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Congratulations on surviving the holiday season. Hopefully you were able to do more than just "survive" hopefully you "thrived"! [newsletter-sign-up-form] You may be wondering why I created a post about the holidays AFTER the holidays. Now is the perfect time to evaluate your success over the past few months. What worked? What didn't? When do you want to start next year? Who [...]
Are you interested in creating a stress free holiday season? If you've been with me the past 9 weeks - you are well on your way to enjoying a less stressful December. But, what if today is the first holiday post you've read? Good news - there is still hope for you! Here's a recap of the previous 9 posts. I encourage you to [...]
Congrats! You’ve been working hard to implement steps 1 – 8 in our “Create a Stress Free Holiday Season”. But, if you are anything like many of my clients, you have your holiday papers & ideas in various places. You might have some ideas written on post-it notes stuck in your calendar. Possibly a few coupons on the refrigerator, other coupons in your purse, [...]
Do you wrap gifts Christmas Eve? Do you find you are exhausted Christmas morning because you were up all night putting together toys? When you pull the gifts out of the hiding places, do you realize that you bought “too much” for one person and “not enough” for another? Did you start your gift buying in July and then forgot about everything you had [...]
What are your favorite ways to relax? Stop – and really think about this! Write a list! What do you love doing? How do you relax? If I change the question to – what are your favorite ways to relax during the holiday season – does your answer change? Now, let’s change the question one more time – think back to last year, how [...]
Welcome, this week we are continuing our journey to a Stress Free Holiday Season. By starting early, having a plan, and following a plan, you set yourself up for success. If you’ve missed previous posts - Week #1 – Mentally create the holiday of your dreams. Week #2 – List all the activities you currently participate in during the holidays. Week #3 – Categorize [...]
We are continuing our journey to a Stress Free Holiday Season. If you’ve missed previous posts - Week #1 – Mentally create the holiday of your dreams. Week #2 – List all the activities you currently participate in during the holidays. Week #3 – Categorize these activities – how much do you enjoy doing them? One of the causes of stress around the holidays [...]
We are continuing our journey to a Stress Free Holiday Season. So far you have created a vision of what you would like your holiday to look like and you have listed all the activities you are currently doing. Today I want you to decide how much you actually enjoy doing these activities. We are going to make the connection between what you WANT [...]
In a previous post I shared that one of the greatest causes of stress for many of my clients is living up to their own expectations during the holidays. They become overwhelmed trying to make everything perfect . . . or just trying to “get it all done”! Over the next few months I’ll be creating a number of posts to help you take [...]
One of the greatest causes of stress for many of my clients is living up to their own expectations during the holidays. They try so hard to make the entire season perfect for their family and friends. They complete the shopping, the wrapping, the cooking, the cleaning, the decorating all while being the “hostess with the mostest” and juggling the everyday demands of family [...]
