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Feel like hibernating? The latest science on seasonal affective disorder

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Tedra Meyer
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This hour, experts will give tips for fighting seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.

Nine to 10 percent of Vermonters experience seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. That can mean feeling depressed, unmotivated and extra tired in the winter.

This hour, we’ll talk to a University of Vermont researcher and a counselor about some ways to fend off the winter blues.

Our guests are:

  • , a clinical psychologist and researcher at the University of Vermont who is leading a with the
  • Karen Blumberg, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice and a management consultant, employee counselor and trainer at in Brattleboro

Broadcast live on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Tedra worked on Vermont Edition as a producer and editor from 2022 to 2024.