The holiday season is traditionally a busy time filled with happiness and good cheer. With celebrations, family gatherings and office parties, it represents the most social time of the year. The holiday-party season and the gathering of family during the holidays can produce a tremendous amount of stress and tension - two key triggers in the onset of headaches. Here are some tips from the National Headache Foundation to help you battle holiday... > Full Story

“Silent night, Holy night. All is calm, all is bright. . . .” The carols try to tell us that this is a calm and silent time of year. But for most of us, the weeks leading...

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Every December, I involve my entire family in an attempt to establish a Christmas tradition. Finally after years of effort, my perseverance has paid off. I have established one -...

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Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug. For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like...

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There is something really magical about Christmas that allows us to see the beauty in ordinary things. Growing up on the Canadian prairies, I have seen enough snow to last at least...

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“Fragmented”, she replied when I asked her how she was feeling. She had bought into the common philosophy that being busy is somehow a virtue. I’ve been there too. Most of...

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The story is old and has been told well many, many times. The story of an inn, a pregnant virgin, a stable, a manger, a star and a king. It’s a story that never grows old that...

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It was the night before Christmas and I was very sad. Civil war had broken out in April. My village was destroyed and my family had been scattered. I was sure that Christmas would...

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Christmas Eve 1999 started out much like any other for Paul and Esther Paterson. Their home resonated with the normal pre-Christmas buzz as they and their three children prepared...

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“See what you have to look forward to now?” The whisper in my ear made my smile widen. It was Dec. 10th and we were on our first outing with our new baby. She was only...

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