Handling Holiday Stress

Kirk Sheppard
Healing, Helping, Hoping
3 min readNov 29, 2021

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I’ve got a lot of holiday activities planned for the next several weeks; it can be a bit overwhelming! My favorite Christmas movie is “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” There’s a scene where Clark, played by Chevy Chase, discusses his desire for an old-fashioned family Christmas. His wife, Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), cautions him not to get his hopes up too high, which he hilariously protests. “When have I ever done that?” She begins to…

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Kirk Sheppard
Healing, Helping, Hoping

Kirk Sheppard, LPCC-S, LICDC, is a counselor, helper educator, blogger, photographer, and playwright in Cincinnati. More at www.kirksheppard.com