5 Tips for Surviving the Holidays Post Separation/Divorce, Without Losing Your Cool (or Your Mind)

Depending on your point of view, we're about to experience either the most "wonderful time of the year," or the most stressful. A 2014 study conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center showed that 90% of Americans stress out over at least one aspect of the Holiday season, whether it be gaining weight or going into debt. If on top of the usual Holiday demands--shopping, working, arranging childcare during school breaks, and figuring out who's been naughty or nice--you're also newly separated or divorced, your life can quickly degenerate from "Ho, Ho, Ho" to "Oh, No, No!" Before you enter the witness protection program or lock yourself in the closet, take a deep breath and check out...