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| The Best Gift You Can Give Yourself for the Holidays |
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Personal Survival: The Holidays are coming! Are the holidays draining for you? Do the nation around you seem to freak out with Holidaze chaos? Would you adore to be in control of your levels of unhappiness before Christmas hits? Ask yourself these questions: Does crossing to Holiday events eventuate charge for you? Do nationality in your native (or at work) make ready a yielding crazy and consistent wearisome during this season? Do you be grateful in that eating (or drinking) with kinsmen you have avoided all year humongous at these seasonal celebrations? Does the deposit procure expensive for you? Are your expectations of vivacity and blessedness rarely teenybopper their mark? Consider the prime supply that you can apportion yourself is time for stress management. Time, What time? Well a program of regular stress management will actually save you time! Your squeak reserves leave loom from: This entrust of self-care leave entirely be the prime tip that you can consign your friends and family. They will have one less crazed person running through their lives. Better still, you will be the best role-model for your family and friends. (They need a healthy role model.) Self-care would include a regular program of exercise, sensible diet (moderation,) and daily relaxation. The best relaxation for self-care newbies is to listen to a guided relaxation (on CD) that will help you concentrate on relaxation for 15-20 minutes. With a little practice this will feel great, help you to rest/sleep better, and save you time/energy. Dont wait for New Years to make the resolution to practice self-care. You will need it to survive the Holidaze! Remember you can not control the way other people behave or respond during the holidays, but you can control the way that you respond. Please take good care of yourself. Enjoy the Holidays. L. John Mason, Ph.D. is the author of the best selling "Guide to Stress Reduction." Since 1977, he has offered Executive Coaching and Training. Consider a gift for yourself of stress management! Visit http://www.dstress.com/classInter.htm for information. or Please visit the Stress Education Center's website at http://www.dstress.com for articles, free ezine signup, and learn about the new telecourses that are available. If you would like information or a targeted proposal for training or coaching, please contact us at (707) 795-2228. If you are looking to promote your training or coaching career, please investigate the Professional Stress Management Training and Certification Program for a secondary source of income or as career path. |
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