It’s the most wonderful time of the year – if you get your head right!  It can be stressful trying to get everything done, writing cards, sorting out presents, decorating, visiting friends and relatives and having guests over too.

Add into that your normal routine changes, sometimes leaving you wondering what day of the week it is!  Your diet changes too and your normal exercise regime goes out of the window.

We all experience stress from time to time.  But, did you know that stress is contagious?  Just watching someone else in a stressful situation will increase your level of stress hormones too!  I found some interesting, and unusual, triggers for stress.  For example, your expectations of a situation and your ability to manage stress.  So, if a situation does not go as planned and you really become stressed about it, it is made worse by your in