Anxious about the holidays? Ways to cut the holiday blues.

Graeme Cowan led a mental health support group for ten years and noticed that each year, his group's stress level started to rise in mid November as they contemplated all the implications of the holidays. Graeme brainstormed solutions with the groups and kept track of what worked best. 

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I quote his highlighting of eight factors that bring us down during the holidays and his advice on how to deal with each.