It seems everyone I talk to this week is already stressed out about the holiday season.

There are a multitude of things that can ratchet up our stress levels at this time of year.

Over scheduled days filled with end-of-year deadlines being juggled amidst social soirées and short work weeks, like this one. (Raise your hand if you already have at least one night with competing events on your calendar.) 🙋🏻‍♀️

Packed airports, train stations and roadways where other people’s acts of kindness or aggression- like in an airport filled with passengers grounded by a weather delay- can easily influence how we feel.

Days or weeks spent with family who, regardless of how much we love them, will inevitably trigger us since we learned all our behavioral patterns from them and can often fall into our familial role and childhood ways of being no matter how much we’ve grown and changed.

Nights spent restlessly sleeping in unfamiliar places without our creature comforts and out of our normal routines.

And if that weren't enough to make us feel tired, our systems are working in overdrive to help process the ever-present cornucopia of treats available.

I often find myself dowsing myself in Surrender Oil during times like these. And not in the “waving the white flag and giving up” type of surrender, but in a softening surrender that reconnects me to my Higher Self and the parts of me that are Divine.

No matter what the cause of your stress may be, there is one thing we all seem to agree on:

We are in need of a gentle holiday season.

Join me for this 10-Minute Holistic Holiday Stress Relief practice that will help you relax physically, mentally and emotionally so that you can enjoy your holiday season from a place of calm, peace and contentment.

May your holiday be filled with sweet surrender and all that your heart holds sacred.

Wishing you a healthy, happy and abundant Thanksgiving full of love, blessings and bliss.