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How to prep for the holidays

Author: Maryanne Comaroto
Published: Feb 21 2010

Like Ram Das says: You want to see how together you are, go spend some time with your family! This sentiment is particularly apt during the holidays, when emotions run high and painful memories are easily triggered. Especially if this holiday things are different than you would like them to be: i.e. you're single (again), newly divorced, bringing someone home your family can't stand, or maybe you simply dread the same old story your family dynamics dose on when you get together.

Here are a few tips that can help you face whatever may come with more confidence and grace than you'd imagined?

Bottom line: during the holidays, there is no more pain to be felt than at any other time of year. According to John James's 'Grief Recovery Handbook', this is a fact. There are simply many visible associations with painful memories that keep us trapped in our habitual thinking. If we can remember that we are all connected, that most of us are doing the best we can, and that most of the pain and suffering we experience is a projection, we are less likely to take things personally and more prone to create connection rather than greater separation!

Avoid a mystical hangover this holiday season and watch Maryanne's advice from author Roger Housden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTTLAcJoH8

Here are a few tips that can help you face whatever may come with more confidence and grace than you'd imagined?

Bottom line: during the holidays, there is no more pain to be felt than at any other time of year. According to John James's 'Grief Recovery Handbook', this is a fact. There are simply many visible associations with painful memories that keep us trapped in our habitual thinking. If we can remember that we are all connected, that most of us are doing the best we can, and that most of the pain and suffering we experience is a projection, we are less likely to take things personally and more prone to create connection rather than greater separation!

Avoid a mystical hangover this holiday season and watch Maryanne's advice from author Roger Housden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTTLAcJoH8

Here are a few tips that can help you face whatever may come with more confidence and grace than you'd imagined?

Bottom line: during the holidays, there is no more pain to be felt than at any other time of year. According to John James's 'Grief Recovery Handbook', this is a fact. There are simply many visible associations with painful memories that keep us trapped in our habitual thinking. If we can remember that we are all connected, that most of us are doing the best we can, and that most of the pain and suffering we experience is a projection, we are less likely to take things personally and more prone to create connection rather than greater separation!

Avoid a mystical hangover this holiday season and watch Maryanne's advice from author Roger Housden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTTLAcJoH8

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