Scripps Offers 10 Tips to Make Your Holiday Season Less Stressful
Expert says focus on being grateful, less on potentially upsetting topics
![Thomas C. Lian, MD, a psychiatrist and behavioral health medical director at Scripps Health in San Diego offers advice on how to beat stress during the holidays.](http://www.scripps.org/sparkle-assets/images/scripps_holiday_stress_management_photo.jpg)
Preparing for holiday visitors? Worrying too much about what could go wrong at that family get-together coming up, rather than thinking of what you can do to help make things go right?
Thomas C. Lian, MD, a psychiatrist and behavioral health medical director at Scripps Health, shares his expert advice on how to make those large family gatherings less stressful and more joyful in a column published in the La Jolla Patch.
Dr. Lian’s advice ranges from focusing on being grateful for having a warm place to be for the holidays and avoiding asking potentially upsetting questions such as “When are you ever going to get married/have children/buy a house?”
Read: Preparing for Holiday Visits? It Doesn’t Have to be Stressful, in the La Jolla Patch.
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