{"id":5285,"date":"2022-12-01T20:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/spa-theory-wellness-beauty-blog\/combating-holiday-stress\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:35:06","slug":"combating-holiday-stress","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/spa-theory-wellness-beauty-blog\/combating-holiday-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Combating Holiday Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The time of joy, happiness, family\u2026and stress! That\u2019s right, study after study shows that Americans are stressed out this time of year. 88% of Americans<\/span><\/a> feel stressed when celebrating the holidays. And according to the American Psychological Association<\/span><\/a>, more women than men are reporting feeling holiday stress. Entertaining, shopping, family dynamics, Covid\u2026are just some of the reasons people feel stressed during the holiday season. And while holiday stress is real, it doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t ways to combat it.
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Get a Massage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, getting a massage<\/span><\/a> is a proven way to destress during the holidays. A study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety<\/span><\/a> found that those who received regular massage therapy for 12 weeks had a 50% reduction in anxiety symptoms. And the benefits were not short-lived \u2013 they remained at 50% 26 weeks later – even after the massage therapy ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massages help decrease heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels (one of the hormones released in response to stress) while \u201cfeel good\u201d hormones like endorphins increase. Swedish Massage, given the gentle, calming nature of the massage technique, is great for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massage therapy has also been proven to raise serotonin levels which helps you get to sleep and stay asleep. And sleep is another great way to decrease cortisol levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treat Your Skin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is not just massages that can help with stress. Facials are a great stress combater as well. Studies<\/span><\/a> have shown that stress negatively effects skin wellness and can lead to outbreaks of acne, eczema, and psoriasis. And it is hard when you\u2019re sometimes wearing your stress on the place people see the most \u2013 your face. A soothing, cleansing facial pulls double duty \u2013 it not only improves the skin condition, but is also relaxing and helps reduce current stress levels to eliminate further stress signs on the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At this time of year with so much going on it\u2019s easy to get caught up in the anxiety and stress of the season. But that doesn\u2019t have to be the way. Taking care of yourself means you\u2019ll have the mental and physical energy to take care of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try an at-home massage<\/span><\/a> or at-home facial<\/span><\/a> from Spa Theory<\/span><\/a>. Available in the Atlanta, Houston, and Miami \/ Fort Lauderdale areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The time of joy, happiness, family\u2026and stress! That\u2019s right, study after study shows that Americans are stressed out this time of year. And while holiday stress is real, it doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t ways to combat it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"blog-category":[293],"blog-tag":[84,114,96,73],"class_list":["post-5285","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-massage-types-techniques","blog-tag-holistic-healing","blog-tag-lymphatic-drainage","blog-tag-massage-for-health","blog-tag-stress-relief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/5285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/5285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7520,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/5285\/revisions\/7520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=5285"},{"taxonomy":"blog-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.qrolic.com\/spatheory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-tag?post=5285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}