Coping with Loneliness or Grief During the Holidays

Coping with Loneliness or Grief During the Holidays

The holiday season is often portrayed as a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration. However, for many individuals, it can bring feelings of loneliness or the deep ache of grief. Whether you’re mourning the loss of a loved one or feeling isolated during this time, it’s important to know that you are not alone. At …

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Family Dynamics and Conflict Resolution: Navigating Holiday Challenges

Family Dynamics and Conflict Resolution: Navigating Holiday Challenges

The holiday season often brings families together, creating opportunities for connection and celebration. However, it can also be a time of stress and heightened emotions as family dynamics come to the forefront. Navigating tense interactions and setting healthy boundaries is essential to maintaining peace and harmony during this festive time. At Virtual-Counseling.com, we’re here to …

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Happy New Year: How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissist

Happy New Year: How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissist

Living with a narcissist can make your life miserable. But it’s even worse if you must spend any moment of the holiday season with them. The narcissist in your family tree may be a parent, an adult child, even an in-law. Whoever it is means putting up with their incessant need for attention, their self-aggrandizement, …

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The Narcissistic Holiday: 3 Simple Strategies to Preserve your Peace

The Narcissistic Holiday: What to Do?

If you had to explain your narcissist family member in one word, what would you say? Self-centered, egomaniac, bigheaded, or all three? Whatever you think about the narcissist in your life, one thing about them is true for sure – they ruin the holidays – EVERY SINGLE TIME! Narcissists and bad parenting / bad behavior …

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Holiday Blues? Try These Tips

Holiday Blues? Try These Tips

The holiday season is in full swing and comes with a lot more than just Christmas songs, sweet treats and joyous family gatherings. It sometimes brings along unwelcome guests, stress, and dark waves of depression. Although this stress is understandable considering the wide list of demands – from shopping for presents, to cooking meals, cleaning …

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