“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop Small acts of kindness can go a long way in showing someone that we care about them. Take some time today and be intentional about showing
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 5
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 5 Cultivating your spiritual life is an important strategy to overcoming loneliness. Whatever that looks like for you – whether that means subscribing to a particular faith and seeking more support within that institution, or
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 4
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 4 Oftentimes, people who experience feelings of loneliness are stuck in a cycle of perceptions, actions, and idea about their loneliness. It can be difficult to break out of this cycle, especially since our own
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Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 3
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 3 Whether you have a toolkit of coping strategies already in place, or whether you need to begin developing that toolkit, when we have “go-to” strategies to overcome difficult emotions, then we are more likely
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 2
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 2 It may seem counterintuitive to suggest being alone as a strategy to cope with and overcome loneliness but getting comfortable with the idea of being alone can actually help in overcoming loneliness. Learning to
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 1
Coping with Holiday Loneliness: Tip 1 Loneliness is hard to deal with at any time of the year, but when we experience loneliness during the holidays, it can seem a little bit harder to cope and overcome. One important step
Adjust the Sails
“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” – Dolly Parton When facing a problem or conflict, it’s important to try and focus on the things within your control, such as your own behavior and the boundaries
Holiday *Thrival* Tip 7
Minimize holiday stress by sharing the responsibilities of holiday tasks. It can be hard to let go of certain responsibilities or tasks, especially if you’ve taken them on in the past. But, letting go of certain duties can allow for
Holiday *Thrival* Tip 6
A big mistake that people often make around the holidays is that they focus so much on how they’ll spend time with others, that they don’t intentionally think about how to spend time caring for themselves. A good way to