{"id":468,"date":"2011-12-25T22:30:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=468"},"modified":"2011-12-25T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T03:35:56","slug":"reduce-seasonal-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/reduce-seasonal-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress:  Reduce Seasonal Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Happy Holidays!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This holiday time of year can be very <em>stress<\/em> filled.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are four effective ways to <a title=\"Life Coaching to Reduce Holiday Stress\" href=\"http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach\/coaching-products\/stress\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reduce your stress<\/a> and start to relax this Holiday Season:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"Meditation for Stress Relief\" href=\"http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach\/meditation\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Meditate<\/strong><\/a>, even if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for only a few moments a day. You can relax and reduce stress in this way almost anywhere, even while taking a stroll around <a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/meditate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-469\" title=\"Meditate for Stress Relief\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/meditate-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Meditation for Stress Relief\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>your neighborhood. Which leads me on to\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Take a walk<\/strong>! While you do so, take in all the sounds and sights around you and really appreciate them.\u00c2\u00a0 This is another great way to focus out rather than in; it is an excellent way to relax and keep yourself in a peace-filled, stress-free state.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00c2\u00a0 Practice <!--more--><strong>positive self-talk<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Write a seasonal holiday affirmation for yourself such as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI am handling the holidays calmly and with ease.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Stick notes up around the house with your affirmation(s) and keep a copy in your pocket to refer to whenever you want to relax more and release stress more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00c2\u00a0 Use <a title=\"Positive Thought &amp; Visualization to Reduce Stress\" href=\"http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach\/positive-thought\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>positive visualization<\/strong><\/a> to see yourself easily handling seasonal holiday situations which might prove stressful; such as, a party or family gathering. Imagine yourself easily able to relax and remain stress-free throughout the get-together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Holidays!\u00c2\u00a0 This holiday time of year can be very stress filled.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are four effective ways to reduce your stress and start to relax this Holiday Season: 1.\u00c2\u00a0 Meditate, even if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for only a few moments a day. You can relax and reduce stress in this way almost anywhere, even while taking a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,4],"tags":[40,44,43,9,42],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-healing","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","tag-holiday","tag-reduce-stress","tag-relax","tag-stress","tag-stress-free"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}