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Finding Balance: Self-Care & Connection During the Holidays

As we enter the holiday season, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. Tabitha Griffith, one of our Individual and Family Therapists, shares some quick practical ideas for self-care and connection during this busy time.

Here are three areas where you can focus your energy to find balance:

1. Care for Your Physical Health

• Move Your Body: If the gym isn't for you, try getting involved in local recreational clubs to play pickleball, volleyball, basketball, walking clubs, or trying something new with an exercise class. This will utilize kinetic energy and release serotonin and dopamine (feel-good neurotransmitters).
• Boost Your Immunity: With less access to sunlight, supplementary vitamins like Vitamin C and D can go a long way to improving your immunity and your overall mood.

• Balance Your Diet: Prioritizing nourishing foods helps us more enjoy the treat to later come.

   

2. Care for Your Mental Health

• Set Screen Boundaries: Have boundaries with your screen time. Consider replacing time in front of a screen with quality activities with your family, trying a new hobby, playing a game, or reading a book. This will tap into your creativity.
• Prioritize Mental Healthcare: Whether for present challenges or for maintenance, it's important to be intentional about viewing this as a necessity and not a luxury.

• Let Others In: Connection and relationship are so important, even for us introverts!

   

3. Care for Your Spiritual Health

• Find Community: Get plugged into a great Bible-based church!
• Seek Solitude: Spend time in solitude with the Lord. This can be a car drive, journaling, or a morning coffee date over scripture with Him.
• Check Your "Input": Consider the kind of media, music, and entertainment we are intaking, and if it is not life-giving, make a swap for something that is!

Need support this season? Our therapists are here to help you find hope and balance. Call us at (219) 226-1810 or submit an inquiry here to request an appointment.

Source: This content is adapted from the New Leaf Resources Q4 2025 Newsletter.