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Holiday snacks and other office hazards: Let love, not guilt, guide your choices

Dec 02, 2025

You walk into the staff lounge and there they are again: the holiday snacks.

A mountain of cookies, fudge, and a mystery tray that may or may not contain peppermint bark.

You may not even be hungry, but somehow your hand is already halfway to the plate.

This time of year, it can feel like the holiday gift baskets are personally testing your willpower. The real challenge is not the food itself. It is the autopilot.

You spend all day making decisions that matter. Your brain simply wants something easy, something that it thinks will feel good for a moment.

What if you took a moment to ask yourself:
“What is the more loving choice for me right now?”

Sometimes the loving choice is to have the treat because it is your favorite once-a-year cookie or your colleague baked it especially for you. Enjoying it mindfully can be an act of connection and care.

Other times, the loving choice is to walk past the pile of chocolate because you realize you are not actually hungry or you don’t even really like peppermint bark. Or perhaps a better treat right then is a pause, a drink of water, or a few gentle stretches.

Either way, you can make a loving choice from awareness rather than habit.

This season, let care and kindness guide you instead of impulse or guilt.

 

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