Christmas
Holiday Survival Guide, Part II
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007By Hal Runkel, LMFT
Now that you have read Part I and you’ve successfully regained your calm, you can put the following structures in place to create the kind of holiday you’ll be happy to remember.
1. Slow Down
We learned this one from our daughter Hannah when she was about 6 years old. On that Christmas morning, [...]
Holiday Survival Guide, Part I
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007By Hal Runkel, LMFT
When Andy Williams sang the lyric, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”, he must have been joking. What with presents to buy, parties to attend, and cheer to spread, we often find ourselves wondering what the heck is so happy about the holidays. If that describes you at all, it’s [...]
More than 30 Days of Night - Top Tips for Avoiding the Debt Vampires this Christmas
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007By: Andrew Leatherland
For some Christmas can be more of a horror story than a celebration of light. It can bring a nightmare where every day seems darker than the next. This is because the only way to pay for seems to involve going to the banks cap in hand to find the extravagant amounts of [...]
A Parenting Tip - Create a Sane Holiday Season Now
Sunday, November 11th, 2007By: Colleen Langenfeld
Could you benefit from a useful parenting tip with practical applications? Most parents
can. As a mother and a business owner who has worked with hundreds of moms over the past few years, I often hear the same thing.
“This year, it will be different,” these overwhelmed moms sigh as the holiday season draws near. [...]
8 Weeks to a Frazzle Free Christmas
Friday, October 13th, 2006Join me as I set out this year to take control of our holiday preparations and strive to complete them an entire two weeks before Christmas. Beginning on October 16th and ending on December 9th, my 8 Week Plan to a Frazzle Free Christmas will guide me along with any willing and able participants [...]
10 Ways your Family Can Help During the Holidays
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005Serve a meal at a homeless shelter. Kids can set the tables while parents prepare and serve food. Prior to the volunteer day, work together as a family to bake cookies or make table decorations.
Donate toys to your local Toys for Tots campaign. The recent hurricanes have left many families homeless and jobless, so the [...]