While many focus on the festive fa-la-la-ing of the holiday season, underneath the smiles and seasons greetings likely lurks some stress. “Definitely financial stressors occur as well as emotional stressors, and those are for obvious reasons,” said Rebecca Manches, a licensed professional counselor with Life Solutions Professional Counseling Center in Hopwood, Fayette County. Family frustrations […]
While many focus on the festive fa-la-la-ing of the holiday season, underneath the smiles and seasons greetings likely lurks some stress. “Definitely financial stressors occur as well as emotional stressors, and those are for obvious reasons,” said Rebecca Manches, a licensed professional counselor with Life Solutions Professional Counseling Center in Hopwood, Fayette County. Financial frets […]
Almost a year into the covid-19 pandemic, feeling stressed is an understatement, Jenn Sillett said.
The 42-year-old mother of three has not set foot inside a store or restaurant for the better part of the past year, only leaving her Hempfield home to take her 19-year-old daughter, Sierra Williams, to her job at a day care or to do curbside pickup for groceries and other items.
Sillett, who does medical billing for UPMC, has worked from home for months as she navigates through complications from Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare disorder that causes some white blood cells to multiply excessively and form tumors after building up in certain areas of the body.