Holiday survival skills are in demand as we navigate the busy and often stressful season. Popular strategies being shared this year focus on maintaining physical health, managing emotions, and balancing social dynamics: There are a lot of stressors whether you feel...
Halloween used to be a tricky time for me, because of all the candy. I was always afraid I would overeat, gain weight and hate myself for it. The aisles of colorful candy were hard for me to ignore, and my strategies for “managing” my candy intake became...
Surviving seems to be the goal over the holidays. We wonder if we can just make it through the holidays and get to the end is the goal. Getting to the place of thriving over the holidays can seem unattainable. Thriving can seem unreachable, because of all we have come...
If you look anywhere on the internet you will hear how people do not know how to avoid stress over the holidays. I wondered how many poeople. think about stress over the holidays, so I asked my community. I ran a survey asking: Do you need strategies to support you...
I have many memories of struggling with food over the holidays. When I was single, I feared having food (specifically candy) in the house. At Halloween time I would buy a bag of candy my thought was to use it on Halloween, but that never happened. I always ate it. It...
Do you find you are already thinking about candy? It is front and center in the grocery stores. I have already heard stories of people buying candy in September and eating all of it. This is your opportunity to look at this holiday season, which I lovingly call the...