The Holidays<\/strong><\/p>\nYes, they are upon us again already!\u00a0 The holidays can be stressful for all of us for a multitude of reasons \u2013 there\u2019s never any shortage.\u00a0 One of the most difficult aspects of the holiday is dealing with depression and loneliness – others and our own.\u00a0 It is easy to get drained when people close to us are depressed, lonely or suicidal.\u00a0 Please take time to take care of yourself.\u00a0 Make sure that you eat and drink well and get enough rest.\u00a0 Know what your limitations are.\u00a0 If someone is depending on you too much be sure to let them know in a kind and gentle manner that you need to take care of yourself.\u00a0 You need to come first.\u00a0 You need to be taken care of just as much as anyone else does.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t like to think of holidays as a time of obligation to others.\u00a0 Being around family and friends is a choice and it\u2019s always okay to opt out.<\/p>\n
Before getting angry this holiday season try to take 3 deep breaths and calm your mind and then react in the most understanding and compassionate way possible.\u00a0 This will ease your stress and will help you to avoid straining relationships unnecessarily.<\/p>\n
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Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again<\/em><\/p>\nBlessed Be<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Jules and I am one of the newest PaganPages columnists.\u00a0 I\u2019m female and live in Las Vegas, NV with my family and cats.\u00a0 I first discovered myself as a pagan, witch, psychic and empath back in 1999 and I\u2019ve been a strong believer in the Goddess ever since.\u00a0 I am a spiritual artist and I love to make things to brighten up people\u2019s days.\u00a0 I sell my creations in a local store and on Etsy. The advice column I\u2019ll be doing will be called \u201cDear Jules\u201d.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always been someone who others go to for advice.\u00a0 In one of the groups I belong to I saw that PaganPages was looking for some new columnists and I figured I\u2019d give it a whirl.\u00a0 I\u2019d love for this column to be a safe haven where you can go to someone for advice who has an entirely objective perspective on your situation.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to be able to help others with matters like love, relationships and life in general.\u00a0 I would love to see the column develop into something very down-to-earth and easy to relate to for all of us. I am honored to be the newest member of the PaganPages family and I look forward to dispensing heartfelt advice.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to help in any way that I can.\u00a0 Please send your questions\u00a0to me at\u00a0thecraftwytch@gmail.com. All printed questions\u00a0will\u00a0remain anonymous once printed \u2013 please sign your questions the way you would a \u201cDear Abby\u201d submission with something along the lines of\u00a0\u201cLonely in Seattle.\u201d The Holidays Yes, they are upon us again already!\u00a0 The holidays can be stressful for all of us for a multitude of reasons \u2013 there\u2019s never any shortage.\u00a0 One of the most difficult aspects of the holiday is dealing with depression and loneliness – others and our own.\u00a0 It is easy to get drained when people close to us are depressed, lonely or suicidal.\u00a0 Please take time to take care of yourself.\u00a0 Make sure that you eat and drink well and get enough rest.\u00a0 Know what your limitations are.\u00a0 If someone is depending on you too much be sure to let them know in a kind and gentle manner that you need to take care of yourself.\u00a0 You need to come first.\u00a0 You need to be taken care of just as much as anyone else does. I don\u2019t like to think of holidays as a time of obligation to others.\u00a0 Being around family and friends is a choice and it\u2019s always okay to opt out. Before getting angry this holiday season try to take 3 deep breaths and calm your mind and then react in the most understanding and compassionate way possible.\u00a0 This will ease your stress and will help you to avoid straining relationships unnecessarily. Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again Blessed Be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}