Newswise — MAYWOOD, IL — Loyola Medicine experts are available this holiday season to discuss the best ways to manage stress. While the holidays can be a time of faith, family and fun, many people don't feel particularly cheery this time of year. The holidays can bring just as much stress as joy, but there are ways to manage that stress during this festive time.
Some of the most common stressors include:
- Fear of disappointing friends and family by purchasing the wrong gifts.
- Pressure to be a good host.
- Coping with grief if a family member or friend is no longer with you.
- Traveling to see family and friends.
Psychologist Laura Wool, PsyD, says using self-compassion can help with any emotions that arise during the holiday season, and that mindfulness techniques can assist with the way the emotions may come and go.
"Self-compassion means being compassionate to yourself for feeling whichever way, and normalizing and validating it," Wool said. "It's important to accept that the emotion is there, but try to continue to do what is important to you despite some uncomfortable feelings."
Loyola Medicine’s highly skilled psychology team provide clinically integrated pediatric and adult psychological care with compassion and understanding. Loyola’s dedicated psychologists have experience treating a wide range of psychological conditions with outstanding results.
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Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,500 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Established in 1961, Gottlieb is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park with the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research Facility at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center. MacNeal is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services, acute rehabilitation, an inpatient skilled nursing facility and a 68-bed behavioral health program and community clinics.
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