Wednesday Nov 26, 2025

Ep 027 Slowing Down the Thanksgiving Meal: Your Guide to Wellness and Presence This Holiday Season

In this Thanksgiving-week episode, JoAnne Pavin shares a grounded, soulful strategy for navigating the holidays with more ease, presence, and nourishment. Drawing on her integrative wellness background and seven years of teaching The Meal, she offers practical tools to transform holiday eating, hosting, and connection.

You’ll learn how to use breath to reduce stress, support digestion, and shift from perfection to presence. JoAnne explains why movement before big meals matters, how to avoid overeating without restriction, and why filling your plate with veggies first is always a win. She also guides listeners in turning meals into five-sense rituals that deepen connection, creativity, and emotional nourishment.

Discover simple behavioral shifts—like putting your fork down between bites, limiting water during meals, alternating alcohol with water, and using smaller plates—that make a big difference in how you feel through the season.

Whether you’re hosting or attending, JoAnne shares mindset tools to reduce overwhelm, create calm, and bring more joy to the table. From managing family dynamics with breath to prepping the night before, these strategies help you glide through the holidays with intention and ease.

Plus, download JoAnne’s new Breathwork Guide,

https://joannepavin.myflodesk.com/breathworkguide

register for upcoming Monday Meditations through December when you subscribe to JoAnne’s Substack https://substack.com/@joannepavin

and get on the waitlist for the Winter Wellness Lab designed to elevate your wellbeing into 2026.

https://joannepavin.myflodesk.com/winterwellnesslab

https://www.joannepavin.com/events-and-classes.html

This episode is your roadmap to staying grounded, nourished, and connected all season long.