I Don’t Know How to Handle Holiday Stress Webinar

Holidays are often associated with joy and excitement, but they can be stressful, overwhelming, and challenging for parents and families.  For many individuals, holidays bring up feelings of grief, isolation, disappointment, and sadness.  The holiday season can quickly turn into increased stress and anxiety, and handling these emotions and navigating this period can be challening for both parents and children.

Parents, join us for this panel-style webinar, where we will discuss:

• Common challenges parents and caregivers face during the holidays
• Stress youth and teens encounter during the holidays
• Tips for maintaining good mental health through the holiday season

Funding for this series is provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Register for this webinar here.

Meet The Speakers

Whitney J. Raglin Bignall, Ph.D., is the associate clinical director of The On Our Sleeves Movement For Children’s Mental Health and a pediatric psychologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio. Before joining the On Our Sleeves team, Raglin Bignall worked at a primary care center that served a primarily low-income and racially diverse community. She implemented a program to help enhance parenting skills for raising young children. She built partnerships with community organizations, primary care offices, and neighborhood schools. Raglin Bignall was named to the Who’s Who in Black Columbus list in 2019 and is a 40 under 40 Leader in Minority Health award winner of the National Minority Quality Forum and the Congressional Black Caucus.

Lanee Higgins is a senior content writer/editor at Mental Health America’s national office. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Hood College and holds a current highly qualified Maryland educator certification. Previously, Higgins was a middle and high school English language arts and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) educator in Baltimore County (Maryland) and District of Columbia Public Schools. Her advocacy and passion have led to changes on a classroom, schoolwide, and district level, and to quote a former principal, “helped inspire hundreds of students to find their voices.” Her writing has been featured in Blavity, The Educator’s Room, and several other digital platforms. Higgins is a passionate mental health advocate who believes that meaningful storytelling has the power to change lives.