S1 E34 H&M: Merry Christmas Message: Reflection On Presence, Family, And Light

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The hour before midnight has a softness that asks us to listen. We sat down in our matching pajamas after dinner, cookies, and movies to share a simple truth that keeps shining through the season: presence is the gift that makes every other gift make sense. Not the wrapped boxes, but the way you look at someone you love. Not the perfect plan, but the choice to be gently awake in the room you’re in.

We talk about the sweetness of having grown kids sleep over, the ache and joy of old memories, and how to create new ones without forcing the moment. If you’re heading into a home that’s warm, or one that’s complicated, you still carry your own inner light. We offer simple ways to choose love under pressure: slow your breath, soften your voice, ask one better question, and let an old reflex pass. Those small choices change the feeling of the room—and how you remember the day.

This conversation also reaches beyond one holiday. With Hanukkah just behind us and Christmas at the door, we honor the shared thread of light, resilience, and unity across traditions and families. We speak about divinity as everyday dignity: listening well, forgiving quickly, and bl

Transcript

A Christmas Eve Welcome

SPEAKER_00 0:02

Blessings everyone. Welcoming you to the Essential Alchemist Podcast. It is your hosts, Honey and Michael, here.

SPEAKER_01 0:11

And we're wishing you a very Merry Christmas on this very special podcast that we're so grateful to be here with all of you.

Presence Over Presents

SPEAKER_00 0:20

It's Christmas Eve. We just had our beautiful dinner, cookies, games, movies, and it's an hour before midnight onto Christmas. And we wanted to come on for a few minutes in our matching pajamas. For those of you who are in video, you get a chance to see us to just share this moment of blessings, of the true beauty, the essence, and the wonders of Christmas with all of you.

SPEAKER_01 0:57

And what a gift it is to celebrate, because I feel one of the greatest gifts that we see is that gift of ourselves, of what we give back to our wonderful nature in this loving time period of celebration. As we celebrate all of you, it's such a gift to really look at these holidays as a wondrous present, that we can be present with ourselves. And so I feel it's an honor that we get to all be here and celebrate this together.

Family, Memory, And New Traditions

Choosing Love In Every Moment

SPEAKER_00 1:28

Thank you for that, Michael. It is, we wanted to record this podcast a little earlier, but we were both very committed as the Christmas Eve usually goes. People are running around taking care of things and getting everything ready, wrapping up the presents and preparing them food and meal. And for us, this is a different Christmas Eve because it's the first time we are gathering in this way, this format. So it's really sweet and precious. And my oldest sons have spent the night, which melts my heart. So we get a chance to be with them in the morning, open presence. And there's something really sweet about this because as we get older, we miss those times when we had with the kids. And there's something really, really precious about this that they get to spend that open presence and just spend this quality time in being present with each other, being really, really aware heart to heart, and sharing that that that true essence of the star, that star that's born, that turns into a sunlight, right? The beauty of what this Christmas is really all about. The experience of love, the heart-to-heart love, and and however we the quality that can be shared, stress-free, yet allowing the love, the joy of the love to be greater. So that's what I'm really grateful about. Even it's quite late at night, we're about to go to bed. We wanted to come on and record this real quick. In honoring each of you, whether you're celebrating Christmas or not, we are celebrating you. We're celebrating you as we're celebrating this moment, this the presence of this moment right now, and how beautiful it feels in our heart that we are in this moment, and we get to share it with our beautiful Ascension Alchemist community. That is you, whether you'll be driving tomorrow when you watch this, when you hear this podcast, whether you're going into a family house that's very loving, or maybe not, that is okay. You are given the ability to allow and exercise your own God Almighty love in your heart, and choose that above everything else. Choose the spirit of Christmas and let its radiance carry you through your family, through every part of it, and may you be so so so so available to create new memories and let old memories you know stay behind, create new memories, make it the best because nothing is stopping you.

Light Across Faiths And Unity

SPEAKER_01 4:54

Absolutely, and in a season of joy, a season of light, in a season of love, it's great to really bring forth this in a celebration that we see is such an amazing time for all of us of all levels, all faiths, all religions, all areas, that we can come together and bring unification and really just bring our happiest and joyful moments. This is one of the times of year that it gives us the permission to be a little kinder, be more loving, be more in a way that we truly embrace our God Almighty divinity. And it's something that we can do every day, and of course, it's a time that we get to share this with our loved ones, with friends and family. And so we're just honored once again to share that with all of you, lovely members, on wherever you'll be traveling on this Christmas holiday and however you'll be celebrating it. We know the celebration of life is a beautiful gift, and as I said, that gift is what is within us that we get to really shine in each breath and each step on this magical holiday season that we're very grateful to be a part of each and every one of your lives.

Closing Blessings And Gratitude

SPEAKER_00 6:15

Indeed, it is a celebration of light, it is the festival of light. We just had Hanukkah, and here is Christmas, and how beautiful it is as we end 2025 with this beautiful day upon us that represents the beauty and power of love that is accessible to all of us amongst everything else that we are experiencing. We we are given the chance to exercise love. So may you exercise that, may you, may you choose to embrace this gift of life with everyone that you are encountering with during this holiday weekend. And you're so dearly loved, and thank you so much for being part of our podcast community and our love. And we just wanted to come on and extend our love, our heart to yours on this shorter version, Christmas edition.

SPEAKER_01 7:24

Merry, Merry Christmas, and deepest gratitude and appreciation to you all. Make it the best. Much love and many holiday blessings to you all.