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7 Strategies to Survive the Holidays

Have you ever wondered why traditional holidays are so stressful?   Instead of being called the ‘ most wonderful time of the year, ’ it seems that we should rename it to be more accurately called the ‘ most difficult time of the year’ . I believe you can break the pattern of stressful holidays by realistically changing your perspective to directly deal with predictable daily pressures and then by using strategic coping skills to steer around or even better steer away from the bigger problems that tend to ‘pop up’ this time of year.   Face it . There are as many factors to cause our stress levels to build to an explosive level as there are people on the planet. Everyone has complexities and challenges different from others, yet there are some universal pressures everyone has to address no matter their age, gender or marital status. Stress tends to go up as we age because there are more factors to consider, more people to deal with and more responsibilities.   The older you get, th