From Stress to Inner Peace: A Thanksgiving Journey on the PEACE Pathway™

dollyoksman
Nov 6
5 min read

The Holiday Season is around the corner. This is the time many people look forward to, but it can also be the most overwhelming time of the year. However, the holiday season doesn't need to be stressful.

Read this blog and discover how to embrace gratitude, reduce stress, and step into authentic joy using the PEACE Pathway™. My signature transformational coaching program.

As we enter the Holiday season, I want to invite you on a sacred little journey from busyness and stress to presence and peace.

You've been giving to your family, your students, your clients, and your community. Every day you try to show up with love, but you feel like you're losing your passion and purpose. You're under so much stress, and you start questioning yourself if what you do even means anything. You feel what you're doing is not good enough.

This holiday season, take the time to reset. I invite you to journey with me through my PEACE Pathway™ Framework. This simple yet powerful framework helps you move from stress to inner peace in the midst of stressful situations.

The PEACE Pathway™, Your Guide to a Heart-Centered Holiday.

My co-worker told me that she wanted what I have. I asked what I had that she wanted. She told me, Your peace and joy. Then she asked me, "What's your secret?" She was not the only one who asked me about my secret. So, I put together my journey toward inner peace and framed it in a framework I called The PEACE Pathway.

In this blog, I'm sharing it with you so you can experience calm even amidst stressful situations and busyness around the Holidays.

P – Pause & Notice

Before you jump into the swirl of grocery lists and gatherings, pause.

Take a slow, deep breath. Notice how your heart feels, not what other people will say. Every invitation you receive, every food you think you will prepare, and every party you're planning to organize, are they aligned with your values, and do they give you joy? If you're doing it only to please others, rethink the plan.

Try this: Sit quietly for five minutes, close your eyes, and place a hand over your heart. Think of the activity you're going to do for the Holiday. Listen to what your body says. If your body feels constricted, explore the feeling, because it has a message for you.

This moment of awareness is your doorway to stillness.

E – Embrace Stillness

The holidays don't have to be frantic. Take some time to step outside for a ten-minute silent walk to breathe in gratitude. Give this quiet moment to yourself.

A – Acknowledge, Reflect & Reframe

Take an honest look at what you're doing. Maybe you're feeling exhausted, guilty, or pressured to make everything "right." Instead of pushing it away, acknowledge it. Reflect on it. Then reframe it. For example, if you feel that you are not enough, you reframe it to "I don't need to do more to be worthy. I am enough, right here, right now."

When you reframe our stressors into lessons, you transform your pain into peace.

C – Connect Authentically

The Holiday is about connection. It is time to connect with friends and family. As you go out to connect with your loved ones, remember to connect with the person looking back at you in the mirror —yourself. Often, the one we forget most when things become so busy and stressful is ourselves.

If you constantly give to others, take a moment to appreciate yourself, too. Remember to tell yourself: "I see you, I honor you, I'm grateful for you."

E- Engage in Empowering Habits

When you want to live a life of inner peace and joy, you need to create habits that support it. Let this Holiday be the start of habits that nourish your peace daily.

🕊️ Spend 5 minutes journaling what you're grateful for.

🕊️ End your day by writing down one thing you did for yourself.

🕊️ Say "no" to" the obligation that drains you and "yes" to the obligation that restores you.

Small habits create significant shifts. And peace grows through consistency, not perfection.

Invitation from Reading to Living A Life with Inner Peace

If this message resonates with you and your heart says, "Yes, I need this." I invite you to experience The PEACE Pathway™. This is my signature transformational coaching journey designed to help you expeience inner peace in the midst of chaos.

Whether you're a caregiver, an educator, or a heart-centered woman rebuilding your sense of self, this journey will guide you to:

💗 Turn stress into inner peace

💗 Reframe guilt into grace and compassion

💗 Build empowering daily habits of peace and joy

You'll cover the version of yourself who's confident and radiant even when life gets loud and challenging.

Holiday Reading for the Soul

Curled up with a cup of tea and reflection, to begin your journey to inner peace with my Holiday Book Bundle: You've Got This + Finding Your Lost Self

💗 You've Got This: A Handbook for Navigating Autism with Confidence

A guide for autism caregivers learning to manage stress, guilt, and overwhelm with grace and self-compassion.

🌷 Finding Your Lost Self: Your 30-Day Journey to Self-Love

A 30-day guided journey to rediscover your worth, awaken your joy, and fall back in love with who you are.

This bundle is perfect for yourself or as a thoughtful Thanksgiving gift to someone you love.

Special Thanksgiving Offer:

When you grab the bundle HERE, you'll receive the exclusive Mindfulness Reflection Journal.

God bless you, beautiful soul. May you experience inner peace and joy as you approach the Holiday Season and the New Year.

With love and gratitude,

Dolly Tampos Oksman

Founder of Love. Heal. Believe.

Creator of The PEACE Pathway™

About Dolly

Dolly Tampos Oksman, MA, MAED-SPED, is a Transformational Speaker, Author, Certified Wellness Coach, Special Education Teacher, and Behavior Analyst. She is the Founder and Owner of Love. Heal. Believe. LLC.

Dolly experienced chronic stress that affected her mental and emotional health. However, when she entered the convent to be a missionary nun, she learned the secrets of how to live a fulfilled life with inner peace and joy. Today, she is sharing those secrets with you.

Dolly is on a mission to help you develop a deeper love for yourself and find long-term solutions to stress. Her new book, Finding Your Lost Self, which is also available on AMAZON and her programs & Services will take you on a step-by-step journey to a happier, healthier, and calmer life with less stress.