You know that holiday time is stressful for people. If you are using content marketing to grow your practice (or considering it for 2012) I’d like to share 35 blog post topics I wish I could read right now to support folks who are struggling as the holidays approach. These posts benefit the readers and could attract new clients to you practice.
In no particular order, these are some of the posts I’d like to see on Facebook and in my Twitter Stream in the coming days. Feel free to use them as you wish…
- How to Cope with the Holiday Blues
- Spending the Holidays Single
- Christmas After the Loss of a Loved One
- Five Ways to Give Gifts to your Kids After a Job Loss
- Holiday Shopping Tips for Parents of Kids with Special Needs
- The Family Gatherings and Your Aspergers’s Child: How to Have a Happy Holiday for All
- Seven Ways to Connect With YOur Teen Over Holiday Break
- Social Anxiety and the Office Holiday Party
- Do You Tell People You’re Depressed at Holiday Time?
- How to Help Others at Christmas
- Teaching Giving to Our Children
- Coping with Holiday Feasts: Tips for Those in Eating Disorder Recovery
- Holiday Cheer and Sobriety: Tips for a Safe and Sober Season
- How to Avoid Meltdowns in the Airport: Holiday Travel and Your Sensory Sensitive Child
- How Much is Too Much? Giving with Mindfulness
- When Your Child is Ill: How to Make a Merry Christmas for Chronically Ill Children
- What Tech Gadgets are Safe for Your Child
- Holidays During Divorce: Coping Strategies
- Holidays and Cancer Treatment:Making the Best of It
- Stress Busters for Busy Moms at Holiday Time
- Ten Cool Things to Do with Hyperactive Kids During Winter Vacation
- Should You Tell Kids About Santa?
- When a Parent is Overseas: Holiday Tips for Families Missing Each Other at Holiday Time
- Mindful Holiday Observances: How to Get Back to the True Spirit of the Season
- Five Nonprofits the Help the Homeless
- Holidays and Schizophrenia
- When Your Partner Drinks Too Much During the Holiday Party: What to Say the Next Day
- Thoughts of Suicide: How to Get the Help You Need
- How to Build Healthy Eating and Exercise Into the Holiday Season
- Celebrating the Holidays When You Don’t Talk to Your Family
- Honoring Jewish and Christian Religious Traditions in Your Family
- Avoiding the Guilt Trip: How to Cope with Family Conflict at Holiday Time
- Compulsive Shopping or a Giving Spirit? How to Know When You’re Buying Habits are a Problem
- How to Stay Sober on New Year’s Eve When the Rest of the Crowd is Drinking Too Much
- Coping with Loneliness at Holiday Time
I could go on and on with these titles, but I’ll stop here. What can you add to this list?
If you do write a holiday themed post, feel free to put the URL in the comments below so we can all read it and share it with our communities.
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Susan is a licensed psychologist, business consultant and marketer for health care professionals who want to diversify their income streams and utilize online tools to provide services and market their practices. She teaches providers how to leverage social media to educate about health care while growing profitable practices.
Susan,
I loved the list. Here’s the holiday-themed post that I wrote in late November:
http://www.drannbeckerschutte.com/2011/11/self-care-101-if-you-hate-the-holidays/
I appreciate the challenge to keep serving.
Ann
Hey Susan–Love the list. I think I’ll tackle the “Should You Tell Your Kids About Santa”…I’m still paying for that one a year later with the 10 y/o…thanks for the idea for this week’s post. I’ll hit you up when it’s done (hopefully this evening–Cali time).
Thanks Susan. You have the best ideas
.
Great list Susan! Here are a few of my blog posts related to holiday stress:
http://kayleedmurphy.com/2011/12/how-to-cope-with-holiday-stress/
http://kayleedmurphy.com/2011/12/getting-control-of-your-spending-this-season/
http://kayleedmurphy.com/2011/12/simplify-your-spending-to-reduce-stress-this-holiday-season/
Loved your post! I tweeted it.
Fresh off the (Santa Claus-Lying)press:
http://www.talktherapybiz.com/should-you-tell-your-kids-about-santa/
Perfect timing, Susan…I have a video being edited right now on difficult family situations and the holidays. Should be up tonight *fingers crossed*
Susan, what a great example on how many topics our colleagues could and should be writing about this time of year!
My own contribution: How to Have An Epic Holiday With Your Child Or Teen. It focuses on some tips for video game players and their families:
http://wp.me/p1oMMG-yY
Susan, Here are some links to the blog posts I have been writing recently. When possible I try to write something that relates to the time of year or to something going on in the media!
Bearing All the Togetherness of the Holidays
http://relationalmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/bearing-all-the-togetherness-of-the-holidays/
30 Days of Thankfulness
http://relationalmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/30-days-of-thankfulness/
and
12 Alternatives to a Gratitude Journal
http://relationalmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/12-alternatives-to-a-gratitude-journal/
I love these posts! Keep ‘em coming!
I really appreciated your article Susan, and thought I would share my blog on dealing with loss around the holidays.
http://www.friedaferrick.com/?p=233
Hi folks – Here is a post about encouraging ppl to see that the holidays are a good time to practice self-care and accept help from others.
http://birthtouch.com/2011/12/it-is-an-urban-legend-that-suicide-is-more-frequent-during-the-holidays/
Happy Holidays!
Go Kathy! Wonderful post
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thanks Linda!
Susan,
Love the prompt to talk more about mental health. Here is a blog about healthy eating over the holidays.
http://www.feedyoursoultherapy.com/blog-counseling-services/
Peace,
Kim
Hi! I love this list! My blog post sort of coincides with avoiding guilt trips and having healthy communication with your family! Merry happy ones everyone! https://www.apeacefullifecounseling.com/givecommunication/
Hi Susan! What a great idea!!
Here is my first post on my new Blog!!! Yay!!!
http://www.metrorelationship.com/SuccessfulCouples/2011/12/gift-of-compassion/
Thank you for inspiring me this year!
Wishing you and yours a lovely rest of the Season and a fabulous New Year!
Warmly,
Emma
Hey Emma–
Congrats on your new blog–quite a feat, indeed! Good post, especially tips 1 and 4–tried to leave a comment, but the default link led to your WP admin page…
Ooohh. Thanks for catching!!! And, reading it!
Happy Holidays!!
I think I fixed it.
Tx again!!
Hi Emma!
Loved your post and congrats on the blog! Merry Christmas!
take care, Kathy
Thanks!! Just posted your blog link on twitter.
Hi Susan, great idea and thanks for asking!
Survival Strategies for Christmas Haters > http://irenesavarese.com/blog/?p=3301
Secrets to a Happy Holiday Season > http://irenesavarese.com/blog/?p=1228
Hope you all enjoy the holidays!
Hi Irene! Love the video about the fear response. Fun learning tool. I commented on both blogs, will send to Twitter later. I am taking EMDR training this January in NYC…Hope to incorporate it into my verbal therapy work. I have heard from several colleagues that it is effective along with verbal therapy for PTSD.
take care, Kathy
Thank you Kathy,
Hope you enjoy the training and that you will write about your experiences on your blog!
Hi! Thanks for the nudge…hmm, never thought abt writing abt the training on my blog…but its a great idea! The training is two long weekends, Jan15 & 22…so excited to attend and also have kindled my prerequisite reading already! Need to get to it! See you on FB & TW!
Thanks so much, Susan – you inspired me to write the following post:
http://www.dorleem.com/2011/12/7-ways-to-bond-with-your-teen.html
referring to ways to bond with your teen over the holiday break and then continue this rekindled relationship throughout the year
Susan- you’re an ideas machine! Thanks for the opportunity to share.
Here’s my post I just revised for this year: Holiday Relationship Stress: A Survival Guide
http://clintonpower.com.au/2010/12/holiday-relationship-stress-a-survival-guide/
Happy New Year!