Coming Home for the Holidays: Meeting Ourselves and Others with LOVE
The holidays aren’t always easy.
They can stir old stories, reopen old wounds, and test even the strongest hearts. But what if this season could be different? What if “coming home” wasn’t just about where you go — but how you show up?
Coming Home for the Holidays invites you to soften, slow down, and return to what matters most: love in action.
Through the SHIFT with LOVE Framework — Listen, Observe, Validate, and Empathize — authors Kristine Lackey and Kimberly Cotton guide you through the tender spaces of family, belonging, and self-compassion with warmth and practical wisdom.
Each chapter offers heartfelt stories, reflective questions, and simple practices to help you:
Break free from generational patterns and emotional reactivity
Navigate hard conversations with calm and compassion
Stay grounded when family dynamics get overwhelming
Reconnect with your sense of peace, purpose, and presence
Bring love back into the rooms that once felt hard to enter
This is more than a holiday guide — it’s a gentle companion for every season of reconnection.
Because when we choose to listen differently, observe gently, validate freely, and empathize deeply, we begin to heal what’s been divided — in our homes, and within ourselves.
Come home to what matters most.
Love is waiting.
Coming Home for the Holidays: Meeting Ourselves and Others with LOVE
The holidays aren’t always easy.
They can stir old stories, reopen old wounds, and test even the strongest hearts. But what if this season could be different? What if “coming home” wasn’t just about where you go — but how you show up?
Coming Home for the Holidays invites you to soften, slow down, and return to what matters most: love in action.
Through the SHIFT with LOVE Framework — Listen, Observe, Validate, and Empathize — authors Kristine Lackey and Kimberly Cotton guide you through the tender spaces of family, belonging, and self-compassion with warmth and practical wisdom.
Each chapter offers heartfelt stories, reflective questions, and simple practices to help you:
Break free from generational patterns and emotional reactivity
Navigate hard conversations with calm and compassion
Stay grounded when family dynamics get overwhelming
Reconnect with your sense of peace, purpose, and presence
Bring love back into the rooms that once felt hard to enter
This is more than a holiday guide — it’s a gentle companion for every season of reconnection.
Because when we choose to listen differently, observe gently, validate freely, and empathize deeply, we begin to heal what’s been divided — in our homes, and within ourselves.
Come home to what matters most.
Love is waiting.