Feeling Extra Stressed Over The Holidays This Year? Here's How To Deal.
3 years ago

Feeling Extra Stressed Over The Holidays This Year? Here's How To Deal.

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GizemBDR via Getty Images This year comes with its own particular set of holiday stressors. “This would be a great time to create boundaries that are comfortable for you.” Similarly, global supply chain issues are not something you can control, but you do have the power to try to get your holiday shopping done earlier than usual. “Regarding what you can control, ask yourself, ‘What do I want to be sure happens this holiday season?’” Klatt said. “That way you can focus your attention on what is truly a priority for you and your family.” M_a_y_a via Getty Images Make this the year you start new holiday traditions with your family. “Try to find alternatives for the gifts that you are unable to find, or lean into sentimental gifts this year such as crafts that you make or spending quality time together,” Osibodu-Onyali advised.

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How to avoid financial stress during the holiday season
5 days, 12 hours ago

How to avoid financial stress during the holiday season

Associated Press  

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How to make the holiday season less stressful, according to experts
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How to make the holiday season less stressful, according to experts

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. “Holidays have a lot of expectations that come along with them,” said Dr. Suzanne Degges-White, a licensed counselor and professor and chair of Northern Illinois University’s department of counseling and higher education in DeKalb, Illinois. “Come up with five things you enjoy most, prioritize those things, and don’t feel that you have …

Is Secret Santa stressing you out? Here’s your survival guide to mastering holiday gift exchange
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Hindustan Times  

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Parents are up against the ‘mother lode’ of holiday stress. Here’s how to make it easier
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Parents are up against the ‘mother lode’ of holiday stress. Here’s how to make it easier

CNN  

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Then there’s the shipping deadlines, making sure that it’s in your budget.” Like Huggins, many parents are up against the “mother lode” of stress way before the holiday season adds extra demands. That’s an important question parents can consider, said Anna Seewald, a Princeton, New Jersey-based …

Parents are up against the ‘mother lode’ of holiday stress. Here’s how to make it easier
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Parents are up against the ‘mother lode’ of holiday stress. Here’s how to make it easier

CNN  

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Then there’s the shipping deadlines, making sure that it’s in your budget.” Like Huggins, many parents are up against the “mother lode” of stress way before the holiday season adds extra demands. That’s an important question parents can consider, said Anna Seewald, a Princeton, New Jersey-based …

How to cope with Christmas stress
3 years ago

How to cope with Christmas stress

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Finally, look at your typical response to stress and ask if it’s getting in the …

Christmas can be a time of stress and shame for families struggling to make ends meet
3 years ago

Christmas can be a time of stress and shame for families struggling to make ends meet

The Independent  

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Everyone is stressed and anxious this holiday season. 7 ways to cope
4 years ago

Everyone is stressed and anxious this holiday season. 7 ways to cope

LA Times  

Does it feel like a storm on the horizon? “People need to assess their expectations over the holidays and have a reset,” says Sage Grazer, psychotherapist and cofounder of Frame, a therapist matching tool, which offers free streaming online discussions each week where you can confidentially ask a therapist questions about such topics as managing holiday stress and sadness. My …

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