How to Survive the Holidays More Easily Without Stressing Out

It’s holiday prep time! And I’ll bet you’d like to know how to survive the holidays more easily without stressing out. Well, maybe you already know but it’s always nice to have reminders to help navigate the season. Age doesn’t matter. Every year offers a new opportunity to live in a more balanced way. And when we manage to do that, we’re giving ourselves the likelihood of lifelong health.

Patti Stevens at Soul Paths offered to give us tips to help handle the stress. So I set up an interview with her. Below, you will find her suggestions.

Let me start be introducing you to Patti!

Meet Patti Stevens from Soul Paths:

Patti is an Akashic Soul Realignment® practitioner, a Holy Fire 111 Usui & Karuna Reiki Master/Teacher, Energy Rejuvenation facilitator, certified Pilates and Yoga (including Trauma Recovery Yoga) instructor, breath and meditation facilitator and essential oils advocate. She accomplished all this after 25 years of marriage ended, when she moved to a new location and started a new life.

Now she uses her skills to help women listen to their inner voice and bring their lives into balance — body, mind and soul. And she mentors on healthy living with herbs and oils.

Patti has used essential oils for years and has said they are her favorite wellness tools. She uses them for her family, herself and even her pets.

I met Patti when I attended three of her classes on the Ageless Beauty:  Yoga & Wellness cruise hosted by Cindy Bartz. The classes were “Chakras 101,” “Enhance Your Meditation with Crystals,” and a class that she and Cindy gave together “Chakra Yoga & Essential Oils.” To find out all about the seven chakras, how to balance them with essential oils and more about the Yoga & Wellness cruise, click HERE.

I have interviewed Patti before in my post “How to Look and Feel Sensational by Using This Advice on Essential Oils.”

Patti’s Tips on How to Survive Without Stressing Out

1. Delegate and Learn to Say No

Number one on Patti’s list is to learn to say no. This is especially true for women, she says. You don’t have to do everything.

Instead of trying to do everything yourself, delegate. Even if it seems impossible, just reach out and ask for help. You never know what’s possible until you try.

2. Maintain

As we get busier and busier preparing for the holidays, our normal routines can go out the window. That’s what happens for me anyway. Patti says this is not a time to start something new, such as a new exercise routine or diet plan or daily meditation. But if you already have these types of routines, they are the perfect way to reduce stress. You need to keep up with them as much as possible. Even if you can’t do as much as usual, at least do some.

Still make time for yourself. For instance, if you have a morning routine don’t give it up. You need to keep up self care.

Moderation

Moderation is key!

Sticking to your regular lifestyle helps to normalize the busy days. If you overwork and overindulge, come January 1st your body and mind won’t be able to go back to a healthy lifestyle all of a sudden.

It’s the same with Thanksgiving. Instead of saving it all for one day, try to be grateful as a routine all through the year.

Also, during the holidays people tend to give to charities. We can keep the spirit of giving all through the year so that we don’t over-extend ourselves doing it all at once.

We all know that moderation in diet is important. Overeating, especially at parties, contributes to stress. This is not to say you should deny yourself. But there are things you can do to make it easier to prevent excess.

One thing that helps is to drink a glass of water for every alcoholic drink you have.

Also, try a glass of water before eating a meal.

Modify

You can also alleviate the stress of to much to do by modifying it.

Think about what you are going to do to relieve stress.

Patti’s suggestions:

• Instead of a glass of wine before bed, have a cup of bedtime tea such as chamomile.
• Don’t worry about special outfits. Instead, accessorize. See my post on “How to Save Money by Embellishing With Accessories.”

Patti’s Bonus Tip

Diffuse lavender oil when people come over because it will calm everybody down, including the dogs!

For those of you who have pets, Patti talks on her YouTube channel about “Keeping Pets Safe When Things Get Hectic.”

You can find more helpful topics, such as “Gratitude Journal Made Simple”, “Avoid the Holiday Overload” and “One Minute Stress Relief” on her YouTube channel HERE.

You can connect with Patti via Women’s Soul Journey private Facebook group HERE

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