This is For You If You Dread the Holiday Season

Evergreen branches with string lights.

If you struggle with this time of year – and many of us do – please know you aren’t alone.

I’ve struggled with the holiday season for as long as I can remember.

For me it’s a mix of divorced family baggage, not connecting at all to the religious overtones of the season, stress over gift giving, and feeling drained by mounting obligations.