The holidays bring in the feeling of joy and love during these very cold months, but it also brings in stress. Reena B. Patel (LEP, BCBA) renowned parenting expert, licensed educational psychologist, board-certified behavior analyst, and author of shares further insight and tools to keep families ‘Happy’ during the holidays.
- Find a cause and act. By doing vs donating money decreases the feeling of helplessness and increases hopefulness according to research in positive psychology
- Buy and gift experiences vs things. Creating memories that will make your whole family smile.
- Create a holiday ritual and make it a tradition.
- Do spend time with family and friends because it will boost positive energy and outweigh the stress. Remember to delegate!
- Create small joys by keeping a bliss list of what makes you happy everyday
- Save the best for last by having your favorite activity or celebration towards the end of the holidays. Why? The anticipation of what is to come will keep you excited and motivated.
- Finally, be mindful and in the moment. This will keep you happy in the present time (pun intended 🙂
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