Unique Holiday Gift:
A Happy, Healthy & Rested YOU!
63 Resources to Reduce
Holiday Stress

The best ideas for how to reduce holiday stress are the same ideas for reducing every day life stress.

But, over the holidays it becomes even more important to focus on reducing stress because there is so much opportunity to over commit and overdo.

I know. I've done it.

Cranky Christmas in 2005 was the turning point for me. After that cranky, no fun Season, I decided to do things differently. From that point on I used the resources here to help me reduce my holiday stress.

How 'bout you? Are you willing to reduce holiday stress and give the best and most unique gift ever --- a happy, healthy, energized YOU?

Making the decision to reduce holiday stress has to come from you, no one else is going to do it for you.

Below are 63 resources from three key personal development areas in the Wake Up Eager program: Managing My Mind, Body and Spirit/Well-Being.

Use these resources for insight and inspiration in your quest to reduce holiday stress.

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Managing My Mind & Spirit/Well-Being
Resources to Reduce Holiday Stress

1. Take Journal-writing "Me" Time Every Day. This time will help you remain conscious, aware, tuned into and alert to what you are doing and why you are doing it. Losing track of this is where all stress starts...Why and How to Write in a Journal
2. Feel the stress coming on? Stop and watch this 3 minute Stress Buster video...it helps you relax and release the tension Also, read about the three kinds of stress and a Universal "Truth" about stress.
3. Review other Stress Management Tools, here. Take the Stress Less Quiz, Get Meditation Tools, Music, Videos and More

"Whether we are happy depends on inner harmony,
not on the controls we are able to exert
over the great forces of the Universe."

---Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow The Psychology of Optimal Experience

4. Read this inspiring and informative WUE Interview with a Professional Organizer. How to Get Organized Her best tip is a doozy, only because it is so powerful and easy.
5. The two ideas that continually help me get happy, be less cranky and reduce holiday stress: #1 Getting in Step with My Soul Self and #2 Closing the Gaps. (Closing the Gaps is particularly helpful this time of year!) Find out what each means and get step-by-step-how-to's: How to Find Happiness:Two Secrets If You Wanna Be Happy



6. Start your planning and goal setting for 2011 now. Access several tools for getting more clarity and insight into what you want and why you want it: Goal Setting Worksheets
7. Want to remind yourself to slow down, pause and 'breathe' during the day? Check out this WUE Online Mini-Workshop: Using the Power of Pause: More Mindfulness and Peace, Moment by Moment
8. Just for fun videos: Take a breather, and laugh out loud with the Swagger Wagon, Debbie Downer, Tim Conway and more...Just for Fun Videos to Make You Laugh, Relax and Start Again

"The best gift I can give others is
love, acceptance, happiness and joy.
I can't truly give it to any other
if I don't have it myself."

---Suzie, WUE Publisher

9. More videos. Need a little inspiration? Inspiring Videos and Insights from All Over the World
10. Get insight. laughter and ideas for creating healthy family relationships. A four-part article that includes: Four Components, #1 Tip for Strengthening, Funny Videos and WUE Reader Tips

11. Want to understand Uncle Frank better? Use the free DISC/Communication Style Mini-Workshop tools, video and more.. Don't miss the DISC Humor Handout (Part 3) and Memory Jogger Card(Part 4) - funny AND helpful.

12. Yep! I can be cranky and I don't Wake Up Eager all the time. But I am always reaching for it and I learn from my mistakes. Suzie's Cranky Christmas --- Y.E.S. - Three Positive Attitude Tips for More Peace Love Happiness and Joy

"The best gift I can give others is
love, acceptance, happiness and joy.
I can't truly give it to any other
if I don't have it myself."

---Suzie, WUE Publisher





How to Reduce Holiday Stress:
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Managing My Body Resources to
Reduce Holiday Stress

"We take our body with us EVERYWHERE we go. So much of cranky-ness comes from literally not feeling good in our bodies. Make caring for your body a priority this season. You'll reduce holiday stress and bring a bright, happy and healthy you every where you go." ---Suzie, WUE Publisher

13. Don't throw this scientific fact out the window for 6 weeks. If you want to reduce holiday stress remember this: Fully Grasp: The Law of Energy Balance

14. THIS action step is SO EASY and it costs nothing. Start it right now ---- get up, get some water while you read this reminder. Water
15. Have you tried to drink more water but you keep forgetting? Use this FREE iPhone App: Eight Glasses a Day. Make it a game and pretty soon, drinking water every day will be a habit. Get it. Do it.
16. Keep fitness and health top of mind by surrounding yourself with positive and fitness-minded people and ideas. My Secrets to Workout Inspiration: Finding Motivation & Keeping It!

"The best gift I can give others is
love, acceptance, happiness and joy.
I can't truly give it to any other,
if I don't have it myself."

---Suzie, WUE Publisher

17. If you go to parties starving you WILL eat too much. No time to cook? Great immediately available resource. Easy to do and it sets you up for success all week: Why is Eating Healthy Important? Action #3: Healthy Eating Cook Book




"Eating breakfast can positively effect your late-morning mood, help control overeating and improve mental clarity.

According to the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, "Breakfast can establish the tone for the next 16 hours of each day after eating it."



18. More resources for filling your body with the good stuff: Healthy Breakfast Facts, Tips and Recipes - Grab and Go to Weekend Family Ideas
19. Another resource that is sooooo easy. Will keep you trim, give you high energy and mental clarity We Know the Benefits of Healthy Eating...THIS is How I Am FINALLY Being More Consistent: My Love Affair with Green Smoothies

20. Feeling good about how you look impacts mood, self esteem and happiness. I am thrilled to offer this WUE Mini-Workshop with a Professional Image Consultant: Tips for How to Look Younger, Thinner and Feel More Confident

"The best gift I can give others is
love, acceptance, happiness and joy.
I can't truly give it to any other,
if I don't have it myself."

---Suzie, WUE Publisher

21. Can't get moving on your treadmill? Do you keep walking by it or sleeping-in instead of running? This will get you started and keep you going (and you'll feel so accomplished and stress-free when you are done, a GREAT way to reduce holiday stress): Cardio Coach: My Secret to Consistent Home Cardio Workouts
22. More mind games and tips to encourage more body movement and exercise: My Top 10 (+1) Tips for Regular Home Cardio Workouts
23. When I notice I am sitting too much and not moving enough, I pull out this little tool. In business you know What you measure gets managed, right? Same thing for movement: A Great Gift to Help You to Get Moving
24. If you don't sleep well - don't put up with it. It's making you feel less than the best you can feel. Check out this immediately available eBook with resources to help you catch more Zzzzz's: Not Sleeping? End Excessive Tiredness Now
25. Here are the rest of the 62 How to Reduce Stress Tips: Use this list: Self Motivation Tips: 39 Wake Up Eager Ideas and Actions I Can Take Today Includes a download-able PDF - print it out and use it to reduce holiday stress.

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