Managing Holiday Stress
The holiday season brings joy. However, that does not mean it cannot cause depression and stress. Minimizing the bad to enjoy the good is essential to enjoying the parties, baking, shopping, and enjoying family and friends. Let us, Back In Balance Wellness Center in Bangor and Ellsworth, help you manage your stress.
Stress Management During the Holidays
The following tips and advice can help if you get the “burn-out” feeling from all of the holiday activities.
- Remain realistic: Nothing is perfect, not even the holidays. Do not allow the details to bog down the joy. Realize that the point of the holidays is to enjoy your time.
- Reach out: Loneliness can happen in a crowd. Seek out someone to talk to about feelings of isolation. Chances are, there could be others in the same situation.
- Stick to a plan: Last-minute scrambling seems unavoidable during the holidays. But, planning and sticking to it will help avoid time-related stress.
- Plan a budget: Money cannot buy happiness, and neither can over gifting. Stick to a planned budget, and do not forget to put money aside for self-care.
- Self-care: Ignoring stress and anxiety is harmful to physical health. Putting money aside for massage therapy or acupuncture will keep the holiday season jolly and the body healthy.
- Healthy habits, healthy holidays: Avoid overindulging to the point of misery. Regardless of what is going on, remember to get plenty of sleep.
- Remember to breathe: Spend at least half an hour alone every day. Finding things that reduce overall stress and anxiety restores inner calm. Take a walk, read a book, listen to music, or schedule a massage therapy appointment with a chiropractor.
Stress Relief at Back In Balance Wellness Center
Serving the Bangor, Ellsworth, and surrounding area, we at Back In Balance Wellness Center strive to provide stress-relieving therapies to keep you balanced. Enjoying the holidays can sometimes be hard. But, scheduling an appointment with our chiropractor can help you enjoy family, friends, and festivities. Call 207-947-8077 (Bangor) or 207-667-4678 (Ellsworth) to book a session.
