Posts Tagged ‘stress’

Reducing Relationship Stress This Christmas

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

For many couples Christmas can a stressful time. What is meant to joyous and relaxing time can simply become a stream of expectation management with ‘trying to keep everyone happy’ being the ultimate goal. The irony is the more we try to keep everyone happy the less happy we are and the more pressure we [...]

Beat the Credit Crunch This Christmas – 4 Simple Steps

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

In the current economic climate it can be hard to imagine having a Christmas that you can afford as well as enjoy. The thought of Christmas can be stressful and leave us worrying about our bank-balance come January. The good news is you don’t have to compromise your fun to keep some money in your [...]

How to Plan a Delightfully Imperfect Christmas in Two Tiny Steps

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

This Christmas, my family and I are doing something a bit different from normal: We’ll be cozying up in a “lodge” (on the southern shore of Lake Windermere. I booked this almost a year ago and I’ve been looking forward to it ever since. I can’t wait! Your Christmas might be very similar to mine, [...]

The Christmas Shuffle – When Driving Around at Christmas Drives You Around the Bend!

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

A DJ on my local radio station recently asked listeners if they would dump Christmas if they could. Perhaps not surprisingly, quite a few said yes. It’s too commercial. It’s too busy. It’s too complicated. For many people in my generation, it’s also too tense. Demographic trends show that Christmas all too often involves walking [...]

5 Health Tips For Christmas

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Christmas and good health may not seem to go together particularly well, so you need to pay extra attention, if you want to stay illness-free this December. Here are 5 tips for staying healthy this Christmas. 1. Reduce stress Stress is one of the biggest health worries at this time of the year as you [...]

Who Stole The Spirit Of Christmas

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Once again it is the time of year where it is impossible to forget that Christmas is just around the corner, we see advertising on our TVs, in the shops, on the radio and we read about it in magazines and newspapers, but what is Christmas all about? How have things changed since the time [...]

Make Christmas Less Stressed and More Blessed

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

10 Tips for a More Meaningful and Less Stressful Holiday Does your Christmas spirit get lost in the frenzy this time of year? Is your household so hectic during December that it could drive even Bob Cratchit to tear out his hair? Well, you might as well face the fact that not even the Grinch [...]