Have A Happier Holiday Season

HAPPIER HOLIDAYS

Tips to Bring Health, Calm and Love to Your Family during the Holidays

by Karen Ranzi, MA

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EXERCISE DAILY - moving your body burns up stress hormones, leaving you feeling relaxed and refreshed.

SEEK SUPPORT IN YOUR LIFE

by reaching out to others. Get the help you need especially at holiday time when daily life can be more stressful.

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EAT AN ABUNDANCE of nutrient-dense raw vegan foods to energize and keep spirit sup.

GET ADEQUATE SLEEP to feel more relaxed. When overwhelmed with chores and shopping to do, this is most important.

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BREATHE DEEPLY - inhale slowly, letting your stomach rise for five seconds. Hold, and exhale slowly for five seconds. Practice five times each day for a total of five minutes.

DEVELOP ACCEPTANCE - “Accepting whatever you cannot change”will provide a peaceful feeling in dealing with the world.

A LOVING ATMOSPHERE in your home is the foundation of your life. When you and your loved ones have a disagreement, focus only on the current situation. Do not bring up the past.

PLEASING MELODIES, especially Mozart, have great value for the entire family, a form of meditation that calms as well as uplifts the spirit.

MEDITATE - Sitting in quiet meditation even for 15 minutes a day will create a more focused and rested mind. Silence creates an avenue for dealing with all of life’s situations.

HAVE FUN! Make sure the preparations and stress that come along with the holidays don't affect your family life. The wellbeing of each individual is a more important focus than the preparations involved for a beautiful holiday table. If the preparations are easy and fun then even the youngest child will want to be involved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Karen Ranzi, MA, has been a leading expert in the field of plant-based and raw food nutrition and child development for over two decades. She healed her son of asthma, chronic ear infections, and multiple food allergies in 1994 through raw, living plant foods. She is the author of the ground-breaking book Creating Healthy Children and a second book, Raw Vegan Recipe Fun for Families. To find out more, see SuperHealthyChildren.com. Karen is vegan since 1989 and raw vegan since 1994. She is Director of the Raw Vegan Coaching Certification Course at FeelFabulouswithFood.com. She shares her articles and tips through her blog and her monthly newsletter at SuperHealthyChildren.com.

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Ranzi, Karen. Creating Healthy Children: Through Attachment Parenting and Raw Foods. Ramsey, NJ: SHC Publishing, 2010. Rollins, Brandi. Raw Foods on a Budget. China: Raw Foods on A Budget, 2011.