How to be of good cheer in & beyond the Holiday Season

🎄𝐓𝐢𝐬’ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲…𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭? 🎄 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟎 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐡, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬, ​𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫; 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 👉 Maybe you're missing the Holidays when your kids were little & all under one roof to celebrate.  Now, the family is scattered around the world & Covid restrictions on being able to all get together, compounding the bitter sweet nostalgia. 👉 Perhaps you are newly single & facing your first Holidays without a partner and dreading flying solo at Holiday events having to fake smile your way through seemingly endless questions, commisurations & platitudes. 👉May be, this season on top of navigating pulling together your grown kids & their families, you are also taking care of one or more frail parents; bearing the full brunt of family caregiving. However you may be feeling, you are not alone. Reach out and get the support you need so that you can have 'good will for all'- starting with yourself.