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holiday check-in

holiday check-in

December 5, 2023  |  holidays, mental health

To be sure, there are lots of things happening now that holiday preparations for Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's. Lights are going up, candles are being prepped, and trees and presents are being bought and

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holiday anxiety

holiday anxiousness

December 14, 2022  |  anxiety, holidays, Stress

It's no secret that the holidays can make even Santa a little anxious. After all, who wouldn't be a tad worried about making sure every good little girl and boy gets exactly what they want? Truth be told, we all face

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frantic pace

Holiday Pace

December 9, 2021  |  holidays, Mental health

Here we are, all rushing about to ensure our holiday packages get sent on time to arrive before Christmas or to pick up that one cookie ingredient we forgot on the last trip to the grovery store. It feels a little

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Different Kind of Holiday

A different kind of holiday

December 4, 2020  |  Christmas stress, COVID-19, depression, holidays

It's a foregone conclusion at this point that Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve will all be very different this year. COVID has taken its toll on so many of our traditions and "feel good" things that

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COVID holidays

Holiday coping in the COVID age

Has it really been nearly 12 months already? How time flies! Yep - it's almost time for the holidays again. But this time, with an added twist - COVID-19. Oh sure, it's a fun time of year ... ususally. We look forward

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holiday stress

reducing holiday stress

December 10, 2019  |  Crisis, holidays, Mental health, Stress

Here we go! We're off and running on the holiday season, and it's busy, busy, BUSY! We kicked it off with Thanksgiving a couple of weeks ago (some of us are STILL working through leftovers, which probably isn't a good

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