It’s a Tumbleweed double-header this week!
I’ve been taking notes over the past few months when something piques my interest (family spoiler alert!). This, my friends, is not your average gift guide.
Enter unexpected, underrated gifts that balance well-being, self-care, and sometimes, pure élan. They’re guaranteed to intrigue and delight even the toughest person on your list.
The best part: they can be given at any time of year. Who ever said wellness had to be boring?
“Brown paper packages, tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things”
My Favorite Things, Sound of Music
The 2023 (timeless) wellness gift guide
Drumroll please….. My top 11 picks for all your wellness, whimsy, and wanderlust needs ✨
Rose Coloured Glasses. Everyone should have a pair.
Bach Flower Essence, night formula. Give the gift of sleep.
Bust Magazine, subscription. The best of counterculture. Irreverent, alternative, feminist, fun. Bonus: find their weird gift guide here!
Saje Pocket Pharmacy. This essential oil company has fabulous products. If you have to pick just one, start with their signature pocket pharmacy, which contains their top five medicinal blends, supporting headache, cough & cold, digestive issues, stress and pain. They all smell amazing.
Ten Percent Happier, subscription. This mindfulness movement features a book, website, and a podcast, but it’s also a subscription app with guided meditations. They’re short, sweet, and realistic for busy lives.
Kinfolk Travel. This gorgeous coffee table book is a celebration of the road less traveled.
DIY Tea Blends. Who doesn’t love a homemade gift? Channel your inner herbalist and pick up the ingredients to create your own herbal tea. They can be packaged in a mason jar with a ribbon, tea sachets on the side.
These three blends will get you started, but the potential is limitless:
Healing & Nourishing - cumin seed, coriander seed, fennel seed
Relaxing & Refreshing - licorice root, rosehip, mint
Calm & Sleepy - lemon balm, passionflower, lavender
Dr. Bronner’s Soaps. Any company that defines itself by cosmic principles is my kind of brand. This amazing operation warrants a whole article of its own. Dr. Bronner’s products are affordable, luxurious, environmental, and they promote peace. All One indeed.
Anima Mundy Apothecary, love + serenity blend. This gorgeous herbal company is based in the land of my heart, Costa Rica, and extends its herbal offerings to the spiritual realm. The love + serenity blend is a timeless formula aimed at opening the heart chakra, lifting mood, and alleviating anxiety. It’s one of their best sellers for a reason.
Shower Steamers. As the name suggests, place these essential oil infused tablets in your shower at any time of day for an at-home spa.
Hut Ultra-Wrap Shoe. These shoes were made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do. Rated the top shoe for comfort, these funky sandals are on my personal wish list (you may have guessed by now that I’m not a heels kind of girl! give me comfort every time).