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Tips for Supporting a Loved One with an Eating Disorder During the Holidays
The holidays can be a fun and festive time with friends and family, but they can also be filled with challenges and triggers for loved ones who struggle with disordered eating. Let’s take a closer look at why the holidays are so difficult for those…
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Holiday Tips: When Family Comes Together
During holiday gatherings, consider experimenting with healthier habits to both bond with family and respect their individual differences.  After all, each family is as extraordinary as the individuals that make it.
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How to Celebrate the Holidays Sober
Maintaining your sobriety and having fun at events that are traditionally associated with drinking such as a holiday party is possible, but it does require planning. The more safeguards you put in place, the more time you will have to distract…
Fostering Spiritual Resiliency Through Gratitude
“Thank you” is a statement that is so ordinary that the words are often dismissed as a routine courtesy rather than true expression of gratitude. For Meister Eckhart (14th Century Christian Monk), “thank you” was all that…
Seven Self-Care Tips so You Can Enjoy the Holidays
The holidays are here – also known as “the most wonderful time of the year!” A time to catch up with friends and loved ones, decorate the house, host parties, bake cookies, shop ‘til we drop, attend concerts and church events, and often…
How to Enjoy a Not-So-Perfect Holiday Season
We all have high holiday expectations. A perfectly browned Thanksgiving turkey; a magical Christmas filled with Hallmark-worthy moments; a Hanukkah celebration rivaling those you remember from childhood… However, planning for the perfect…
Small girl comforting father when pulling out the burnt turkey and potatoes from the oven
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Teaching Our Kids About Gratitude
Gratefulness is an emotion – it is not something we can force our children to experience. While we can’t make a child appreciate something, we can encourage them to say “thank you” and provide teachable moments about being…
Generosity Through Giving … and Letting Go
Giving and Letting Go walk hand in hand. Both help us open ourselves to compassion for the suffering and need in the world; both help foster generosity. This is more than just cultivating a spirit of altruism and philanthropy, or embracing a spirit…
Loving Kindness Calming Holiday Exercise
  Stress and anxiety can overwhelm us during the holidays to the point of consuming our minds and hearts, as well as affecting our bodies. One way to develop resiliency in the midst of holiday stress is to focus on a larger purpose, a greater…
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7 Tips on Combatting Holiday Screen Time Creep
  Most adults think of the holidays as a time for family gatherings filled with food, fun and good conversations. However, children tend to think of the holidays in terms of freedom. Freedom from the structure of bedtimes, practices, school, and…

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