursday, December 11th 

4-5:30 PM PST

5-6:30 PM MST

6-7:30 PM CST

7-8:30 PM EST

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Downloadable workbook will be available immediately upon purchase. (Sent via confirmation e-mail).​

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Guided Nervous System Practice Audio will be available the day of the workshop. (Sent via reminder e-mail).

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Zoom replay will be available December 12th until December 21st.​

Investment

The live workshop is offered at $47, with an early-bird rate of $37 for those who register early. (There are limited spaces available). This is a low-barrier, high-value experience designed to be accessible during a busy season.

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Early Bird Pricing ends 12p EST Wednesday November 26th.

What's Included

  • Live 90-minute Zoom workshop led by Dr. Katie Carhart

  • Replay access for 10 days

  • Downloadable PDF workbook to help you personalize what you learn

  • Guided nervous system regulation audio for use throughout the holidays

Scope

  • This workshop is designed for education and skill-building only.

  • It is not therapy and does not include individualized assessment, diagnosis, or treatment.

  • Any Q&A will focus on general concepts rather than personal clinical concerns, and participation does not establish a therapist–client relationship.

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