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> Index > Emotional and Mental Health > Holidays and Vacations
Holidays and Vacations articlesPut the Ho Ho Ho Back into Your Holidays
Depression is sometimes a component of the Christmas season for a variety of reasons. Typical responses to the emotional overload of the holiday rush are overeating, overdrinking and generally overdoing.
Depression is sometimes a component of the Christmas season for a variety of reasons. Typical responses to the emotional overload of the holiday rush are overeating, overdrinking and generally overdoing.
Up, Up and Away
Be warned when you cross over the threshold of the airplane as you begin your winter holida.
Be warned when you cross over the threshold of the airplane as you begin your winter holida.
Greening the Haul-idays
Give a gift to the environment Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas or the African heritage festival Kwanza, traditions no doubt dictate the food you eat, the decorations you display a.
Give a gift to the environment Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas or the African heritage festival Kwanza, traditions no doubt dictate the food you eat, the decorations you display a.
Fitting in Holiday Fitness
How many of us have a difficult time of fitting some form of physical activity into our daily routine? During hectic times like Christmas, many of us simply give up without a fight, cutting back on our fitness routines because of the demands of the.
How many of us have a difficult time of fitting some form of physical activity into our daily routine? During hectic times like Christmas, many of us simply give up without a fight, cutting back on our fitness routines because of the demands of the.
Low-Impact Vacationing
Vacations are opportunities to focus on relaxation, fun, and personal and spiritual growth. For many of us, vacations are limited to a few weeks per year and further constrained by financial, family, and health-related factors.
Vacations are opportunities to focus on relaxation, fun, and personal and spiritual growth. For many of us, vacations are limited to a few weeks per year and further constrained by financial, family, and health-related factors.
Holiday Stress
Ho, ho, hold the stress. The coming holiday season is supposed to be full of laughter but many find it full of stress. It has been estimated that about three-quarters of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems..
Ho, ho, hold the stress. The coming holiday season is supposed to be full of laughter but many find it full of stress. It has been estimated that about three-quarters of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems..
Beating Christmas Stress
In an infamous experiment in the 1960s, lab researchers wanted to examine effects of stress on rats. First, they took an individual rat, isolated it, then injected it with increasing doses of amphetamines until, in the name of science, the poor rat died. Next, researchers did the same to a group of rats in a confined area..
In an infamous experiment in the 1960s, lab researchers wanted to examine effects of stress on rats. First, they took an individual rat, isolated it, then injected it with increasing doses of amphetamines until, in the name of science, the poor rat died. Next, researchers did the same to a group of rats in a confined area..
Help for the Holiday Season
Holidays are a time to celebrate with family and friends, and to yield to the temptation to overindulge in food and drink. Study results from the New England Journal of Medicine (March 2000) has scientifically confirmed that, on average, we gain a pound of weight during the festive season.
Holidays are a time to celebrate with family and friends, and to yield to the temptation to overindulge in food and drink. Study results from the New England Journal of Medicine (March 2000) has scientifically confirmed that, on average, we gain a pound of weight during the festive season.
Green Christmas
The Christmas tree is up and decorated, filling the house with fresh fragrance, but it’s already turning dry and dropping needles everywhere. After all, a tree begins to die the moment it’s cut down. Many people have turned to plastic trees for convenience, but they can seem so ... plastic.
The Christmas tree is up and decorated, filling the house with fresh fragrance, but it’s already turning dry and dropping needles everywhere. After all, a tree begins to die the moment it’s cut down. Many people have turned to plastic trees for convenience, but they can seem so ... plastic.
Create the Holiday You'd Love to Have
Take two weeks in December to break yourroutine–travel, overeat, overdrink, under-exercise, and undersleep (with relatives inclose quarters)–and you have the potential for disaster. Oh yeah, add a NewYear’s celebration in there, too.
Take two weeks in December to break yourroutine–travel, overeat, overdrink, under-exercise, and undersleep (with relatives inclose quarters)–and you have the potential for disaster. Oh yeah, add a NewYear’s celebration in there, too.
De-Stressing Our Children This Holiday Season
When we think of the holiday season, weconjure up images of beautifully wrappedpresents, out-of-town relatives, and delicious food. Yet, even though the holidayseason can be filled with joy and abundance, this time of year can also bequite stressful for adults and children.
When we think of the holiday season, weconjure up images of beautifully wrappedpresents, out-of-town relatives, and delicious food. Yet, even though the holidayseason can be filled with joy and abundance, this time of year can also bequite stressful for adults and children.
Mother’s Day Celebration
The role of motherhood has been honoured for centuries, but it wasn’t until 1914, after countless campaigning efforts by women such as Ms. Anna Jarvis, that US President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother’s Day as a national holiday to be held each year on the second Sunday of May.
The role of motherhood has been honoured for centuries, but it wasn’t until 1914, after countless campaigning efforts by women such as Ms. Anna Jarvis, that US President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother’s Day as a national holiday to be held each year on the second Sunday of May.
Making a Difference Together
Many busy families would like to have more time to volunteer for causes they believe in or to give something back to their communities. Volunteering as a family instils these values in children, even from an early age.
Many busy families would like to have more time to volunteer for causes they believe in or to give something back to their communities. Volunteering as a family instils these values in children, even from an early age.
Take an Active Spa Vacation
I remember the exact moment of my epiphany. It was in Key West.
I remember the exact moment of my epiphany. It was in Key West.
Green Escapes
Not all eco-friendly holidays need to involve tent pegs, bear-proof canisters, and digging your own toilet.
Not all eco-friendly holidays need to involve tent pegs, bear-proof canisters, and digging your own toilet.
