Top 5 Holiday Stress Busters

Holiday Stress Busters

Top 5 Tips for Avoiding Holiday Stress

by Leslie Hendry

There’s no doubt that while we all look forward to this time of year, the holidays can bring a level of stress that can often damper the ‘spirit of the season’ – given the extra time traveling, the extra expense and pressures of gift shopping, and not to mention the extra calories and unwanted pounds. However, longtime yoga and meditation practitioner Leslie Hendry has five essential tips that are sure to bring less stress and more joy to all this holiday season!

7 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues

Holiday Blues

7 Steps to Beat the Holiday Blues

The holidays are filled with images of a great tasting turkey, a white Christmas, a perfectly decorated house and warm family gathering. But those dreams of a perfect holiday gathering can quickly become nightmares — leading to bouts of depression, says Jay Zimmerman, a staff psychologist with Ball State’s Counseling Center.

“The holidays are very stressful because people want the holidays to be perfect,” Zimmerman says. “Many people have images of perfect family gatherings based on hopes or what they see on television. That puts us under a great deal of pressure.”

Other factors contributing to a more stressful holiday season this year may be the loss of a job by a family member or other economic concerns or having a friend or relative in the military stationed in a war zone.