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19 tips to help you manage stress over the holidays

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Let's be real. The holidays — while a great time to see family and friends — can be exhausting and filled with stressful situations, from delayed flights to last-minute holiday shopping.

Luckily, this stress doesn't have to get out of control.

To guide you through the holidays stress-free, Happify, a website and app that uses science-based interactive activities aimed at increasing your happiness, made this graphic filled with tips on how to unwind, take time for yourself, and cope with high-stress situations.

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Lydia was a senior editor for the healthcare team at Insider. She joined Insider in 2015 after graduating from Northwestern University. At Insider, she covered everything from healthcare mega-mergers, to drug-pricing debates, to pharmacy disruptors, to private healthcare startups that rack up high valuations (including Theranos of course), and the new ways people are going to the doctor. That included the changing footprint of the hospital and how they fared in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.