While the holiday season often brings a lot of fun, it can also cause serious chaos: Dramas at dinner parties. Running yourself down from running around. Multi-tasking mayhem and splashing too much cash. The pressure is high and many of us end up feeling pretty low by the end of it.

From the perspective of someone who has learned to honour her needs through living with a chronic health condition, here are 5 ESSENTIALS for managing your energy during the festive period.

The holidays can be an especially tiring and tricky time for those of us with chronic conditions and autoimmune diseases. If you would like 5 quick tips on making socializing with a health condition less draining and more FUN, then download my free Social Situations Cheatsheet now (before all the chaos kicks off!). You could even pass the link to a friend who would love to know you’re thinking of them.