We’ve updated our 2019 holiday survival toolkit to give you and your and your employees helpful resources to get through the holidays!
Buckle in – it’s time for super stress season! November and December are arguably the most stressful time of year. On the upside, holidays can afford rich time with family and friends. On the downside, there are pressures around money and time. Holiday festivities can be fun, but they can also tempt us stray dangerously from our normal eating, drinking, exercise, and sleep habits. Plus, any fault lines we have in our lives seem to intensify – loneliness, grief, separation, family dynamics, etc. So while holidays can hold joys for many, the flip side can be pretty intense.
Our 2019 holiday survival toolkit is intended to help you and your staff get through the holidays. Plus, we remind our Members that your EAP is available 24-7-365 for help with any difficulties you may experience. Call for counseling or coaching to deal with grief, stress, maintaining health and fitness, coping with budgets and finances, family matters, and more!
At the Workplace
- 6 Rules for Dealing With the Holiday Season at Work
- Ten Rules To Get Through The Holidays At Work
- The do’s and don’ts of giving holiday gifts to your co-workers
- Holiday Office Gift Giving Do’s and Don’ts: A Guide for Workers to Surviving the Season
- Asking your coworkers about their holidays could be hurting them
- Workplace Party Etiquette – Don’t Be “That” Person
- 11 Tips for Surviving the Office Holiday Party
- Holiday Office Party Do’s and Don’ts
- How to Appreciate Diversity During the Holidays
Avoiding stress & problems
- Holidays Can Be Stressful. They Don’t Have to Stress Out Your Team.
- Coping with the super-stress season
- Seasonal Survival Tips
- Top 10 Survival Tips for Holiday Travel
- Holiday Stress? Try These 5 Tips for a Heart-Healthy Holiday Season
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.)
- Stress, depression and the holidays: Tips for coping – from the Mayo Clinic
Staying Healthy
- This Is How I Navigate a Healthy Diabetes-Friendly Diet During the Holidays
- How Many Calories Are in Thanksgiving Dinner?
- Avoid the creeping menace of holiday weight gain!
- Healthy Eating Tips and Light Party Recipes for the Holidays
- 4 Ways To Navigate The Holidays When You Have An Eating Disorder
- 6 Ways To Support Someone With An Eating Disorder During The Holidays
- How to Stay Active and Exercise During the Holidays
- 15 Surefire Strategies to Stay Fit From Thanksgiving to New Years
- How to fit in some fitness amid the holiday hustle
- Avoid a Holiday Health Crisis
Keeping a Sober Season
- Tips for Protecting Your Sobriety during the Holidays and Preventing Relapse
- The Holidays: Challenges and Survival Guide for Sober Alcoholics
- Al-Anon helping families through alcoholism during holidays
- 4 Health Excuses To Stay Sober At Your Holiday Party
- How to Cope with Family Holiday Events… Without Alcohol!
- Addiction during the holidays: Recovered or not, it’s important to be prepared
Family Matters
- Dos and don’ts for surviving holiday family dynamics
- 5 Ways to Survive Your Next Family Gathering
- Spread The Spirit Of Meaningful Giving This Holiday Season
- Seasonal Stepfamily Stress: Tips to Help All Your Family Members Enjoy the Holidays
- Blended Family and Step-Parenting Tips
- 10 Tips for Caregivers During the Holidays
- How to Handle Holiday Separations (Military)
Holidays after a divorce
- Children of Divorce List Holiday Dos and Don’ts
- Top Ten Ways to Survive the Holidays During and After Divorce
- Handling Holidays After Divorce
- Children, Divorce and the Holidays
- How divorced parents can help their children survive the holidays
- Planning for Seasonal Success: Holiday Tips for Parenting Apart
- Divorce and the Holidays — Putting Children First
Special situations
- Grief and the holidays
- Holidays After the Death of a Loved One
- Dealing with grief or loss over the holidays
- Helping Someone Who’s Grieving
- Helping with Holiday grief: “do” and “don’t” lists
- Coping with post-traumatic stress disorder over the holidays
- 9 Ideas for Coping with the Holidays When You Have a Mental Illness
- Twelve Tips for Helping Individuals with Autism Have a Happy Holiday Season
- Holiday Hints for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
- Coping With Loneliness During the Holidays
Keeping Safe
- Thanksgiving Home Fire Safety
- Top 12 Holiday Decorating Safety Tips
- Candle with Care this holiday season
- 12 tips for safer holiday home decorating
- W.A.T.C.H. Toy Safety
- Food Safety
- Keep Food Poisoning Off the Menu
- ‘Tis the season: Party hosts should be aware of liability issues
- Have a happy New Year: Plan to party safely
Money, finance & going green
- Holiday Budget Planner – Calculator
- Debt “don’ts” for the holiday season
- Is Overspending a Problem for You?
- 9 Things You Can Do Right Now for a Frugal Holiday Season
- 35 ways to save money and time during the holidays
- Smart Ways to Handle Holiday Credit Card Spending
- 5 Credit Card Benefits You May Not Know About
- Happy holidays! Shopping tips from the FTC
- Tips on Tipping This Holiday Season
- 12 Ways to Have an Eco Friendly Holiday
Security & Crime Prevention
- Don’t Let a Scam Derail Your Holiday Travel
- 15 Tips for Safe Holiday Online Shopping
- Stay Safe From Online Threats When Holiday Shopping
- 14 Holiday Shopping Scams to Avoid This Year
- 12 Scams of the Holidays
- Don’t let email scams hijack your holiday!
- 5 Holiday Scams to Avoid
- Pass It On – FTC Info for consumers on common scams and fraud
- Don’t Lose Money on PrePaid Debit Cards
Guide to Meaningful & Charitable Gift-Giving
- American Red Cross = Holiday Gift Giving Catalog
- Guidestar
- Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance
- Charity Navigator Holiday Giving Guide
- Avoid Charity Fraud
