By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News

The holidays can bring a lot of stress along with good memories and Joe Vaughan, executive director of IHR addressed some of the ways to relieve stress in a recent Community Forum.

One piece of advice Vaughan gave was following traditions, while adding that changing some traditions or adding new ones in the event of a death in the family sometimes makes it easier. He said this idea works really well for all the children involved.

“They like to have the repetitiveness. They love to be able to predict what’s going to happen and how it’s going to happen. I think traditions help bring everyone together. It gives us a coping mechanism that everyone knows and understands what’s going to be happening,” Vaughan said.

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