Holiday Survival Guide – Pt 2 of 5
5 Easy Ways to Beat the Blues and Feel Joyous this Holiday Season
by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
Today we continue our series of tips to help you beat the blues over the holidays:
- Holiday Blues Number 1: Seasonal Affective Disorder (“SAD”) posted 6 December
- Holiday Blues Number 2: Seasonal Illnesses (in today’s post)
- Holiday Blues Number 3: Family “Dramas” (coming Sat 12 December)
- Holiday Blues Number 4: Stress over Money (coming Tues 15 December)
- Holiday Blues Number 5: Feelings of Isolation (coming Fri 18 December)
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Beating Holiday Blues Number 2: Seasonal illnesses
In Part 1, we looked at SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). In today’s instalment of my “Holiday Survival Guide”, we’ll look at beating the holiday blues of seasonal illnesses like colds and flu.
Ok. I admit. There is nothing that makes us feel more “blue” than getting ill, especially during the holidays when we are supposed to be having fun (aren’t’ we?). There has indeed been an awful lot of flu going around this year (I had swine flu in September myself), over and above the usual seasonal flu. But what makes the flu season even worse is the fact that during the holiday season, we tend to compromise our body’s immune system to an extreme by: Continue Reading…
