Welcome to the Real Life Wellness Podcast where we talk about different ways to integrate healthier habits into your life.

Join your hosts Mary Preston and Keysa Amaro as they delve into holiday stress, ways to manage this added stress, and how to approach eating around the holidays, while still enjoying time with loved ones.  

During this episode, Mary and Keysa discuss:

• What makes the holidays stressful?
• What activates and events can add extra stress during the holidays?
• How do our expectation of the holidays create stress?
• Ways to celebrate the holidays that aren’t centered around food.
• Techniques that can help reduce the stress during the holidays.
• Strategies on how to handle situation that you have no control over.

Mary also shares an interactive worksheet that helps identify your expectations of the holidays and how you can plan for and manage expected and unexpected stress.

Finally, Mary and Keysa share their top 5 tips for helping you manage stress through the holidays. These are practical and doable tips that you can implement in your daily lives to help you reduce stress.