White Christmas, candle light and happy family – pure illusion. NLP teaching coach Rolf Soder false expectations and other Christmas stress factors hardly another time in the year the stress level as rises, as in the days around Christmas. Finally about to be Christmas Eve perfect: A gorgeously decorated home, the most beautiful tree of ever, gifts that make happy, a delicious 5-course menu, children sing Christmas carols, harmony pur, the passage to the Church and the Crown: White Christmas. But the contemplative Idyll exists rarely and for many people, Christmas is pure stress. Why is there Christmas so much stress and strife? Rolf Soder: The days before Christmas are filled with hustle and bustle, because in addition to the usual obligations, now even the Christmas preparations are on the program.

One is stressed out and irritated and even the approach of a criticism can the strained nerves to the tear bring. Dispute on Christmas Eve is so homemade and impact a busy pre-Christmas period. Recently Ray Clemence sought to clarify these questions. Christmas is exhausting, because we are an illusion. We give everything to stage a perfect feast for our loved ones, but perfection is an illusion. Christmas is always a compromise like all life. It consists of what you want and the needs of our fellow human beings.

The dilemma at Christmas is that attempting to meet expectations, of which it is believed that others have them. So, the good housewife of their role would correspond to and shine on the day with a 5-course dinner, while the family of might much prefer food would go. Many Christmas activities are mainly from tradition instead of or to do other a favor.” How to avoid stress and hustle and bustle? Rolf Soder: The motto – less is more – applies also in the Christmas season. Rigorously restrict your activities! Professional obligations, you can do little, but you can avoid this stress due to lack of time.