Making The Grade: Avoiding Holiday Stress Pt. 2

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In this week's episode of Making The Grade - Cindy Putnam goes solo this week as she covers a topic familiar at this time of year - holiday stress. She talks about a recent poll that highlighted what people want holiday guests to do versus what they don't want their guests to do, conversation topics to avoid at the holiday dinner table, and Mary Oliver's poem "Instructions for Living A Life".

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2 Dec 2023 English United States Education · Courses

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