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About to Snap Like A Christmas Kracker? Day 7

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The Burnout Queen’s 12 Days of Holiday Stress Relief will help you through.

Day 7:  Don’t Hold Your Breath, It Will Be Over Soon!

Oh, that was close!  You could expire that way.  Not before the prezzies!

Instead of holding your breath, how about decreasing your stress by watching your breath.  It’s that simple.  Just sit down, close your eyes, and ‘watch’ your breath as you inhale and exhale.  Try this tiny little stress reliever right now.  In and out, in and out…imagine your breath like a coloured mist…in and out.  After a couple of minutes, open your eyes and notice how bright everything looks.

Give yourself the biggest gift of all, calmness.

Dr Toby & Dr Bev

The Burnout Queens

p.s. Please feel free to share these with our Holiday blessings!

About to Snap Like A Christmas Kracker? Day 6

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The Burnout Queen’s 12 Days of Holiday Stress Relief will help you through.

Day 6:  Ready To Bolt For The Airport?

Take a mental vacation and daydream about your favourite holiday spot.  Better yet, dig out a photo of your favourite relaxing place ~ the lake, beach, mountains, shopping mall ~ keep it close at hand.

When you feel your holiday blood pressure rising, take 2-3 minutes and just gaze at your photo ~ close your eyes and imagine all the sites, sounds, sensations and smells.  Repeat as needed.  There is no such thing as too much vacation time!

May visions of sugar plums, or palm trees, dance in your head!

Dr Toby & Dr Bev

The Burnout Queens

p.s. Please feel free to share these with our Holiday blessings!

About to Snap Like A Christmas Kracker? Day 5

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The Burnout Queen’s 12 Days of Holiday Stress Relief will help you through.

Day 5:  Need A Breather From Holiday Hype? 

With the Holiday hustle at full pitch we can all appreciate a haven of serenity, solitude and spirituality.   Be it in a sacred building or a sacred place in nature, 15-20 minutes of uninterrupted quiet can hold off the mounting stress and do wonders for your inner peace.

Give yourself a break…a quiet break.

Dr Toby & Dr Bev

The Burnout Queens

p.s. Please feel free to share these with our Holiday blessings!

Hello from London… December 6

Hello from London!

Seriously, what happened to this year?!!! December is upon us once again, although you would never know it from the mild weather we have been having. Luckily morning walks in the park are still sunny and dry. That’s important when you have short dogs!

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It’s going to be a very different December for us, that’s for sure! Our niece and her fabulous family are visiting from Canada. They will be in London for Christmas and New Year’s and we are going to do the town. Christmas lunch is booked at a 18th century pub just up the road.

We are looking forward to being able to stop, breathe and have some fun since we’ve been so busy over the Autumn with Masterclasses and designing programmes that will be rolled out in 2015.

Of course we did stop to hop across the road (literally across the road, we aren’t kidding !) to see the Christmas fair and the lighting of the Village lights. It’s not everyday you get to see a camel in the middle of the Square! And the 3 Wise Men were there to complete the set! That would be the Village vet, a real estate agent and a shopkeeper…the neighbours…need we say more!

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Have an absolutely fabulous Holiday Season! The next time we say “Hello” it will be 2015! Wow! Oh, and before you go…

As a special free gift for a happier Holiday Season, we’ve recorded a fantastic video (mp4 complete with slides) called “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Chaos”. It’s full of info & strategies for surviving the holiday madness with sanity intact! So, sign in to get the private link, grab an extra eggnog, turn up the volume! https://theburnoutqueens.com/xmas-chaos

Till next month, Embrace Life!
Dr Toby & Dr Bev

About to Snap Like a Christmas Kracker? Day 4

 

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The Burnout Queen’s 12 Days of Holiday Stress Relief will help you through.

 Day 4:  Mrs. Claus Was A Perfectionist!

She takes care of everything!  She packs the sleigh, hires the seasonal help, makes sure Santa stops for snacks, checks the bulb on Rudolph’s nose, and keeps all those Elves in line!  Oh she’s a trooper, but don’t follow her lead!

Forget planning the perfect family gathering (!!), finding the perfect present, accomplishing the perfect holiday decor, and dine out if you are looking for the perfect holiday meal.  Or you could always hire the Elves!

Life is too short, and thank goodness so are the holidays!  Time to let go of perfection and enjoy the holidays.  So short-circuit the mental exhaustion of perfect and repeat after me…good enough is good enough!

Have a perfect holiday…just kidding!

Dr Toby & Dr Bev

The Burnout Queens

 

p.s. Please feel free to share these with our Holiday blessings!

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