How HuffPost Staffers De-Stress Around The Holidays


‘Tis a deteriorate to be jolly, suffer that “sentimental feeling,” and sing about those sleigh bells ring-a-lingin’, right? In reality, a holidays are a otoriously stressful time for many of us: Last notation gifting, rude in-laws and treats that leave us in week-long sugarine comas are all triggers that can leave us unfortunate for a breather.

In an bid grab highlight by a horns (or, maybe antlers in this case), we asked HuffPost staffers to share their tricks for de-stressing over a holidays. Some felt they were unfailing to be stressed (“I’ll let we know when we find out,” a not-to-be-named HuffPost staffer groaned), though others were some-more solution-oriented. “I make crafts and prepare elaborate dishes — we need projects that keep my hands bustling and my mind focused on something creative,” pronounced Meredith Melnick, a Nutrition and Fitness editor.

Need a tip or two? Check out a many ways in that HuffPosters unwind in a slideshow below, afterwards share your possess holiday de-stressing tips in a comments.

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  • “Running has always been a ideal “de-stresser” for me! we adore to run when I’m not in a mindset of aiming to get a good examination in, though when we unequivocally wish to usually leave a highlight and tragedy behind and transparent my head.”

    – Jacqueline Howard, Associate Editor, HuffPost Science

  • “Bikram yoga and celebration with friends.”

    -Brooke Stein, Marketing Manager, HuffPost Style

  • “Eating leftovers while examination ‘Elf.’”

    -Rebecca Adams, Associate News Editor, HuffPost Style

  • “Exercise! Trips to a gym and afterwards utilizing their forever-hot showers and sauna.”

    -Renee Hodges, Overnight Shift Supervisor

  • “To de-stress over a holidays, we play a house diversion ‘Aggravation’ with my dad! Ironic, we know!”

    -Elizabeth Kuster, HuffPost OWN

  • “I take a prolonged run by Golden Gate Park to a overpass in San Francisco. It’s tough to consider my problems are vast subsequent to all those waves and trees.”

    -Robin Wilkey, Associate Editor, San Francisco

  • “I re-watch “Game of Thrones,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Friday Night Lights” or a J.J. Abrams “Star Trek” by a deceive of cathartic tears.”

    -Joe Satran, Staff Writer, HuffPost Food

  • “Get a massage. Go for a travel in a mountains. Hang out with family and friends.”

    -Patricia Fitzgerald, Wellness Editor

  • “I make crafts (jewelry, etc) and prepare elaborate dishes — we need projects that keep my hands bustling and my mind focused on something creative!”

    Meredith Melnick, Nutrition and Fitness Editor, Healthy Living

  • “I destress over a holidays by giving in to a coziness of it all. we leave my phone in a other room, squeeze my warmest sweeping and some wine, and spend an hour or dual examination regretful comedies.”

    -Jessica Leader, Associate Editor, HuffPost Green

  • “I hang out with my family. we also make certain to get a good massage.”

    -Bonnie Kavoussi, Economics Reporter

  • “Definitely some Hulu! Comedies only. And some Ben Jerry’s if it’s been a quite severe day/week.”

    -Amanda Chan, Editor, Health News

  • “I light a candle in my apartment, put on fleece slippers and hang adult in my cashmere bathrobe (an lenience that will repay we 100 fold!). There is something about being gentle in a participation of small fire with a tasty smell that shifts my home into a stress-melting wonderland.”

    -Alana B. Elias Kornfeld, Executive Health Editor

  • “I stay in my pajamas — including my favorite slippers (pictured) –for as prolonged as probable in a mornings.”

    -Sarah Klein, Associate Editor, Healthy Living

  • “I move store-bought cookies to a area cookie sell a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelley-emling/holiday-cookies-baking-cookie-exchange_b_2311093.html”(I even wrote about it)/a.”

    -Shelley Emling, Editor, HuffPost 50

  • “I watch ‘Beverly Hills, 90210′ reruns while personification Bejeweled Blitz.”

    -Lily Avnet, Healthy Living Intern

  • “I suffer a cocktail in a kitchen and prepare A LOT. Having a plan in a kitchen gives me some most indispensable still time and gives me a clarity of focus.”

    -Rebecca Orchant, Associate Editor, HuffPost Taste

  • “I will be going on a digital diet Saturday by Wednesday.”

    -Lori Leibovich, Executive Lifestyle Editor

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  • “I spend during slightest a day doing no work during all, we review books and we go to a movies.”

    -Lori Fradkin, Senior Lifestyle Editor

  • “I make certain to spend as most time as probable with Rosie Lou (pictured), who frequency nags.”

    -Kate Bratskeir, Associate Editor, GPS for a Soul

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