Health News
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom
Today marks the unofficial start of the holiday season, and it begins with shopping! While you might not be scanning the store shelves at midnight, the start of the season puts a lot of added pressure on all of us, only one of which is gift shopping. With already busy lives, the pressure of ?doing it all? begins now and continues through the end of the year.
In the weeks to come, I?ll be visiting numerous topics on managing your holiday stress, with ideas on how to focus on the joys of the holiday season while reducing much of the pressure.
How about some of your own ideas on coping with holiday stress? I?d love to know!
In the meantime, enjoy the post-Thanksgiving holiday weekend!
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- Holiday Season Energy Boosters
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With the holiday season adding extra activities to our already busy lives, we all sometimes feel we?re running low on energy. And this lack of energy can become a barrier to enjoyment. Below are three of my favorite strategies...
- Enjoy Your Holiday Eating!
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- Enjoy The Holiday Weekend!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom By the time you?re reading this, it will be the start of a long holiday weekend for most of us. You may be celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa ? or if you?re a Seinfeld fan, perhaps ?Festivus? (for the rest-of-us!). While...
- Beware Of The Office Candy Jar!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, a predictable food phenomenon occurs in offices everywhere: the sudden appearance of holiday candy jars, filled to the brim with all kinds of treats! Even on desks of the most healthful...
Health News
Let the Holiday Season Begin!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom
Today marks the unofficial start of the holiday season, and it begins with shopping! While you might not be scanning the store shelves at midnight, the start of the season puts a lot of added pressure on all of us, only one of which is gift shopping. With already busy lives, the pressure of ?doing it all? begins now and continues through the end of the year.
In the weeks to come, I?ll be visiting numerous topics on managing your holiday stress, with ideas on how to focus on the joys of the holiday season while reducing much of the pressure.
How about some of your own ideas on coping with holiday stress? I?d love to know!
In the meantime, enjoy the post-Thanksgiving holiday weekend!
- Tips On Getting Around Or Through The 'holiday Blahs'
The holidays are supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but for many it is a time of sadness and anxiety, Sarah Elizabeth Richards writes for the Daily Burn. "There's so much emphasis on family and celebration, but it's hard if you're...
- Holiday Season Energy Boosters
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With the holiday season adding extra activities to our already busy lives, we all sometimes feel we?re running low on energy. And this lack of energy can become a barrier to enjoyment. Below are three of my favorite strategies...
- Enjoy Your Holiday Eating!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With a big holiday weekend coming up ? spanning both Easter and Passover ? many of us are anticipating family time that includes all kinds of special holiday foods. I think it?s time we all started to look forward to holiday...
- Enjoy The Holiday Weekend!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom By the time you?re reading this, it will be the start of a long holiday weekend for most of us. You may be celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa ? or if you?re a Seinfeld fan, perhaps ?Festivus? (for the rest-of-us!). While...
- Beware Of The Office Candy Jar!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, a predictable food phenomenon occurs in offices everywhere: the sudden appearance of holiday candy jars, filled to the brim with all kinds of treats! Even on desks of the most healthful...