With Thanksgiving behind us, the holiday season has officially begun. What should be a joyous and revitalizing time of year actually makes many people cringe with the thought of endless shopping, meaningless events to attend, obligations, and a feeling of being overwhelmed.
The commercialization and craziness of the holidays are certainly one reason we feel stressed out during this time of the year. There is another reason many of us struggle with the holidays, and we have to look to Chinese medicine and the theory of Yin and Yang to understand it.




