29/12/2025
New Year’s Holidays: Caring for Your Mental Well-Being
Apathy, stress, insomnia, chronic fatigue, and constant tension — these feelings have become all too familiar in today’s challenging times. How can we manage them ahead of the New Year holidays and gently shift into a festive atmosphere while still caring for our mental well-being?
What is mental health, and why does it matter?
Mental health is a state of psychological well-being that allows us to cope with stress, work, learn, and maintain inner balance. Supporting it is especially important during the holiday season, when feelings of loneliness may intensify. Long periods spent alone can heighten anxiety, depression, or emotional exhaustion.
What is mental health, and why does it matter?
Mental health is a state of psychological well-being that allows us to cope with stress, work, learn, and maintain inner balance. Supporting it is especially important during the holiday season, when feelings of loneliness may intensify. Long periods spent alone can heighten anxiety, depression, or emotional exhaustion.
To support your mental health, our psychologists recommend keeping familiar holiday rituals. Try adding small elements of celebration into your daily life: decorate a tree, prepare your favorite dishes, bring some coziness into your home, or watch a holiday movie. Choose what feels right for you.
Family and friends also play an important role. Spending time with loved ones during the holidays can have a therapeutic effect. Shared memories, family jokes, warm hugs — all of these create a sense of safety and comfort. Plan something enjoyable together, such as ice skating or a winter walk. And don’t forget to reach out to those who might be feeling lonely, especially older people. A simple gesture of attention can help them feel seen and supported.
We also focus closely on the mental well-being of people who may be spending this season on their own. Our mobile team currently works across five communities in Kharkiv region, providing psychological support tailored to people’s needs. Specialists conduct a “How to help yourself?” training, psychological first-aid sessions, recovery-skills workshops, and educational lectures. They also offer individual consultations and host holiday-themed art therapy activities — all aimed at strengthening emotional resilience and helping people reconnect with a sense of joy and warmth during the festive period.
Family and friends also play an important role. Spending time with loved ones during the holidays can have a therapeutic effect. Shared memories, family jokes, warm hugs — all of these create a sense of safety and comfort. Plan something enjoyable together, such as ice skating or a winter walk. And don’t forget to reach out to those who might be feeling lonely, especially older people. A simple gesture of attention can help them feel seen and supported.
We also focus closely on the mental well-being of people who may be spending this season on their own. Our mobile team currently works across five communities in Kharkiv region, providing psychological support tailored to people’s needs. Specialists conduct a “How to help yourself?” training, psychological first-aid sessions, recovery-skills workshops, and educational lectures. They also offer individual consultations and host holiday-themed art therapy activities — all aimed at strengthening emotional resilience and helping people reconnect with a sense of joy and warmth during the festive period.
We hope that, with the support of our specialists, more people will experience a touch of holiday spirit and begin traditions that will help maintain their mental well-being not only this year, but in the years to come.
This project is implemented by the Charitable Foundation “Angels of Salvation” in partnership with Right to Protection and HIAS, with support from the Federal Government of Germany through the German Federal Foreign Office.
This project is implemented by the Charitable Foundation “Angels of Salvation” in partnership with Right to Protection and HIAS, with support from the Federal Government of Germany through the German Federal Foreign Office.
