Holiday traditions often elicit feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia – the smell of cookies baking, the taste of treasured recipes, the sounds of family celebrations. But, sometimes the joy of celebrating gets lost among the stress of crowded calendars and the challenge of connecting with loved ones. Rather than enjoying a respite from the daily grind, holiday customs might lead to added anxiety or frustration.

The Holiday Toolkit provides a comprehensive collection of materials to support your wellbeing during this time of year. Give yourself the gift of self-care and explore tips and tools to help you celebrate with ease. Begin by watching the short video, or flash course, below and then scroll down to find additional resources.

Flash course

The holiday season can bring out a wide array of emotions – the good, bad and the ugly. You may feel overwhelmed planning gatherings, stressed about time management, worried about seeing difficult family members or feeling exhausted thinking about everything on your calendar.

Watch this short video to learn how to take on the holiday season with ease. We’ll discuss tips and tricks, along with healthy coping skills to manage holiday stress.

Additional resources

  • Wellbeing Place blog With fresh and timely content, each post on the Wellbeing Place blog offers guidance and tips you can use to have a positive impact on emotional and physical health and wellbeing - including self-care idea, recipes and more.

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Sleep Fitness toolkit

Learn the physical and mental benefits of a good night’s sleep, and how to establish daily habits that improve your sleep environment.

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Mental Health First Aid toolkit

Develop skills that will help you identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses. You’ll also find resources to help you improve your mental health including tip sheets, flash courses, helpful mobile apps and more.

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Meditation toolkit

Practicing meditation can improve both mental and physical health. Use this one-stop resource to begin your journey with guided meditations, tip sheets and other sources.

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Mindfulness toolkit

Introducing mindfulness into your daily routine can help relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as having other benefits to both your physical and emotional health. Find audio lessons, tip sheets and more.

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Resilience toolkit

Resilience refers to the ability to successfully adapt to stressors and ‘bounce back’ from difficult experiences. Discover new skills to reduce stress and boost your resilience in your personal and work life.

Flyer

Share this flyer via email or print and post at your worksite to raise awareness of holiday stress resources. 

Newsletters

Share these newsletters - both the version focused on employees and another for supervisors - to support emotional wellbeing.