Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

With Thanksgiving Day galloping across my calendar, I see people already racing to gather garnishes and dust off their holiday guest lists. Have you made plans yet?

Some traditions though … tend to unravel Thanksgiving Day Dinners .. into a heap more friction than fun.

Here are 5 Thanksgiving traditions to drop in favor of a few brain cells left to thank.

1. Get rid of cortisol chemicals that surge whenever you worry, exclude people, feel guilty, or overspend on holidays.

2. Drop tone that complains, spots more warts than wonders, or offers advice where it is isn’t welcomed.

3. Run from stressors that take you out …  from too little serotonin to help you strike back in defense.  

4. Cut off foods that zap your energy, add to cranky retorts, drain enthusiasm, or wallop your brainpower before you even begin to celebrate.

5. Halt exhaustion that leaves you cranky, cantankerous, or downright discouraged.

Listen to people tell their Thanksgiving plans and you’ll likely hear some or all of these tragic Thanksgiving traditions tossed into the mix.

This year I’ve decided to fill my holiday with curiosity like Einstein brought to fun adventures, and create a Thanksgiving Day Celebration with a whole new zip for thanks. The kind that leaves me laughing at the end.  How about you?