The approaching Christmas holidays signal joy, happiness, and pleasure for many of us and sadness, loneliness and depression for others of us It is understandable that those without friends and family to spend the holidays with will be prone to loneliness and sadness this time of year

Here we are in December and I feel like I have taken on a part time job to go with my full time job and all my other responsibilities Of course, I am talking about getting ready for Christmas

"The perfect is the enemy of the good" - Voltare Are you a perfectionist

So many of us feel guilty about taking time for ourselves The very words self care or self nurturing sound selfish

The arrival of fall always feels somewhat like New Year's to me Probably a memory of getting ready for school to start each fall with the shopping trips for new notebooks, new pencils and pencil box, new school clothes, etc