The Holiday Stress-Busting Guide

By Jonathan D. Sherman

eBook

30 days and hundreds of ways to bust, cool, chill, deal and cope with all the various stresses of the holidays.

Description

This guide contains 76 pages of the best tips, strategies and worksheets culled from thousands of hours of direct face-to-face work with clients, workshop participants, as well as from the best evidence- and research-based psychological and relational practices available today.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Hundreds and hundreds of practical, useful and effective stress-busting tips, strategies, mindsets, and techniques for dealing with every aspect of holiday stress.
• Worksheets to help you put the concepts into action.
• The 30-Day Stress Tracker
• 31-60-Day “Overlearning!” Stress-Tracker

Contents

UNDERSTANDING STRESS

• The Holidays Are Not the Same for Everyone
• Understanding Stress 101
• Signs and Symptoms of Stress
• Assess Your Stress

WELL-BEING: PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, & MENTAL STRESS-BUSTERS

• Physical Health Stress-Busters
• Simple Physical and Mental Workouts Work
• Relaxation and Mindfulness
• Stress-Busting Attitudes and Mindsets
• Mood Stress-Busters
• Mental Illness Stress-Busters
• Get Help When You need It

RELATIONSHIP & FAMILY STRESS-BUSTERS

• Relationship and Family Conflict Stress-Busters
• Busting Stress with the Children
• Connecting With Your Kids Over the Holidays
• Separation and Divorce Stress-Busters
• Step-Family Stress-Busters
• Bereavement and Grieving Over the Holidays
• Mourning the Loss of the Past Year
• Loneliness and Isolation Stress-Busters
• Using Social Supports as Stress-Busters

TIME & MONEY STRESS-BUSTERS

• Financial Stress-Busters
• Time Pressure Stress-Busters
• Gift-Giving Stress-Busters
• Shopping Stress-Busters
• HOliday Meal Stress-Busters

ADDITIONAL STRESS-BUSTERS

• Counter Commercialism
• Examine Your Traditions
• Traveling Stress-Busters
• Some Additional Stress-Busters
• Do One Thing Different
• Holiday Stress-Busting Resource Guide
• Share YOUR Stress-Busters Tips!