Holiday Stress
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5 Tips for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving 
We have it all, but don’t know what to with it. And now Thanksgiving is almost here and many of us feel compelled to feel thankful. Why then do we drive ourselves crazy overloaded with chores and tensions concerning a holiday of gratefulness?
7 Proven Strategies for Guilt-Free Holiday Eating
Thanksgiving is almost here and hark, the beginning of holiday-weight- gain season. I will share with you some proven strategies to enjoy the festivities with a real, lightness of being.
Are You a Closet Shopaholic?
This is the time of year that I worry about my clients who are closet shopaholics. How can you tell if you are a shopaholic? And what can you do to control those impulses? Are You Suffering from Affluenza?
Parents are afraid to have that “talk” with their children about simplifying this holiday season for fear of disappointing them. Gifts have become a monetary barometer for love and affection. Attracting Love and Romance This Valentine’s Day
Beware of the McHoliday Syndrome
The holiday season sets us up for the McHoliday syndrome, a prefab happiness – a wonderful life for us all. As the holidays approach, we drive ourselves crazy looking for the perfect gift, preparing for the perfect dinner and trying to look perfect. Time to turn the extraordinary into the ordinary.
Don’t Make Any More New Year’s Resolutions
Every year around December we all start thinking about the New Year’s Resolutions we will be making on January 1st. Why do we make promises we don’t keep and why can’t we keep them? Let us make it easy on ourselves to shed stress in an easy, liquid way. Here are some suggestions to help Fending Off Family Feuds During the Festivities
When you recall past holiday get-togethers with family and friends, you often realize why you see these people only once a year. Don’t fret because I will help you deal with these difficult relationships. Go Green with Re-Gifting
A huge stressor ominously looming in the near future is holiday gift giving during these hard economic times. It’s time to shine a light on the virtues or re-gifting. Halloween Can Help You Define Your Identity
Halloween provides an ample opportunity for costuming and partying. We wear masks to facilitate playfulness, encouraging us to try on different identities. Use this Halloween as an opportunity to consider the different masks we all wear: in social scenes, at work, with our significant other, etc. Handling Holiday Custody Battles
"My husband got custody of our two sons for the major holidays. I’m depressed that I don’t have them on the holidays...." How to Avoid the Heartbreak of Valentine’s Day
Many of us experience a day of quiet desperation on Valentine´s Day because reality cannot compete with the fairy tales promoted by the media and the card industry. Here is how to celebrate a Happy Valentine’s Day, everyday. How to Brighten the Winter Blahs
How To Deal With Holiday Stress
The days are shorter, the weather colder and the holiday countdown begins. The malls are filled with beautiful decorations. Music and fragrances combine to set the holiday spirit. Outside, chestnuts are roasting over an open fire, so why do we feel anxious and a bit wistful? How to Enjoy a Stress Free Thanksgiving
Celebrations can hurl us into the most stressful moments of our lives.If we can tap into the real spirit of the holiday, return to the essence of Thanksgiving, we can relax and have a lot of fun. Here’s how to enjoy your Thanksgiving: How to Enjoy the Holiday Season Again 
The holidays intensify our longings and bring disappointments to the forefront. Here are some strategies to see the inner light of the holidays and become seasonally effective. How to Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Many of us are a bit wistful during the Thanksgiving holiday. Perhaps, it is because we are bullied into feeling grateful and happy.The best stress-management tool I could provide for the holidays is: Get Real! Here’s how: How to Make Resolutions You Can Keep
Instead of making resolutions on the spur of the moment, make a commitment to just one goal of self-improvement, for you and no one else. Stress Tips for Vacation and Life
Here are some de-stressing strategies that help us in our journeys. Fortunately, these concrete skills can be transferred to daily living. Thanksgiving Made Thinner
One of the biggest stressors ominously hanging over Thanksgiving like a heavy cloud is the 3,500 calorie meal. Many of us are worried about gaining weight and undoing all the hard work required for our dietary success. Here are some tips for a guilt-free and healthy Thanksgiving Dinner: The Complete Antidote to Holiday Dread
Whatever stressors we experience during the year the holidays intensify that stress and underscore what is missing in our lives. The holidays can potentially be downright toxic, emotionally and physically. Here´s the antidote. The Orange Alert is Darkening My Holidays - What Can I Do?
All I see on TV are diagrams of dirty bombs, airports tightening security and our fighter planes airborne guarding what used to be the friendly skies. What can I do to control my uneasiness? This Halloween Turn Life from a Trick into a Treat
Halloween celebrates deception, costumes and masks, which disguise who we are. However, are we wearing a disguise or revealing an internal truth, a fragment of our personality we have suppressed, the shadow side? Here are some popular costumes and what they might reveal about you:
Tips for Holiday Togetherness
The holidays are a tension of opposites: happily anticipated from a distance, yet fraught with stress as they approach. Here are 7 tips for holiday. resiliency Untraditional Holiday Traditions
It’s time to free ourselves from a past that no longer applies to embrace the present. Accepting, integrating and participating in new joint rituals creates balance and strengthens the family. Valentine’s Day on the Cheap with Big Returns
This year Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday, so instead of dinner after work there’s a whole day or even a weekend to plan. The economy is a mess and for most of us the money is simply not there. You Don’t Need Drugs to Get Through the Holidays
The holidays seem to emphasize our loneliness, unfulfilled expectations and fears.There is increased usage of "feel good chemistry", drugs to take the edge off our unhappiness and anxiety. Here are some suggestions to be high on life:
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