Color Holiday Blues Orange

December 6, 2007

Around this time of year do you get the “Holiday Blues?” Think orange. On the color wheel, orange is the opposite of blue. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, stimulates mental activity and produces an invigorating effect. Orange includes the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. Orange is associated with sunshine and joy. It represents enthusiasm, happiness, fascination, creativity, determination, attraction, encouragement, stimulation and success. Orange is symbolic of endurance and strength. It’s the color of basketballs, carrots, yams, pumpkin pie and oranges. And don’t forget the Orange Bowl football game. This Hanukkah or Christmas, turn your holidays orange or any color but blue. Here are some tips for you.

Let’s start with these articles on ways you can use EFT and energy methods:

The Gift to Unwrap and Use before the Holidays! by AnaMaria Herrera
Using EFT for the Holidays by Figen Genco, BA
Silent Night Sadness — When Music Gives You the Holiday Blues By Jayne Morgan-Kidd
Helpful Hints for the Holidays by Dr. David Lake
Some Holiday Advice By Dr. Alexander Lees
How to Feel up When the Holidays Get You Down by Carol Tuttle
Rx for the Holiday Blues by Rebecca Marina

These are good EFT videos:

Holiday Blues — Cure Them with EFT by Rebecca Marina
How to Create Christmas Abundance by Michelle Childerly

If you’ve got the time (around an hour and ten minutes) I highly recommend downloading and listening to the audio, How to Put the Fun Back into the Holidays, with Jennifer Koerner (Tap Into Excellence) and Grant Connolly (ZPoint for Personal Peace). Grant walks you through doing the ZPoint Process to erase the holiday blues.

Here other general articles you may find that help:

Avoid the Holiday Blues: Have a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
The Holiday Blues and You (University of Pennsylvania Health System)
Preventing Holiday Blues (SafeUSA)
Holiday Depression and Stress (Mental Health America)
Seniors and the “Holiday Blues” (4therapy.com)

And these videos:

Holiday Blues — Depression by Dr. Greg Janz
Holiday Depression by Dr. Greg Janz
Healthy Action Minute on Holiday Blues by Dr. Josh Klapow

Lastly, a good technique I use is to get amused or amazed by something. For example, there’s the humorous Santa Claus by JibJab and some amazing juggling from Chris Bliss. This holiday season, dump the blues. Jump into the color orange.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Orange.

Orange who?

Orange you so glad you read this?

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