Wrapping Up 2024: Thank You, Merry Christmas, and a Pep Talk for the Holidays Ep. 190

As 2024 comes to a close, join me, Belinda Whelan, on this special episode of The Healthy Celiac Podcast! 🌍 I’m beyond grateful to share that the podcast has reached listeners in 5,732 cities across 136 countries—thank you for tuning in, sharing your feedback, and being part of this incredible journey.

In this episode, I reflect on the year and send you a heartfelt thank-you message for your support. I also share a quick holiday pep talk to help you stay confident and prioritize your health this festive season. Whether it’s keeping your food safe from cross contact or standing firm in your needs, remember—you matter, and your health always comes first.

💡 Highlights from this episode:

• A year-end thank you to our global community of listeners.
• Tips for navigating the holidays with celiac disease.
• Why advocating for your needs is essential—and how to do it confidently.
• Updates about the podcast’s return in January 2025.

✨ Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode next year. And if you’ve found value in this podcast, please leave a review or share your thoughts—it means the world to me!

🎄 Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Take care of yourself, enjoy the holiday season, and I’ll see you in 2025 with fresh episodes to support your celiac journey.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:24

Well, that's a wrap on another year of the Healthy Celiac Podcast, and I'm so absolutely blown away that the show has now been listened to in 5,732 different cities across the world 136 countries so massive thank you to each and every one of you who have tuned in, listened to the show, sent me messages, shared your feedback. I absolutely adore and respect every single one of you and I'm so, so grateful for you being here, because without you and without you tuning in each week, there is absolutely no point in doing this show. So the fact that I have you tuning in and listening is the best and makes everything that I do worthwhile, and I'm so, so grateful for every single one of you for tuning in and if you have sent me a message over the years of doing the podcast. Thank you so much. If you keep thinking must do that, must send Belinda a message, or must give her some feedback or, you know, let her know something that's happened because of something you listened to on the show. Please, please, do that, please take the time to do that because, in all honesty, it keeps me going. This is what makes me realize that I'm helping and that I'm making a difference. So please, let me know if you've got any feedback or anything you want to share with me, because it absolutely makes my day when I hear from you guys. So make sure you head on over to my website, belindawheelancom, jump on my email newsletter. I send out weekly emails. You can respond to my emails or you can send me a DM over at the healthy celiac on Instagram because, yeah, like I said, it just makes my day to hear from you and know that the show is supporting you and guiding you on this incredible journey with celiac disease. So, basically, today's episode is just a massive thank you and an update and to say Merry Christmas, happy New Year. I'm taking a break for a couple of weeks. I will not be releasing an episode for two weeks, but I'll be back in the start of January. If you haven't already subscribed to the show, make sure you do that so you don't miss that episode when it's released. Or if you are on my email list, you'll know about it, because I always send out an email with a link to the latest episode on there as well. So, yeah, I think that's it. I think it's just like thank you, merry Christmas, happy New Year, thank you for being here.

Speaker 1: 2:55

Please look after yourself this amazing holiday season. Stick up for yourself. I'm going to give you a quick pep talk, little reminder. So make sure you stick up for yourself and your needs. You are important, you matter. Your health matters matters. Make sure that you are looking after your food over the holiday season. Make sure people aren't contaminating your food. If you need to keep your food separate, do it. Do not feel like a crazy person. You deserve to stay healthy and looked after this Christmas. So, yeah, make sure that you're doing everything that you need for yourself. Who cares what other people think that's my thing? Who cares, as long that you're doing everything that you need for yourself? Who cares what other people think that's my thing? Who cares as long as you're safe, as long as you're healthy and enjoying this beautiful time? I love Christmas. I think it's such a special time of year and I, yeah, I look forward to talking with you next year. Who can believe it? 2025. Crazy.

Speaker 1: 3:46

So yeah, in the meantime, if there's any episodes that you haven't listened to, go back, listen to them. Maybe even go back and listen to some that you, you know, listened to in the past and you got a lot of value from. Sometimes. We absorb more information when we go back and have a second or third listen. So, yeah, please reach out. Like I said, I'd love to hear from you. You will make my year if you send me a message or leave me a review on the show. But otherwise, have a wonderful end of the year and I look forward to sharing more with you in 2025. Have a fantastic end of the year and I'll talk to you soon. Bye.