Overwhelmed No More - Tips for Enjoying the Holidays!

<h5><strong><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Are you OVERWHELMED?</strong></strong></h5> <p><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">This time of year, we look forward to the joy, excitement, and fun of the holiday season: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the New Year are all occasions to rejoice and celebrate with family and friends.</span></p> <p>But if you're like most adult patients or families of children with mitochondrial disease, the holidays can get complicated - or even overwhelming. With the holidays comes more than the usual amount of juggling, multitasking, planning, making, going, doing … the to-do list grows fast, and it seems to get longer every year. For many Mito patients, caregivers and families, the expectations of others add extraordinary stress during this season.</p> <p><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">For adult patients, spouses, and parents of children with Mito, being maxed out on both time and energy is already your normal state. Add on all the things we do&nbsp; - or want to do- during the holidays, and you've got a recipe for overload.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-style: inherit;">This month, MitoAction invited author and special guest Joan Celebi as she shares with us some ways to not just "survive" the holidays this year -- but be invigorated, refreshed, and renewed by them.</span></strong></p> <h5>About the Speaker:</h5> <p><strong><strong style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Joan Celebi</span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> is a certified life coach and special needs mom, and the author of <em><em style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Overwhelmed No More! The Complete System for Balanced Living for Parents of Children with Special Needs.</span></em></em>Through internationally acclaimed tele-workshops and tele-coaching programs, Joan helps parent