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Overcoming the Holiday Blues

By Astrid Richardson Although the winter/holiday season is often associated with excitement and joy, it can also be a very emotionally stressful time of year. The season of giving and holiday cheer can be anything but joyful when the memories

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The Bipolar Winter Blues

By Jayson Blair A few days before each Halloween, as grocery store aisles fill with candy and floors become lined with pumpkins, my mind turns to the ghosts and goblins of my past. As my mind turns to how the

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From Holiday Stressed to Holiday Best

By Valerie Tunks The Thanksgiving turkey hasn’t even been carved and Jingle Bells is already playing.  It seems each year the holidays creep up more quickly, making the holiday stress many of us feel start earlier as well. A 2008

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SAD and Blue: Ward off Winter Depression

By Valerie Tunks     If short days and cold weather have you feeling down, you’re not alone.  According to PsychCentral.com, the “winter blues” or clinically speaking, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), affects up to 5% of the population.  Feelings of

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