Season’s
stress
can take
a toll

THE North Shere
Counselling Centre
offers the following
information on stress at
Christmas time:

Three factors make
Christmas a porentially stress-
ful time.

Christmas rituals and tradi-
tions increase a sense of oblig-
ation and take away some indi-
vidual control. The Christmas
tradition is detined by specific
ritwals and concepts. Opting
out is as difficult as meeting
every obligation.

Secondly, relationships take
on dominant meaning. The
season carries with it the idea
of family, friendship and com-
munity. The “peace and good-
will” lens of Christmas may not
reflect how one actually feels
abour some friends or family
members.

Thirdly, one’s sense of self
is reflected in the many tasks of
Christmas, Ac Christmas, dhe
stresses that we deal with, or
hide throughout the year,
come at us with more force
and intensity. We feel we are
being measured. If we feel
frustrated or tired, we get the
sense that we are failing.

These influences conspire
to raise the pressure one brings
to the events of the holiday
season.

Christmas can be a time
when you think abour what is
important to you. What docs
the rradition bring to you?
Which relationships are sound
and which need nurturing?

Take note of the things that
have made this season stressful
and make a date to examine
them in February to October.

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THE following is a brief summary of agenda
items for the North Shore Municipal Council
mectings.

West Vancouver District Council:
Monday, Dee. 15, 7:45 p.m. Bed and breakfast
policy. ‘Garrow Bay landscape access tender.
Nino's Cafe dinning room iquor license appli-
cation. Filming at Lighthouse — Park.
Transporation, governance and funding,
GVRD. 1998 Arts Assistance Grant Program.
Information reports: Advisory Planning
Commission; Community Service Advisory
Commission; lilegal wee cuttings C aulteild
land use contract.

North
Council:Tuesdav,

District
7 pan. Youth

Vancouver
Dee. 16,

access to North Vancouver recreational and
cultural facilities in exchange for work per-
formed. Development variance permits.
Councillors’ remunerations. Council expendi-
ture bylaw. Emergency communications ser-
vices agreement. Child care grants. 1997
Communities in Bloom Contest.

North Vancouver City Council: Monday,
Dee. 15, 6 p.m. Alzheimer Awareness Month,
January 1998. Funding allocation from the
School Anti-Violence Program. Revised appli-
cation guidelines tor the Child Care Capital
Fund. Stopping and closing portions of various
roads, Official Community Plan and rezoning
application. Reduction of heavy truck traffic
from city streets by BC Rail.

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