Managing Mindfully this Holiday Season Toolkit

The holiday season offers moments for celebration, gratitude, and connection. While it can also come with its own set of challenges, we have created this toolkit to help you stay present and navigate the season with balance and joy.

We have compiled valuable resources to support your mental health and well-being, including our Managing Mindfully for the Holidays workbook, guided meditation practices, and additional tools to help you cultivate mindfulness and self-care throughout the holidays.

Meditations & Videos of our co-founder, Patricia Rockman

• Managing Mindfully this Holiday Season Meditation is a practice that focuses on bringing awareness to the holiday season, both pleasant and unpleasant, with the intention of bringing insight into how you can better take care of yourself during the holidays.
• 3-Minute Responsive Breathing Space Meditation from our MBCT program is particularly great (and short) practice to try out when you are feeling stressed or anxious. Patricia Rockman guides us through the STOP Practice and discusses emotional resilience in the video below.
• Centre for Mindfulness Studies’ App offers a wide range of guided mindfulness meditations from Patricia Rockman and  CMS faculty with the ability to schedule your meditations to keep up your practice for your well-being during the holiday season
• Please visit our Facebook page here for more mindfulness videos from Patricia Rockman.

Articles

7 Holiday Wellness Tips for Your Family by Canadian Mental Health Association

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay during the Holiday Season by Psychology Today

How to Take Care of Your Mental Health this Holiday Season by The Family Centre

Support & Tools

CMS Mental Health Services Guide Please find a list of currently available online and over-the-phone resources that can support those in crisis, as well as those coping with stressors related to COVID-19.

Immediate Mental Health Services Please find a list of currently available online and over-the-phone resources that can support those in crisis, as well as those coping with stressors related to COVID-19.