Happy Holidays and welcome to all our new subscribers. I'm in sunny (but surprisingly cold) Palm Desert at the moment, finishing up a 5-day Tony Robbins seminar. This is my first time in the Palm Springs area of California and even though there wasn't really any free time to go exploring I'm still sort of intrigued by the whole place with it's Hollywood history and culture of affluence. Most of the streets here are named after celebrities and it seems like everywhere you go there's an endless string of country clubs and golf courses!

As I get ready to head back home to San Francisco, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support and share something with you that is a small point of pride for me. Dropwise Essentials was one of 300 companies recently recognized as a "Champion" by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in it's report "Market Shift" which was released on November 30th. If you'd like to learn more about this you can read my blog post about it here.

With the holidays just around the corner and all its related stresses, please take extra good care of yourself this season. This week’s article should help with that --it's all about how to take the edge off the holiday craziness with natural (of course!) stress relief tips.

Yours in health and prosperity,

Donya

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Take the Edge Off the Holidays: 5 Natural Holiday Stress Relief Tips

The holidays are usually a joyous and wonderful time of the year for most, but for many of us they can also be very stressful. Whether it's related to gift-giving anxiety, travel upsets, inclement weather, difficult family dynamics, isolation or overindulgence, this time of year can make us all more susceptible to colds, flu, fatigue, depression and general malaise.

Instead of allowing ourselves to go into hibernation mode as there is less and less sunlight during the holiday season, we pull our coats tight and brave the cold weather, traffic jams, crowds, and long lines to get our gift shopping done (often at the last minute). We stay out late, drink too much, eat too much, and scramble under pressure to complete projects or plans before the close of the year.

Add the pressure of living up to the expectations of family and the inevitable weather-related travel upsets and you’ve got a recipe for major stress.

So what can you do to take a little bit of the edge off this time of year? Here are some tips to help you keep your stress to a minimum and improve your mood so you can enjoy the holiday season with some sanity. Read full article here.

Dropwise Essentials is a San Francisco-based manufacturer of pure aromatherapy and organic plant-based personal care products that give people a safe and effective way to relieve stress, increase vitality, improve confidence, or manage their emotional state any time or place without popping a pill. Our products are:

• Free of synthetic chemicals and petroleum ingredients
• Made with high quality certified organic oils and pure essential oils sourced from around the world
• Packaged in re-usable or recyclable materials
• Hand-made locally in northern California

Dropwise Essentials was founded by Donya Fahmy, a writer, producer, and consultant whose avid interest in the curative powers of aromatherapy and herbs ultimately led her to design and create the seven products and seventeen unique essential oil blends that make up the current Dropwise product line. She has studied aromatherapy with Carol Schiller - a successful author of several aromatherapy books - and with Dr. Daniel Penoel - a renowned expert in the field of medical aromatherapy.

Dropwise Essentials is a proud member of the Indie Beauty Network (formerly the Handmade Beauty Network), the Green America Business Network (formerly Co-op America), Green Product Alliance, Natural Ingredient Resource Center, and a Friend of PETA. We were among the first companies to join the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics by signing their Compact for Safe Cosmetics - which simply formalizes our existing commitment to formulate products free of known or potentially toxic ingredients.