Avoiding Emotional Hangovers During the Holiday Season
You may be stellar at setting boundaries with socializing, but you can still fall prey to an emotional hangover: a toxic energetic residue left over from the interaction. This can linger long afterwards, resulting in you feeling exhausted, bleary and irritable. The risk of these hangovers increases exponentially around the holidays, so remember these strategies for proactively decreasing your potential need for a dark quiet room and a bottle of merlot after the festivities are over.
1. Light it up! Burn sage, juniper, or any plant you find cleansing and healing for your space. Burning things not your jam? Try a comforting aromatherapy diffuser with your favorite essential oil, an oil diffuser, or a clean burning soy candle.
2. Create a bathroom sanctuary nightly by lighting candles, playing relaxing music, and luxuriate in an epsom salt bath with essential oils. Enjoy the simple pleasure of tending to your physical self.
3. Create a cozy atmosphere with a salt lamp. The pink hue softens the light energy in the space, plus they are claimed to produce negative ions which clear the air of dust, mold spores, pollen, odors, cigarette smoke, bacteria, and viruses.
4. Go away. We’re talking in nature: walk by a stream, through a path in the woods, take the dog to the park. If climate permits, get those bare feet on the ground and connect to the earth!
5. Exercise! This boosts your mood and builds up energy reserves, not to mention your confidence, which is quite the buffer for tense family get togethers.
6. Get a massage! This can literally take you away from a stressful situation, nourish your muscles with fresh oxygenated blood, relax your body and mind by putting you in to rest and digest.
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