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Self-Care for 2020 Holiday Blues: Pt. 3 – Get Moving!

We’re going to keep fighting those holiday blues by building our Emotional First Aid Kits (EFAKs). Remember that your EFAK is completely and totally yours. Your kit won’t look like mine, and vice versa. However, I highly recommend having something in your kit that: Makes you laugh. Makes you move. Helps you express how you are feeling in healthy ways. Enables …

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Self-Care for 2020 Holiday Blues: Pt. 2 – Start Laughing!

My previous post was something of an introduction to facing the 2020 holiday season when feeling less than jolly. I mentioned the need to develop what I call your personal Emotional First Aid Kit. In today’s post, I’ll give some examples of things to include in your plan for care and your kit that are meant to make you laugh.