5 Tips for Beating the Holiday Blues

The holidays are a time for cheer and joy, love, family, and gifts, right? not for everyone...I have a love-hate relationship with the holidays. Sometimes I love them, other times I hate them. For a large portion of my life, I hated them. Often times the holiday season triggers depression in people who are missing loved ones, feeling disappointment, or who are unable to afford what the season has become about. Many people during this time actually come down with holiday blues symptoms such as headaches, insomnia, fatigue, restlessness, boredom, and an overall general feeling of sadness. If you are someone who battles the holiday blues, today I am going to provide you with some tips that can help to make it better. Tip #1: Redefine Your Ideal Holiday Who says that your ideal holiday needs to be filled with extravagant dinners, parties, and gifts? Most of the time, the "ideal holiday" is based on childhood memories or holiday movies. There is no definition of