How to Survive a Holiday Weekend With Your Family
Holidays can stress us out. A lot. Four local psychologist give tips to help.
For some families, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays like it are wonderful events, filled with more bright nostalgia than a Norman Rockwell painting. For the rest of us, there’s therapy. To help you through those difficult parts of your holiday weekend, Patch surveyed four Southwest Minneapolis psychologists and therapists who specialize in family conflict to find out their best tips for surviving a weekend with the folks. Lesson 1) Anticipate what could stress you out, and plan ahead. Holidays can stress us out. A lot. Whether it’s trying to make a flight on time, get a big dinner on the table, or worrying how you’ll measure up to others’ expectations, sometimes the best thing to do is listen to your anxieties. “We’re hard-wired…
