Strategies to Get Through a COVID Holiday Season with Sue Lymburner
In this episode, Roxanne Derhodge and Sue Lymburner discuss the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, holidays, and traditions. They touch on the healing power of storytelling, dealing with stress, and the human need for certainty. They also explore creative strategies for holiday celebrations amid the pandemic.
Key Points
- Understanding and acknowledging the grief and loss associated with altered traditions and the inability to connect as usual during the holiday season can help individuals cope with their feelings.
- Creative adaptations to holiday traditions, such as sharing memories, cooking together virtually, or sending thoughtful gestures, can foster connection and bring joy in new ways.
- Reaching out to others proactively, rather than waiting for them to reach out, can alleviate feelings of loneliness and isolation during the holidays.
There’s no doubt that the 2020 holiday season is going to be different than any other year. The global pandemic has caused an unprecedented interruption in all of our lives. The second wave has descended upon us creating a disconnect with friends and family that we’ve not seen before in our lifetime.
On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we are thrilled to welcome Clinical Psychologist and Roxanne’s long-time friend, Sue Lymburner to talk about how people are struggling to keep their spirits bright. With the current lockdowns, social distancing, restrictions for visiting loved ones and colder weather, she will share some strategies to help everyone to stay a little jollier throughout the holidays.
Authentic Touch Points:
The exponential effects of COVID 2:00
The second wave and seasonal restrictions 5:30
Holiday traditions, expectations and the humdrums 7:30
Acknowledge the grief and loss 13:30
Sharing memories can be helpful 19:00
Kids are very adaptable and resilient 26:15
The upside of restrictions 27:15
Be creative and adapt your traditions 32:30
Sue has been a clinical psychotherapist for more than 20 years. She helps her clients deal with difficult life events such as abuse, addiction, a job or relationship loss, mental illness or unresolved trauma. She works with her clients to gain insight into the challenges they face so obstacles that might seem insurmountable can be overcome.
Sue has extensive experience in the areas of child, family and couples counselling as well as sexual and crisis counselling. By learning about how her clients’ experiences have impacted their life and identifying tools and coping mechanisms that work, they learn to approach their issues with a new perspective, take action to address them and get back to leading a peaceful, healthy life.
With many of us working from home and feeling the pressure of the pandemic and the upcoming holiday season, I encourage you to reach out with thoughts or questions about creating a healthier mindset. Click here to contact me at your convenience or click here to book a complementary call with me.
You can find more information about me and how I can help you live a more authentic and resilient life at RoxanneDerhodge.com
Thank you,
Roxanne
Links:
Sue’s website: https://www.suelymburner.com/
Distress Centre: http://www.dcontario.org/
Roxanne’s LinkedIn profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxannederhodge/
Roxanne’s email: [email protected]
Chat with Roxanne: https://roxannederhodge.com/chat/
Roxanne’s previous podcasts: https://roxannederhodge.com/blog/
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