The holiday season is a crazy time for many people. What should be a joyous and revitalizing time of year actually makes some cringe with the thought of endless shopping, meaningless events to attend, obligations, and a feeling of being overwhelmed. The commercialization and craziness of the holidays are certainly one reason we feel stressed…
Stonehenge Revellers Bring in the Winter Solstice
Revellers gathered at Britain’s Stonehenge in the English county of Wiltshire on Wednesday to bring in the winter solstice. People, many wrapped in blankets and cloaks, stood inside the stone circle of the neolithic monument, singing as the sun rose. Cheers erupted, followed by singing and dancing around the prehistoric stones. The visitors traveled to…
Why Does the Cold Weather Make Us Feel so Tired?
Today marks the winter solstice, in which we celebrate the darkest day of the year. What we’re really celebrating is that light is slowly returning to our world in the form of incrementally longer days. There’s an element of triumph associated with the solstice, in that we made it through the darkest days of the…
How to Beat the Winter Blues
It’s the coldest and darkest time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. We celebrate and make merry with the holidays, but the passing of the winter solstice near the end of December reminds us we have a lot of dark winter ahead. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a serious manifestation of winter blues, but…
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