Holiday Stress

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are. Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t...

From psychotherapist Niro Feliciano, author of This Book Won't Make You Happy and frequent TODAY show contributor, comes a book to help you move beyond holiday pressures and maintain perspective when it matters most. All Is Calmish dispenses a therapist's strategies for surviving the season. The truth is, the holidays can be the hardest time of the year. But with Feliciano's help, they don't have to be.

In the spirit of An Immense World and Soul of an Octopus, an award-winning neuroscientist and veteran horse trainer illuminates the mysteries of equine cognition and behavior, told through the moving story of her own extraordinary bond with a horsenamed True North. The bond between horses and...

In this “journey of spiritual transformation” (Publishers Weekly) award winning author Rabbi Alan Lew follows the practices and rituals of the Jewish High Holy Days and guides readers through heartbreak, contemplation, and re-birth. There are times in life when we are caught utterly...

Through a radical new approach to manifesting the life of your dreams, subconscious breakthrough coach Haley Hoffman Smith empowers you to embrace the potential within your own mind to unlock magical change in your world. “Prepare to have your life changed.” —Kathrin Zenkina, Manifestation...

Breathwork for Holiday Stress: Simple Techniques to Find Calm and Joy The holiday season should bring peace and connection — but too often it brings overwhelm, anxiety, and exhaustion. This comforting guide shows you how to use breathwork for holiday stress to restore calm and joy. Blending modern self help books for women and self development books for men styles with breathing techniques to calm anxiety and stress, you’ll discover tools to manage stress, mindfulness practices, and simple routines that work. Inside you’ll find: • Morning and evening breathing routines that ground ...

Tired of Diets That Don’t Work—Especially During the Holidays? What if burning fat and losing weight didn’t require punishing workouts, restrictive diets, or starting over every Monday? What if the reason nothing ever worked wasn’t you—but the methods you were told to follow? In How to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Ridiculously Easy: Even During the Holidays!, Gerry Marrs reveals a refreshingly simple, realistic approach to weight loss that finally works with your body instead of against it. No extremes. No starvation. No exhausting gym routines. Just a smarter, sustainable way to lose...

The holidays promise joy—but for many, they deliver something else. Family gatherings bring old wounds to the surface. Unspoken tension fills familiar rooms. Expectations collide with reality. And the season meant to heal often magnifies what’s unresolved. Hollow for the Holidays is a compassionate guide for those who feel the ache beneath the celebration. Written in a warm, pastoral voice, this book explores why going home can feel emotionally draining—even when no one has passed away and everyone is still present. Through relatable fictional stories, thoughtful reflection, Scripture...

What if the greatest barrier to peace in your life isn’t your circumstances—but your standards? In a world obsessed with flawless holidays, perfect families, and curated lives, many of us silently crumble under the weight of impossible expectations. We tell ourselves that if we can just work harder, do better, and fix everything, then—finally—we’ll feel peace. But the truth is far more freeing: perfection and peace cannot coexist. One must give way to the other. In Perfection Is the Enemy of Peace, Pastor John E. Miller offers a compassionate, faith-rooted look at how ...

An inviting guide to nondual awakening that is fully embodied, deeply connected, and available in every moment The Fullness of the Ground distills Dr. Judith Blackstone’s decades of teaching into the essentials of the nondual spiritual path. Embodied nondual realization can have a profound...

This audiobook seeks to provide you with many different ways that you can de-stress after the holidays. I hope that these can help you process your stress and find a better place mentally and emotionally.

Parents love to read children a bedtime story that describes a faraway land or a fantastic character. What is that parent doing? They’re shifting their child’s focus from the activity of the day into a more relaxed state. They are refocusing their child’s brain. And it works! Because every night all over the world parents use this technique to help their children fall asleep. Even though you are an adult, you can benefit from bedtime stories too.

No Worries shows how anyone can live a stress-free financial life and build wealth for the long term. This is not about millions of tiny decisions that drain the joy from life, like skipping daily coffee to save a few bucks. And it's not simply about having more money. The secret lies in...

Find calm, clarity, and meaning this Christmas — or even Xmas. The holiday season promises joy and connection, yet for many it brings stress, pressure, and comparison. 10 Christmas Myths We Still Believe explores how our modern expectations — from “the perfect gift” to “the happiest family” — often disconnect us from what truly matters. Through mindful reflections, relatable insights, and gentle reminders, this book invites you to slow down, breathe, and rediscover the simple beauty of the holidays. Inside you’ll find: Ten powerful myths that shape how we think about ...

The holidays are supposed to be joyful … until they aren’t. In Holiday Headaches, a companion novella to The Rock Star’s Wife series, three short stories prove the holidays are both a blessing and a headache! New parents Cassandra and Nat Hardwick find their world turned upside down when their 11-month-old gets sick. Will they survive their first holiday parenting experience? A fender-bender of festive frustration plagues Phil and Jennifer. Can they salvage their holiday spirit, or will this accident turn into a full-blown catastrophe? Vanessa and Brandon grapple with the most ...

If your holiday spirit usually comes with a side of exhaustion, resentment, and late-night wrapping-fueled rage, this book is for you. The Giver’s Guide to Receiving is your warm, hilarious, and unflinchingly honest blueprint for surviving—and actually enjoying—the “season of giving” without sacrificing yourself in the process. We’ve all been there: Saying "yes" to every invitation (even the ones that make your eye twitch) Cooking for 25 while pretending you’re fine Spending money you don’t have to avoid disappointing people Hosting again because “no one else can do it ...

Demi Fedora yearns for freedom from all the rules and restrictions she’s lived with day to day. As the manager of Fulton House, a refuge for runaway street kids, heartaches, responsibilities, and pain pile on every day until she can’t see her way out of the stressful tunnel. When forced to sell or fight off the bigshot buyers, she decides to let others take on the battle. After losing the first and only man she’s let herself love, her spirit crumbles and the will to continue fades. That’s when she remembers the cabin her grandfather left her in Alaska. She packs up her few ...

Discover how to enjoy Christmas without stress, sickness, or financial regret. This book, "A HEALTHY CHRISTMAS FOR YOU," is your practical guide to a safer, calmer, and more balanced festive season. If you want a Christmas filled with joy instead of pressure, this book will show you the way. Many people fall sick, overspend, or feel overwhelmed during the holidays because of unhealthy habits and rushed decisions. This book gives you simple steps that help you stay strong, protect your well-being, and enter the new year with confidence. You will learn how to make better food choices, manage ...

Continue to have and grow your life, Mom—for your sake and your kids’. When did being a good mom come to mean giving up everything that used to make you … you? That’s the question millions of 21st-century mothers grapple with every single day as they parent in our madly kid-centric...

Tired of a beautiful December that wrecks January? Get a simple, stress-free Christmas plan that cuts overspending—without losing the joy. Have Yourself a Frugal Christmas helps you spend less, stress less, and enjoy more with practical steps you can use right away. Inside, you’ll get: The Calm Christmas Plan — a step-by-step framework to set priorities and build a holiday budget you can actually keep. Money-Smart Moves — generous gift, food, décor, and travel strategies that feel thoughtful, never stingy. Kind Boundary Scripts — ready-to-use phrases for trimming gift lists, ...