The Cleveland Clinic describes the holidays as “a mixed bag of emotions. For some, it’s the most wonderful time of the year, filled with family, friends and reasons to celebrate. For others, it may be a time of deep sorrow, reflection, loneliness and strife.”…
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The word doldrums emerged from the very difficult sailing area around the equator known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone, where winds are light or nonexistent and a sailboat, no matter how big or small, can be stuck there for a long time, its crew running out of food and water, and forced to endure inactivity, boredom, and the resulting depression.…
Coping with isolation from social groups, reduced physical activity, lack of sunlight, and, worst of all, boredom, can be very challenging. I present a few easy-to-implement strategies for curbing winter blues, if only for a moment in your day.…
