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The holidays are a time of gathering with loved ones<\/a>, cooking, baking, gift-giving and upholding family traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And while this time of year can be enjoyable, the demands on personal resources and energy can lead to stress between Thanksgiving<\/a> and the New Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But how can people abandon their drive to be superheroes during the holidays and yet still do it all? <\/p>\n

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Lisa Boucher of Kettering, Ohio,<\/a> a former psychiatric registered nurse and now a best-selling author, has worked with many people over the past 25 years or more to overcome alcohol addictions, depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n

Boucher shared important advice for fighting stress this holiday season \u2014 including steps that can help people potentially for years to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Most of the problem is our expectations, such as certain expectations of how the holiday should go, and how the family should act and react,” Boucher, 62, told Fox News Digital in a recent phone interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I always tell women and men: Anxiety lives<\/a> in the future. So if you can bring yourself back to the present moment, there is usually not a lot of anxiety there.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She added, “We have to stop letting other people’s expectations drive our behavior. You don’t have to add 40 different [traditions] in the same year,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Delegate tasks if you have a big family,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Just because your cousin Sue expects you to have four dozen beautiful cookies \u2014 all homemade \u2014 doesn’t mean you have to continue to do that.”<\/p>\n

She added, “If it’s spinning you out of control, manage expectations.”<\/p>\n

Boucher, the author of “Pray. Trust. Ride” (Nov. 2022) \u2014 as well as “Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture” \u2014 told Fox News Digital that others need to accept people with different views this holiday season in order to sidestep added stress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The holidays are a time of gratitude and relaxation<\/a>, not a time to engage in discourse over the dinner table,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Regarding the topics of “diverse political and religious beliefs<\/a>“: “Don’t go there,” she said. “Keep your peace.”<\/p>\n

She also said, “Stop thinking you can control other people’s emotions and feelings. Staying in our own lane is key. If there are other people who don’t get along \u2014 that’s not your circus. Let them work it out.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some people have a hard time declining invitations \u2014 and they need to be comfortable with the word “No,” Boucher said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“You can’t be in multiple places at once and you can’t attend every holiday festivity,” she said. “Set limits. Set boundaries. Practice saying the word, \u2018No.'”\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also said that “overscheduling doesn’t work and can lead to burnout.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are often many more parties during the holidays \u2014 and the temptation of imbibing alcohol comes along with that.<\/p>\n

It’s easier to grab a drink<\/a> to calm social anxiety and stress at dinner or during a cocktail party.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, said Boucher, “if you’re already stressed out, drinking alcohol is like throwing an accelerant on a fire. Eventually, most of those maladaptive coping skills quit working.”<\/p>\n

When alcohol is served at a gathering, she suggested having club soda with lime or some other nonalcoholic beverage. If do you choose to drink alcohol, put a limit on the amount you’re drinking, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another healthy coping method for stress \u2014 instead of drinking alcohol \u2014 is doing yoga, Boucher said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If you can’t afford to go to a class,” she said, “you can pull a video up on YouTube to do yoga and stretc<\/a>h right there in your office or wherever in your house.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those who feel stressed, she added, should “consider taking a walk, writing in a journal, spending time in nature or calling a trusted friend instead of turning to alcohol because alcohol is a depressant.”<\/p>\n

Advised Boucher, “I say alcohol tends to sneak up on people and grab them by the throat before they realized what hit them.”<\/p>\n

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She said she’s worked with many women and men on this issue over the years. “The disease shows up the same whether you’re male or female, it really doesn’t matter.”<\/p>\n

Pray and trust the Almighty with the details, Boucher said.<\/p>\n

“We can all use prayer in our lives<\/a>,” she said, “instead of micromanaging every aspect of our lives and other people’s lives that we have no business managing.”<\/p>\n

Boucher suggested finding a passage of Scripture to help build faith during the holiday season and all throughout the year.<\/p>\n

She referenced Jeremiah 29:11. The Scripture reads: “I know, the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, plans to give you a hope, and a future.”<\/p>\n

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Said Boucher, “We’re all on a journey. And sometimes when the journey looks dark, and you don’t know where you’re going, if we allow God into our lives, give him the reins \u2014 he does have a plan for all of us,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also said, “God uses us every day. But if we’re so in our own heads and licking our own wounds, we miss it. These are lasting tools that you can use for any given situation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/holiday-stress-have-calmer-peaceful-months <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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