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When Family Is What Makes the Holidays So Hard

Tense family dinner at Christmas with uncomfortable silence, showing multigenerational family including grandparents, parents, and child sitting around holiday table with decorated tree in background

When Family Is What Makes the Holidays So Hard (And How to Cope) What if the hardest part of the holidays isn’t the season itself—it’s the people you’re expected to spend it with? Christmas is less than 2 weeks away, and every time someone mentions holiday plans, something tightens in your chest. Your shoulders tense. […]

You Made It Through Thanksgiving, Barely! Now Christmas Is Coming.

Sad, tired woman with her hand over her face sitting next to a Christmas tree, feeling overwhelmed during the holidays

You Made It Through Thanksgiving, Barely! Now Christmas Is Coming. And now Christmas is coming, and you don’t know if you can do it again! Maybe you smiled through passive-aggressive comments about your life choices. Maybe you endured through the same political arguments that happen every year. Maybe you spent three hours with family and […]