Tag: holiday

The holidays are officially over, but that doesn’t mean your home has to suffer through months of uninspired decor. However, it's a fine line between an explosion of Christmas and tastefully weaving in a few magical touches. At the end of the day, the goal is to make your home look festive year-round without compromising on style. Focus on blending a tasteful array of festivity with the everyday look of your home.

These days, many of us are weighing the impacts and ethics of meat eating in general. So the prospect of buying and cooking a holiday roast is more daunting than ever. Here's a guide to navigating today’s meat markets and making a centerpiece roast worth celebrating.

Source Quality Beef

The single most important decision to make is what beef to buy, because flavor is largely predetermined before the roast goes into the oven. Quality beef is strongly correlated with the cattle’s quality of life: Did it live on pasture, even during its final 120 days eating grasses? Did it live without stress—especially right before slaughter?

As we move into longer darker days we are headed into the full blown holiday season. This time of year brings people into my office tired, sad, stressed, and excited. They are running a gamut of emotions with weeks to go.

If you want to feel grounded this holiday season, get proactive about creating your plan to stick with the healthy habits that keep you feeling strong and balanced.

Lauren’s father, Leo, passed away earlier this year, and she understandably has mixed feelings about the upcoming holiday season. Her husband, Gary, was also very close to Lauren’s father and is deeply affected by the loss. Even though Lauren and Gary are looking forward to the festivities and celebrating the holidays with their family, it’s nevertheless the first holiday without her father.

Lauren and Gary are not the only ones grieving their loss; their immediate and extended families are affected, as well. Now, more than ever, they realize the importance of supporting each other through a potentially difficult time. Lauren and Gary have rekindled their bond and are extremely appreciative that they are both alive, well, and have each other.

More than ever before, most of us must be far more creative in holiday gift-giving this year!

You may be one of those who hasn't ventured out to a shopping mall because of Covid-19 or just maybe, you are someone who dislikes shopping online. If you fall into either of those categories or yet another—one of those who simply don’t have the funds for a holiday spree—the following are a handful of suggestions of what you can give your significant other this holiday season. All of these recommendations are likely to mean a lot more to the person you love because they all require a highly personalized touch.

With the holidays just the corner some traditions are outgrown while others become as stale as last year's fruitcake. Since traditions are handed down from year to year, we often forget how they came to be in the first place, and ignore the opportunity to launch our own traditions. Heed the following advice if you're looking for help on how to change things up this year, whether by choice or necessity.

No need to apologize. Don't ask for permission to break free from a family ceremony. If you are interested in doing something new this year, politely let everyone know well in advance.

Fall is in the air, and with the change of seasons, comes the realization that the holidays are fast approaching. So it’s really tempting this time of the year to say "yes" to every invitation and holiday project. But saying "yes" to 50 more things when you’re already overloaded with work, family, and friendships, can test even the healthiest of marriages. Why? We tend to put our husband or wife as the last priority on our long to-do list, which can cause hurt feelings, fights, and resentment.