Unfuck Your Holidays: Survive Old Traditions, Create New Ones and Celebrate (or Not) on Your Own Terms
By (Author) Faith G. Harper
Microcosm Publishing
Microcosm Publishing
1st February 2026
7th October 2025
United States
General
Non Fiction
Paperback
192
Width 127mm, Height 178mm
Holidays can be magical and they can also suck so hard. Need to make a plan for Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, or other holidays Trying to figure out the best way to observe a birthday or difficult anniversary
This holiday survival guide from Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of Unfuck Your Brain and Unfuck Your Boundaries, is for anyone who's ever struggled with the expense, drama, loneliness, pressure, and feelings that go along with so many of those big days on the calendar. Learn coping, logistical, and conversational strategies for making it through a family holiday dinner without bloodshed. Figure out how to go your own way next year (and how to have that conversation). Gain skills and recipes for hosting your friends or chosen family. Navigate religious, political, and dietary differences.
Whatever you celebrate (or would prefer not to), this funny, level-headed, helpful book offers perspective and tools for making all holidays more meaningful and less stressful.
Dr. Faith G. Harper, LPC-S, ACS, ACN, is a badass, funny lady with a PhD. She's a licensed professional counsellor, board supervisor, certified sexologist, and applied clinical nutritionist with a private practice and consulting business in San Antonio, TX. She has been an adjunct professor and a TEDx presenter and is proud to be a woman of color and an uppity intersectional feminist. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the book Unfuck Your Brain and many other popular zines and books on subjects such as anxiety, depression, boundaries, and grief. She is available as a public speaker and for corporate and clinical trainings. Subscribe to the Unfuck Your Brain newsletter to get a discount on her books and zines.