Making Healthy Choices During the Holidays
During the holiday season, there is an especially overwhelming sense that everyone should be with family. This can create a sense of guilt or a feeling that you may be inferior if you are not spending time with family. Just because it’s December, that doesn’t mean people are automatically kinder or less abusive. In fact, the stress of the season may make things worse.
I would like to tell you that just because the media tells you that the only happy holiday is one where you are surrounded by family at a long, rectangular table filled with food, that doesn’t have to be the case.
I am giving you permission to still live your best life, even during December. Just because it’s the holiday season, that doesn’t mean you need to put yourself in unhealthy situations. Maybe that means you may not go to the large family gathering where your relatives make fun of your life choices. Maybe that means leaving an abusive partner. Maybe that means changing your phone number so you don’t receive calls you don’t want. Whatever your choices, they are YOUR choices and you are living YOUR life. If you are satisfied with your decisions, why do you need to explain them to anyone else?
I wish you all the best, not because it’s the end of the year or the holiday season, but because I wish you the best every day! I want you to be a healthy and happy person because you deserve it!
Written by Katy K., Northumberland County Coordinator
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