The Art Of Not Losing It This Holiday Season: 7 Ways To Protect Your Peace When Everyone’s Being Annoying

Holiday chaos doesn’t have to take you down.

The holidays are supposed to be a wonderful time where everyone comes together to share the joy of the holidays. Self-management skills keep your emotions in check during the holidays. With so many tempers high, self-management skills for speaking and interacting with one another may not be up to par. And like our country, your family is not always communicating with each other in the way you’d hope.

You love your aunt and your cousin. Your children, sitting at the small folding table next to the adult table, are watching you. You’re their models. Self-management skills will be required this holiday season, and they can do better if we do better. Moreover, children have a way of loving everyone for who they are — even in a big, burly sweater.

What if you could be proud of your self-management? What if you step into someone else’s shoes and try to remember who these people are and what they have meant to you? What if you pause before you speak? Self-management requires self-regulation, self-reflection, perspective-taking, and stepping into someone else’s shoes.