A Week Filled with Stress

A Week Filled with Stress

by | Jan 29, 2020 | Family Life, Stress

If you read my blog post from Tuesday, you know that I had to take my beloved Labrador, Charlie, on a one way trip to the vet. Which resulted in a week filled with stress. I have talked about stress before, but today I want to let you know some of the health risks of...

Stress-Less Holidays

by | Nov 13, 2017 | Gluten-Free Holidays, Stress

Is it possible to have stress-less holidays? I know, the turkey is only half cooked, you don’t have all the ingredients for the mashed potatoes, the cranberry sauce is more like a cranberry juice and you have no idea what to do with all of the green beans. Sound...

The Most Stressful Time of the Year

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Stress

Christmas Is One of the Most Stressful Times of the Year You would think with the beauty of this holiday that it would be a time of reflection, a time to sit in front of a crackling fire and drink hot cocoa and snuggle beneath a thick, fluffy throw – but that’s...

Dealing with Grief during the Holidays

by | Dec 26, 2016 | Family Life, Stress

  Dealing with grief or feeling sad when everyone expects you to be happy is rough.  This is a subject pretty near to my heart. I lost my mother just two days before Christmas in 2012. She was 89, had congestive heart failure and had suffered a massive stroke, so...

Tips for Overcoming Stress During the Holidays

by | Dec 6, 2013 | Stress

The Holidays… They are supposed to be happy, fun-filled, family times, but between work, home, kids, traveling, the obligatory baking, the in-laws, they can turn into a stress-filled, anxiety-wrought nightmare that you just can’t wait for them to be over....