Sometimes coping with the holidays includes managing stressful family dynamics, the loss of a loved one, pressure with the end of the year, finances, job stress, illness, your relationship with food, or maybe traditions changing. The first step is to acknowledge where you are at this season.

Grief can hit us like a ton of bricks. Any kind of loss is difficult and takes time and energy to move through. Grief weighs heavy, but you aren’t alone.

We are all leaders, we all have people looking at us, modeling from us, and learning from us. In these times of crisis, this is amplified. So what does it mean to be a leader, especially in times of crisis?