Psychology Today | 08.12.2025 00:00
The holiday season is a gift wrapped up in paradoxes. It sells us the idea that joy and celebration are a must; yet for many, it can also be a season of amplified loneliness, grief, and interpersonal conflict. It intensifies the pressure to consume, yet still gives us the possibility of being creative and sustainable in our giving and receiving. It offers us the opportunity for new beginnings, as much as it can remind us of how difficult it is to change, even when we want to. It invites reflection and slowing down, but it is not always clear to us how to do so in an era of acceleration[1]. How, then, to embrace wellbeing during this “festive” period?
