New Podcast: Consumerism and the Holidays

In today’s podcast, I talk about why and how I changed my gift-giving habits.  This year, instead of feeling the pressure to buy buy buy, let’s slow down and think about what’s really important – relationships and making memories. 

Giving gifts can often feel like you’re reducing your relationship with someone from something personal to something transactional, where the purchase price of the gift reflects that person’s value to you (and vice versa).  So why not give handmade gifts or share a conversation or a meal with friends and loved ones?  These are things that come from a more personal place that reflects more of who you are, and can make more of a connection with others than a store-bought gift.  And isn’t that what the holidays are REALLY about?

To listen to today’s podcast, find GakkoMom on iTunes and subscribe to it, or listen below: