Holidays are a stressful time of year even when everything is going right. Throw in a pandemic, isolation, anxiety, and grief and you have a recipe for a complicated holiday season. Whether you’re grieving from the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or infertility/pregnancy loss I hope that this blog helps you feel validated and gives you permission to be a little selfish this holiday season in the name of self-care.

Whether you are a doctor, nurse, therapist, assistant, fast food employee, delivery driver, sanitation worker, etc; you have and always will be “essential” but now that you are working endlessly and tirelessly who is taking care of you? Many of you are being forced to work long never ending hours and many of you are having to live separately from your families wether that is by choice to protect them or necessity. This is leading to further isolation when our mental health needs it the most. I want to let you know that you are not alone! There are many people out there to support you and who are in the same boat, I highly encouraged you to reach out for support.

Sounds like an oxy-moron right? By now you’ve probably gotten to the point where you feel like you’re losing your mind and trust me, you aren’t alone.

Apps and other ways to maintain social connection during the time of Social Distancing:

Regardless of whether or not you have a significant other to spend this “holiday” with, I think it’s a good idea to talk about how we can take care of ourselves on this day. Turn V-Day into U-Day by practicing self-care. Here are some ideas to get you going: 

With my least favorite holiday, Valentine’s Day, creeping up on us quickly I want to change directions for a bit to talk about relationships for the next few blogs.