Why the Holidays Feel Hard and How to Cope
If this holiday season feels complicated, you are truly not alone. These gentle strategies may help you navigate the coming weeks with more steadiness and self-kindness.
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How to Stop Gaining Weight Over the Holidays
The holiday season can be challenging for those of us who want to lose weight because they are full of stress and yummy temptations. Keeping your weight in check can seem impossible, but there are ways to stop gaining weight over the holidays. Here are 14 tips that will help you keep holiday weight gain to a minimum and even lose a few pounds by the New Year.
Thanksgiving and the Holidays: 8 Ways to Stress Less and Enjoy More
Many of us feel like 2021 has raced by – and suddenly, Thanksgiving and the Holidays are here! With things still very different than pre-COVID, how do you cope with the additional stress and prevent feeling more overwhelmed?
Your 2020 Holiday Season Survival Guide
This year has been one of the most challenging times in US history; it’s my hope that this 2020 Holiday Season Survival Guide will help guide you through the end of the year.
Thanksgiving 2020: Celebrating with Gratitude
Due to the COVID-19, many of us will be celebrating Thanksgiving differently this year – on our own or with a smaller group. How do we make the best of it?
Holiday Season Stress
The holiday carols are singing, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” How do you feel about the holiday season? Is it always wonderful? Or not so much? The holidays are filled with stress, expectations, and the pressure to be happy and make others happy. (Even if it is the furthest feeling from the truth.) […]
Why Practice Gratitude?
As Westerners, we are taught at an early age to think things through. This helps us develop our cognitive reasoning abilities. However, often people can get stuck in “their heads” and overthink. When we are stressed or anxious, we tend to worry and ruminate on the problem.
Tips to Beat the Holiday Season Stress!
Simplify and make things easy for yourself. For example, sure it’s nice to bake cookies for your friends and neighbors but if you are feeling pressed for time and you are NOT enjoying baking them. You are probably better off, cutting yourself some slack and purchasing the store bought ones. Remember it is the […]