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Relaxation Tips Information and Inspiration to Help You
Relieve Stress and Find Balance in Life Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Relaxation Tip of the Week
Be Open to Learning About Yourself
"Use your own distress to teach yourself to be more patient, caring, and
compassionate toward yourself and others."
(from Ten Strategies for Mastering Stress, by Joel Levey and Michelle Levey)
Top Ten Relaxation Tips for Reducing Holiday Stress
by Bryan Brewer, Producer, Self-Guided.com
This week I am offering my annual "Top Ten" list of relaxation tips
to help you reduce holiday stress. For many folks, the holiday season is a
mixed blessing. We love the good feelings of family gatherings and holiday cheer,
but these can also be high-stress times, both in the anticipation and in the events
themselves.
The good news is that there are many simple, practical steps you can take to manage and
reduce your stress around the holidays.
These Top Ten tips (whose titles are listed below) are easy to understand and put into
practice. Each tip has a more detailed explanation on the Self-Guided.com
Web site, including quotes and audio clips from the works of Joel and Michelle
Levey. Here's the list:
Top Ten Relaxation Tips to Reduce
Holiday Stress
1.
Create realistic expectations -- don't try
to make this the perfect holiday.
2.
Learn to say "no" to extra
obligations that might stress you out.
3.
Take short relaxation breaks to let go of
tension.
4.
Get involved in a volunteer activity where
you help others.
5.
Tap into your natural creativity and create
a hand-made gift.
6.
Eat and drink sensibly, and get plenty of
exercise and sleep.
7.
Practice being a peacemaker if family
squabbles erupt.
8.
Balance your spending of time and money to
improve your quality of life.
9.
Create a new holiday tradition that builds
connections among your family and friends.
10.
Reflect on the deeper meaning and spirit of
the holidays for you personally, for your family, and for humanity and the world.
"A perpetual holiday is a good working definition
of hell."
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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