The 2023 Healthy Holidays Gift Guide is Here!
It’s here, it’s real and it’s spectacular!
The 2023 Healthy holiday guide is finally here and IMO the best list I’ve curated YET!
This year I created even more categories so you can get really granular in getting something targeted and special for you or your loved one this holiday season.
I don’t know about you but I adore looking at gift guides. I love being introduced to something new and awesome and I hope to do the same in this list.
Because so many facets of health is woven into my work I’ll be sharing on a wide range of wellness and health products, courses and services. You’ll see everything from gifts to optimize your sleep to gut-health improving gifts.
Without further ado….the 2023 Healthy Holidays gift guide!
***Note There may be affiliate links in this post which means I may receive a commission if you purchase something through a link. However, please be assured that I only recommend products I have personally used and love!
For Foodies:
Chili crisp has been all the rage for a couple of years now. They serve as an oh-so-satisfying condiment on just about anything. You can fairly easily make chili crisp at home, but when you don’t have the time, try this brand!
Pickle lovers rejoice! According to this report on food trends for 2024, pickles and pickle juice have made a resurgence and I for one am delighted about that.
If Jam is your jam then you will love this super interesting collection of unique jam flavors.
Your food obsessed friend will love this novel food stuff idea, granola butter.
If you like heirloom tomatoes, then you’re going to adore Heirloom Beans, just look at all the colors.
My teenage daughters are all obsessed with Mochi. Assuming yours are too, this will make an excellent gift.
Have you jumped on the fermented food trends? In addition to supporting gut-health and immunity, fermented foods like these fruit vinegars also bring a vibrant tart, sour element to your meals and snacks.
Wine club subscription, nuff said. (it’s been that kind of year)
For your stressed-out loved one:
Calm your nervous system, increase emotional resiliency. Toning up the vagal nerve can help you more easily transition into a parasympathetic state, ie “rest and digest phase.” These vagal nerve drops which contain soft smelling essential oils like Lavender, Juniper Berry and Chamomile and can be used to quickly reduce stress and rebalance the nervous system.
Sleep is essential to our overall health but is deeply connected to our reactivity and reactions to stressful stimuli. Essentially, if there is chronic lack of sleep or quality of sleep you will be more stressed, more easily. I have a weighted blanket which I love because it makes me feel safe, grounded and cozy. This Nod Pod product is a weighted blanket for your eyes!
This wearable, developed by physicians and neuroscientists, helps improve your body’s resilience to stress. using vibration patterns to help increase your heart rate variability. Think of it as a nervous system toner.
Whoop is another type of health tracker (wearable) that also includes metrics related to your sleep patterns, alertness and focus. It comes with an app that gives you feedback and coaching based on your biometric markers detected from the device.
Stress relief and Self-care cards
For the home-cook:
1-year membership in the meal Planning Club
This beautiful Dutch Oven
A gift card to The Chef & the Dish, an online cooking experience and lesson with professional chefs and culinary experts right from your own home.
This long-range, wireless meat thermometer with a separate app! This is so brill.
Because, who DOESN’T need an empanada and churro maker, right?
Spices spices and more spices….all collected and bundled by flavor profile.
500+ Recipe Database & Weekly Meal Planner Template
For Fitness Lovers:
NeoU is a New York City based studio with both in person and streaming / on demand classes in every genre you can think of. This is the online gym I use and I particularly like their yoga classes - especially yoga teacher J. Alissa
Fitness Blender is another online fitness app that has over 500 classes for free. Right now they are also offering 20% off until the end of the year for a $63/year upgrade that includes a membership and other perks.
Yoga Download is the app I mostly used during the pandemic. It offers a wide range of yoga classes of every stripe. I really like the filters they have set up to help you find the perfect class for that day.
How cute is this foldable yoga mat for travel?
Practyce - amazing online yoga platform with a huge array of options from beginner to advanced
Obe Fitness - a Canadian based company with fabulous classes from 10-minute HIIT workouts to dance classes and everything in between.
YogaWorks - well-known in-person and online franchise. I found my favorite yoga instructor of ALL TIME (Jeremy Falk) using this platform a few years ago. It’s a great one.
Booyah Fitness - huge array of classes from kick-boxing to pilates without a huge price tag and all the stinky sweaty people working out next to you!
Great Stocking stuffer ideas:
A getaway gift card - I think this is a unique and thoughtful gift for your tiny-house loving friend or family member.
Give the gift of travel. Often travel is a luxury that someone might not indulge in regularly. I know I’d love any contribution towards me visiting all the places on my bucket list.
Give the invaluable gift of ongoing learning and self development
This is a beautiful and sentimental gift idea to memorialize & share the story and history of an important person in your life
Another service that satisfies our culinary curiosity with virtual cooking classes, wine tasting and mixology classes
More online cooking classes experiences but also painting, pottery and art classes as well
Interior design consult for your design challenged friend (ahem!) or holiday housewarming gift.
Super fun, upbeat online dance lessons
A gift certificate for local museums
Holistic Health Gift Ideas:
A sleep alarm that works with your own circadian rhythms for a gentle transition to wakefulness.
An ice roller that can calm inflammation on the skin and calm the nervous system at the same time.
A wellness in a box bundle from my favorite online bespoke foods store
Red and Blue light therapy for skin health
Ixcela gut-health diagnostic test - use pro-code MAJEC2020 for 30% off!
CBD infused arousal oil and lube
For a cozy winter ahead:
Hand warmers are a must!
Can’t have a cozy winter without a lot of cozy candles
Don’t mind me, I’ll just be wrapped in this blanket robe until the end of March
For all you wordle fans and word nerds across the land!
To promote more Hygge this winter, whether you’re Danish or not.
Can’t get through a proper winter without loads of herbal tea.
Gifts to Savor your 5-senses:
Gretchen Rubin’s 5-senses journal
A monthly eucalyptus delivery service for grassy floral scents throughout your home
A monthly flower delivery membership
A Spotify or Pandora Subscription
Digital Mindful Eating Wisdom Cards
Book / Cookbook Lovers:
Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell
Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals
The Body Image Blueprint: Your Go-to Guide for Radical Self-Reverence
Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others
Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds
Nature Lovers:
Gorgeous book on patterns in nature
A monthly service that sends you new plants to parent!
A portable campfire for those who love to “nature” but hate camping
A meditation card deck focused on Nature
At-home learning and courses:
There is nothing more satisfying and important than helping someone improve their health and self-development. I have two programs that I’m running right now to help inspire fundamental and transformational change in how you eat, how you move and how you take care of yourself. I continue to be obsessed with helping you feel better! Check out these two programs and surprise someone with an extraordinary gift of replenishing and renewal in 2024, with a wise and trusting guide by your side.
Replenish - by application only.
A one-hour meal planning strategy session
And lastly….please consider giving the gift of Just One more Bite with Jenny Berk Substack membership. For only $5 a month, members get access to weekly meal plans, a private podcast, a weekly accountability thread and a monthly Mindful Lounge with Jenny.