The Liz Moody Podcast - 2022 Holiday Gift Guide—My Top Products & Experiences Of The Year For The Sober Curious, Adventurers, Homebodies, & More!

Episode Date: November 21, 2022

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Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast. I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and long-time journalist. This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're learning healthy cooking secrets for saving time and money, answering your questions about our gut health, or learning how to be happier and more successful in our careers. And yes, those are all real episodes. So if any of those topics sound good to you, scroll on back in the archives.

Today, we are back with our third edition of our holiday gift guide episode. I absolutely love doing these episodes, which is kind of ironic because Zach and I don't actually do holiday gifts or any gifts, actually. My number one love language is gift giving. But it got to the point when we were giving each other gifts that we were always just like very stressed out about it and trying to one up the gift that we gave the previous year. And eventually we were like, this is not working for us. So we don't do any gifts on the holidays on our dating anniversary, which comes right after his birthday. he planned a whole fun experiential day for us to do together. Last year we went and we saw baby goats and we paddle boarded and it was just incredible. And then on our wedding anniversary, I plan a whole fun day for both of us to do together.

And then on both of our birthdays, we have a longstanding tradition of going out to a really nice restaurant, like one that is almost like a dinner and a show type of experience because they're doing such interesting things with the food. So all of that is to say, I think there's a lot of ways to approach gifts. giving in your life and I think there's a lot of pressure to do gift giving in a certain way. And I would really encourage people to find a style of gift giving that feels really good to you. And that doesn't need to always include material things, which I think is hard to remember sometimes this time of the year. Again, gift giving is my number one love language.

So I love giving gifts, but I tend to do it throughout the year. So when I see something that reminds me of a person, I buy it, I give it to them. I know the really good thing to do in this scenario is you buy it and then you put it aside and you wait for the holidays or you wait for their birthday so you have something ready to go. But I can never wait. I get too excited. So I am one of those people who will just kind of surprise you on a random Saturday in March with a present. And I kind of view this gift guide as an iteration of that. Basically, I have a note on my phone and all year long I'm thinking of you guys. I'm thinking of what categories would be really interesting to do gift. guides for. I'm thinking of experiential presence that might fit into things. I'm seeing products that I love. Any wellness product that I'm absolutely obsessed with throughout the year goes on the gift guide. So all year long, I'm thinking of you guys. I'm kind of quote unquote buying you guys these little gifts. I'm putting them on the notes app. And then once a year, I sit down and I make this episode for you. So I absolutely hope you love it. We have a ton of amazing gifts to talk about this

year. And I cannot wait to share them all. Real quick, before we get into it, I want to give a big shout out to today's episode sponsor, Seed. By now you guys know how obsessed I am with my Seed DSO1 Daily Symbiotic. I take it every single day and I credit it for improving my overall health so much and especially my mental health. Seeds DSO1 Daily Symbiotic contains pre and probiotics specifically selected to help you feel your absolute best. I swear by it and I will be gifting it to many people in my life this holiday season. It comes in the most beautiful packaging and is something that truly everyone can benefit from. Seed gave me an extra special code for this holiday episode and it's the best deal that I have ever offered.

So if you've been thinking about stocking up or gifting seed, now is the time. You can use code Liz Moody 25 for 25% off for a limited time on your seed order. Head over to seed.com and use code Liz Moody 25. Again, this is a super limited time offer that they just gave me 4%. this episode because they are the best, so definitely take advantage of that. I am very personally excited about our first category, which is for the person who's sober curious. I have called myself an intentional drinker for probably over a year now, and I use intentional drinker to mean that I don't definitely not drink and I don't definitely drink. I am just thoughtful about the

times that I drink, so I'm not going to be mindlessly having a glass of wine after work or having a third cocktail just because I happen to be out with friends. Whenever I'm drinking, it is very thoughtful and it's because I want to drink and I felt really good about that label for a very long time and I still relatively do but I will say that I haven't had a drink. I don't think since August or September. I maybe had one glass of champagne since August and I'm absolutely loving it. I'm obsessed with how good my body feels. I have so much energy. This is also a really stressful time in my life and I feel like if I was drinking or hung over all of the time, I literally would not be able to handle it at all. And it's also surprised me how much all of these problems

that I thought would be huge, huge issues if I stopped drinking, like how would I be social and would people judge me and how would I relax at the end of a long day? All of these problems have more or less not really been problems at all. So one of the goals of the sober curious section of the gift guide is to preempt any of those problems, to arm anybody who is potentially interested in exploring sober curiosity with all of the tools that they need to have fun and enjoy it and to not feel like they're living this deprivation-based life. If you want to hear more about my sober curious journey and just to have some questions about sober curiosity answered to get some advice about starting your own sober curious journey, I highly recommend that you

listen to the advice episode with Olivia Noseeta that I think went up in October. And then also, we have a fun little series plan for January. We have an episode all about the impact of alcohol on your body, on your gut health, on your hormone health, on your longevity, on your brain. And then we have a really fun Q&A episode where we'll be basically answering all of your questions, addressing all of your concerns about drinking a little bit less. Again, I'm not saying everybody should cut alcohol out from their lives, but I think a lot more people are interested in exploring a sober curious lifestyle. So I want to give you as many tools as possible in that arena. So I feel like one of the questions that always comes up first with sober curiosity is what am I drinking

instead, which is where the very first item on our gift guide comes in, the Acid League Taster's head. I am obsessed with Acid League. They make vinegar-based products and they taste so incredible, so sophisticated, such nuanced blends of flavors. This taster set has three apple cider vinegars in it. One is passion fruit, Ulong, one is coffee chaga maple, and one is vanilla manuka spice. You can just drink these splashed in some sparkling water, splashed in some spin drip, but also vinegar adds a really nice note to mottails. It gives it that funk that you often only get with alcohol.

I find with a lot of moktail recipes. They tend to be really sweet and kind of just taste like. like fruit juice. And the thing that you're really looking for in a mocktail recipe are things like tea and vinegar and kombucha and fermented things. Sometimes I'll even put in a little bit of sauerkraut juice or something like that, just a little bit. I know it sounds crazy, but just a little bit because you want to give it that depth and complexity and nuance that alcohol often brings to the party. So these acid league apple cider vinegar tasting sense they are in these beautiful bottles. You will absolutely want to leave them out on your countertops. They're so delicious.

And then, of course, apple cider vinegar comes with all of its own extra benefits for your digestion, for your blood sugar. So not only are you taking out the alcohol, but you're getting all of these bonus benefits, which is a win-win. I also love making a big pot of tea at the end of a long day and curling up on the couch. It's really stress-relieving. It kind of signals to my body that the day is over. I can kind of curl up and cozy up with my tea. One of my favorite tea brands right now is called the New New Age. I discovered this in Canada.

The packaging is absolutely beautiful. And you know when you get tea, loose leaf tea sometimes, a lot of the herbs in it just feel really ground up and not very robust and in their best state. This is the opposite of that. In all of the teas that I've tried from their line, you can see like the cinnamon and the herbs and you can identify what's in there. And you can tell that they're using really, really, really high quality ingredients because the taste is so delicious.

But then the branding is phenomenal, which is one of the reasons I think it was. would make such a good present. And then the last alcohol alternative is from a website called Better Roads, which is a non-alcoholic marketplace. If you're interested in a sober curious lifestyle, Better Roads is a really great resource for that. And it's called the Sober Curious Elevated Welcome Pack. It has a bunch of different alcohol-free brands. You can try and explore and figure out what your personal favorites are. Also, I forgot to mention this at the beginning, but no need to take notes. I will have links to every single thing that I mention on my website. on Liz Moody.com and I'll have a link to that in the show notes of this episode so you can just

listen and relax and enjoy. Okay, so we have our beautiful teas. What are we drinking them from my tea carafe? I am absolutely obsessed with this. I found it on Amazon this year after researching tea solutions for such a long time. I wanted something that I could brew my tea in. I wanted something that was going to be really easy to clean, which was shockingly hard to find. And then the other really hard to find thing was I wanted something that I could reheat my tea in. So this tea craft, it is made of glass. It's made out of borisillate, I want to say it's called, is the type that you can reheat on the stove. So you can put this teacrath directly on the stove burner and heat up your tea again and again throughout the day, which is so, so nice. It has a huge vessel for loose leaf tea

that is unbelievably easy to clean. The entire thing is dishwasher safe. It looks super beautiful because it's just clear glass and you can see everything turning the beautiful colors. Sometimes I won't use the center basket that you put the loose leaf tea in and I'll just put in some fresh herbs. I've been using fresh lemon grass, fresh oregano and fresh rosemary recently and it looks so stunning and so beautiful. This has single-handedly changed my tea drinking experience. I used to buy all of these loose leaf teas. It's my toxic trait whenever I see a loose leaf tea somewhere. I need to buy it. And then they would just pile up in my drawer because it was so annoying to brew. loose leaf tea. But now I have my trusty tea carafe. I drink loose leave tea all day long and I want

everybody else to have that same wonderful life-changing experience. I also think drinking out of really beautiful glasses is a way to make any drink feel really, really special. I've been getting this grapefruit shrub at the farmer's market. Greatfruit shrub is just like a type of drinking vinegar. And then I'll put a splash of that in Spin Drift and I'll put it in a really beautiful wine glass. and it just makes the drink feel so special and so lovely. So I think that for your sober curious person in your life picking up a few really beautiful glasses, crate and barrel makes these square wine glasses that I am absolutely obsessed with. I think they are so chic.

They have less of a rounded bottom and more of a flat bottom. Also, hot tip, every single person I know who does food videos or food photography gets most, if not all of their glassware at crate and barrel. They have the chicest glassware, if you're looking for cocktail glasses, if you're looking for mocktail glasses, if you're looking for just any glass that feels really beautiful to drink out of, check out crate and barrel, but I will link specifically these square wine glasses, which just make everything you drink out of them, whether it's kombucha or spin drift or actual wine, feel really, really elevated.

I also picked out these vintage cocktail glasses on Amazon. Again, they're so lovely. I do think that there's something about ritualizing and making the experience of whatever your drinking feel really special and lovely that's critical to not feeling like you're missing out by not including alcohol in your lifestyle. So beautiful glasses are a great gift in this category. Okay, so the next question that I always get is, if we're not drinking, what are we actually doing? And I think that there's two different things happening here.

One is if I'm not drinking, how am I having a social life? How am I having a good time with the people that I love? And then two is, if I'm not drinking, how am I relaxing at the end of a long day? How am I kind of taking a load off and signaling to my brain that it's not time to think about work anymore? So I have gifts to answer both of those questions. If you're looking to have fun with your friends in a way that is in no way reliant on alcohol, I have to talk about raunchier together. Last year, I launched Healthier Together the deck, which is our signature conversation. card game. I'll talk about it later in this episode. And then this year, we launched three brand new products. So basically, we listened to all of your feedback and we took the R-rated cards out of Healthier Together, the deck, the original deck, so that you could play it with your family. You could play it with younger people. You wouldn't have to worry about those sexy cards kind of popping up and surprising you. But we didn't want those sexy cards to go away entirely. So we created raunchier together, an adult party game to build intimacy and let loose. And this is a game unlike any other game you have ever played before.

So it is conversation starters. It is assignments. And then there are dares and games. And the games category is one of my favorites because it is literally 25 games that are like quick, fun drinking games that you would play out, except for you don't need to be drinking to enjoy them. We specifically design this deck so that you do not have to have alcohol involved to have fun. You can definitely drink if you would like to, but there's no like, take a shot of this. The games are all designed to make you laugh, to connect you, to help you bond, and there is no alcohol whatsoever required.

So you're getting literally 25 games within this overall game, and then that's in addition to the other 125 conversation starting question cards. I just want to give you a quick example of what one or two of the games are. So I'm just going to pull some cards because I'm really, really proud of these. So from the games category we have, have every other player text you one word, the weirder the better. You have the next 10 minutes of gameplay to casually slip them all into conversation. I love that one. Okay, next one. Each person gets 10 seconds to draw their best interpretation of two animals having sex.

Vote on the winner. This one is fun. And you can draw a lot less and a lot more somehow than you think in 10 seconds. So we have our games category. And then the other categories that we have in this deck are preferences, dares, confessions, fantasies, and assignments. So the preferences, confessions, and fantasies cards are like traditional conversations, starting cards from the original deck, except for they are all spicy. They are R-rated. They're about debauchrous adventures that you've had and R-rated thoughts and sexy time and things like,

that. So an example, this is from confessions. Share an element of your past sex life that you're glad isn't a part of it anymore. And then we have dares. And I had a lot of fun coming up with these. I'm going to read you a sample dare. You guys all know what dares are. But a sample dare is show the group the most embarrassing photo in your phone. Or we have go live on social media and very seriously explain that you're there to teach people to macarena. Now teach it to them step by step. And then our last category that we have is assignments. These are basically our signature interactive questions, which are designed to get you commenting on,

complimenting other people in your group. A sample question from this category is, if you were arrested and you had to use your one phone call on someone playing right now, who would you choose and why? I absolutely love these. They also ensure that the game changes every single time you play when you play with different people,

which I really, really love. The box comes with a dye, so you can play in a really structured fashion. everybody can roll the die and then they can choose a card from the corresponding category. This deck is absolutely perfect for any time that you want to have just like a fun and crazy. And one of those nights where you're just laughing until your stomach hurts, it's great for bachelorette parties. It's great for group trips.

Zach and I also love to do it when we have a big group over for dinner. It always leads to the best questions and everybody just feels very bonded by the end of it because we're talking about such racy things. We did launch three new products this year, and we also have the original deck, so I do not want to play favorites. But this one might be my favorite. It's just so much fun. It's the game that I always wish that I had in my life. It uplevels any night to being basically one of the most fun, exciting, interesting nights of your entire life.

So raunch your together, an adult party game to build intimacy and let loose. In that same vein of having things that are really fun to do that don't necessarily require drinking. My friend Serena Wolf has a cooking club and you can purchase various lengths of membership. She has one month. She has three months. She has more than that. And they are essentially virtual cooking classes hosted by Serena. They are absolutely incredible. She has such a wonderful, fun personality. And she is also a trained chef. So you'll be learning all sorts of amazing cooking techniques. You'll end up with beautiful food prepared at the end of it that you can eat. You can have friends over to do the classes. You can also do them by yourself. So it's super

super flexible. And I just think this would be a really beautiful present for anybody who's interested in cooking or who just wants to add a little bit more spice to their everyday life. So then on the other side, we have the how do we relax at the end of a long day if alcohol isn't involved? And I have a few ideas for that as well. I became obsessed with foot massages this year. Basically, for usually around $30, you can find a place that does a 30 minute foot massage and I'll go at the end of a long day. It's basically the price of two to three cocktails, depending on where you're buying the cocktails, and it is so relaxing. And because it's not like the type of massage where you're taking off all your clothes and you're laying down on a table, you can sit and you can chat with your

friends if you want, you can read a book, or you can just close your eyes and relax. I think it is a really beautiful way to signal to your brain that work is done for the day to have that little nightcap at the end of the day, but in a way that doesn't involve alcohol at all. So just Google foot massage near you. You can get a gift certificate. You can go. with the person that you're gifting it to or you can send them on their own. I just think it's a really beautiful, fun way to end a day. Another way I love to relax at the end of a day is doing a sauna or a cold plunge. There are more and more places cropping up all over the country that have sauna and cold plunge. So I think a really fun gift would be a gift certificate to a sauna or

cold plunge place. It just feels relaxing on like a cellular level. And instead of knowing that you're doing something that maybe isn't so good for your body, which alcohol obviously is, when you're doing that at the end of a long day, you have that added component of feeling really good, feeling really relaxed in the moment, but then also knowing that you're doing this really great thing for your body overall. So looking up sauna and cold plunge, often places have both in your area, I think would be a really phenomenal present. Okay, and this one's really fun. I'm an Ohio right now. I have a book due in January that I've just been working incredibly hard on. And my thought was that I would come to Ohio so I could retreat so I could buckle down and get all of this work done that I need to get done at this

very busy period in my life. But I would balance that by giving myself as many healing treatments and sessions and energy healing and all of these types of things that Ohio is really famous for as possible. So I've been asking around. I've been seeing who people recommend. I've been exploring the offerings of this really beautiful and spiritually rich place. And I came across Aaron Yee, who I am obsessed with. She does these energy healing sessions, but you're also talking through different elements of your life. And she is so wise and just has this really beautiful spirit to her and a really beautiful way of framing things in your life in a way that you might not have thought of them before, even if it's the type of thing that you've thought about over and over

and over and over and over again. She has this really beautiful way of offering a new perspective on it. So I think a really fun gift for a sober curious person in your life would be a virtual session with Aaron. It's an energy healing session. It's intuitive work. It's talking things through. But I think it would be both relaxing in that moment. I always feel so bliss out when I end my sessions with Aaron. But also it would be an opportunity to dive into why is a person inspired to drink?

Why are they called to drink? why are they exploring sober curiosity at this phase in their life? What are some challenges that they're facing with that? What are some ways they could overcome that? I think that a session with Aaron would be a really beautiful, supportive tool for somebody who is undertaking a sober curious journey because it's not necessarily the easiest thing. And there's a lot to unpack there. And there's a lot of societal messaging around drinking and who we are in regards to alcohol.

And I just think that a session with Aaron would both feel really. good and really beautiful in the moment, but also allow the person that you're giving it to to really start exploring all of those dynamics and elements. And then last for this category, we have not drinking tonight a guide to creating a sober life that you love, which is a book by Amanda White. She is a licensed therapist. This is a really great book. It's written in a really accessible style, but it has a ton of tips and tricks and personal stories. And it's just a great how-to guide for exploring a sober curious lifestyle and a really great handbook for somebody who's interested in pursuing that. So that's not drinking tonight. And I think anybody who's interested in sober curiosity

would really enjoy this one. Okay, my next category is the person who's always looking for adventure. I'm raising my hand for this category. And guys, the first thing in this is an astrocarthagography reading with worldly astrology. I did this recently. It absolutely blew my mind. So if you haven't heard of astrocarography. It's basically the idea that based on your astrology, so that's like your sun, your moon, your rising sign, but also all of the other stuff that I do not know enough about astrology to get into like your various Mars and Venus and nodes and houses and like all of these different things. Based on where all of that is, there's places that not only would be more harmonious for you to live, but also where you'll find more success, where you'll find more community.

She told me when I did my reading the places that I'm going to likely be more fertile. She was like, take that the way that you will, whether you'd like to experience that or not experience it and behave accordingly. She recommended places that she thinks I should definitely go on vacation and places that I should stay away from. It was just such a fun and interesting way to explore astrology. I think astrology is super, super, super fun. I'm a skeptic, but I also love it. It's one of those things where I can till the end of time be like, I don't necessarily understand the science of this, but also I'm a Leo sun and a Capricorn rising and a

sadd moon, and I feel deeply in my soul that that completely represents my personality. So I think this would be a phenomenal gift for anybody who is remotely interested in astrology, whether they're at a time of trying to figure out where they're living or what they're doing with their life like me, or if they just want to know where they should go on their next vacation or places that might not have been on their radar that will be on their radar after this type of reading. So the way that she structures the reading, she first dives into your chart in general. So that's the first half of the reading. You'll get an idea of who you are from an astrological perspective. And then the second half of the reading, she'll go through an entire map of the

world and tell you all of these different colored lines on the map, like what they mean. and which places are going to be more harmonious and what to look out for in different places as well. So highly recommend. It's one of the most fun things that I've done in a while. I can't stop talking about it. So that is an astrocarography reading with worldly astrology. Next up for all of those adventuresome folks out there, we have a rumble puffy blanket. Picture a sleeping bag made into a really cute blanket in your head. It has the vibe of a sleeping bag where you can stuff it down really small into a stuff. sack and you can keep it in your car so you always have a blanket at hand. But it's a blanket. So it

opens up entirely. You can use it as a picnic blanket. You can wrap it around yourself and somebody else while you're snuggled up watching the sunset. They come in really beautiful prints. I always have one in my car. I just think they're a really great thing to have on hand to encourage adventure. Then we have a product that has completely changed my life. This is the Bella Skin Beauty probiotic underarm toner. I discovered this on TikTok. I was like, there's no way this works. The promises that you spray the toner in your armpits, you let it dry, and then you put on whatever deodorant you like, and it makes it so you don't smell, which is why it's in the adventure category, because I feel like something that's synonymous with adventure for me is the fact that

when I go on hikes or when I go camping or when I go and have all these excellent adventures, I get very, very stinky. So this helps with that. I was skeptical. It works so well. The ingredients list is amazing. It is all completely Liz Moody approved. I still don't quite understand how it works so well, but you spray it under your armpits. You let it dry for five seconds. You put on whatever deodorant you like.

I'm currently using the salt and stone deodorant. The difference between when I use this and I don't use this is astronomical. I haven't taken it camping yet. I just haven't had the opportunity to go camping, but I kind of want to test it out with not showering for like two or three days because I truly think it would be up to the challenge. It works that well. It is absolutely mind-blowing the Bella Skin Beauty probiotic underarm toner. Okay, this next one is a little bit of a spendier present, but e-bikes will change your life. I remember one of the very first time Zach took me bike riding and I was like way behind him and yelling at him

and crying as we were going up a hill and I was like, why would you do this to me? Do you not love me? And then I rode an e-bike for the first time. And I felt like a superhero. The very first time I rode an e-bike, I was in France and I rode from one village, a literal village over a mountain to another village. I was like, who am I? Am I Wonder Woman? Like, what is happening? Riding an e-bike, it's such an incredible sense of freedom. It is such an incredible tool for adventure. For me, it's made me so much less reliant on using my car. Zach and I are a one-car family. and so having my e-bike at hand means I can go to the grocery store, I can go to the farmer's market. And my e-bike, which I am absolutely obsessed with, is from a brand called Blue Jay.

I'm not going to lie, one of the reasons that I love my Blue Jay bike is because it is so freaking cute. I feel like a lot of the e-bikes out there look very functional and kind of sporty. And I wanted a bike that I was going to feel really cute riding around town in. And the Blue Jay bikes are adorable. Mine is mint green. It's got these brown leather handlebars and a brown leather seat, and it has almost like a vintage-looking vibe. But the functionality is completely that of all of the more sporty, boring-looking bikes. The battery lasts forever.

I honestly can't even remember the last time that I charged it. I also have a little basket that I got for the back so I can ride it to the farmer's market. I can fill up my basket at the farmer's market, and then I can just attach that to the bike and ride home. There's one time I rode to the grocery store when I just had my normal bike when Zach and I were in college. And I was going to surprise him by making breakfast, I think. And so I rode to the grocery store and I had the grocery store bags on both my handlebars. And then a dog ran in front of me and I crashed my bike and I came home crying. I was like, I try to make us breakfast, but bikes are stupid. So you won't have that problem because you can get a cute little basket and put everything in it. And I just cannot speak highly enough about e-bikes. I think that they are the future. I can totally see a world where the main way that we do all of our close by errand is by e-bike, because again, it's so much easier than riding a normal bike. Like you don't break a sweat unless you want to.

It's pedal assisted. So basically you're riding the bike. And then you can turn up however much of the power from the motor that you want. So you can be doing more work yourself if you want or you can be doing very little work yourself, which I absolutely love. So there's somebody very special in your life, somebody who is eco-conscious, somebody who is an adventure, get them a Blue J bike. They will love you. They will be so appreciative and they will feel so cute too.

We have to shout out the base, Weekender bag in the adventure category. Basically, all of Bass's bags are absolutely amazing. I don't know what Shea Mitchell knows that no other companies know, but Bass makes the best bags that I have ever seen anywhere. And their Weekender bag is just ideal. It holds so many shoes. It holds so much clothing.

It's like a Mary Poppins bag. I don't understand how everything fits in here. And it has that little back thing so you can slide it over the handle of a suitcase. It's absolutely wonderful. I have a bunch of base bags. I also have a water bottle holder that has just enough room to kind of put a phone in it that I'll take to festivals or on my hot girl walks or things like that. So go explore the base site and see what works for the adventure in your life.

But the Weekender is a great go-to. While we are organizing our stuff and talking about bags, I want to mention this jewelry organizer that I got on Amazon. I was looking for a way to keep my necklaces from getting tangled, to have a place to put my rings and my earrings. And I had very specific standards that I couldn't find anything that met those standards for a really long time. I wanted it to be slim and compact and easy to travel with and to live with in my nomad life,

but also to have enough room for all of the different jewelry that I had and to keep it really, really organized. So I finally found what I consider the perfect jewelry organized. It's from Amazon. It basically looks kind of like the three-ring binders that you had when you were a kid, but the front has places for necklaces, and then there's these little slots for all of your different earrings, all of your different rings.

It's kept my jewelry in so much better shape, and I absolutely love it, and I recommend it to everybody. And then last on the subject of organization is the cadence capsule. These are these little magnetic leak-proof containers, and they look kind of like an octagon, and you can magnetize them together, so they're all a big clump or you can just take one or two on your own. They're phenomenal for supplements. They're phenomenal for shampoo and conditioner. They just replace all of those crappy toiletry bottles that you would

pick up at CVS or Target the night before you were going on a trip and they wouldn't be that functional and you would never use them again. And this is just a really beautiful product. It comes in all sorts of gorgeous colors and it's so functional and you will use it over and over and the adventure in your life will absolutely love it. And then we got to be comfy and cute when we travel, right? So shout out to the Vori performance joggers. These are the comfiest, cutest joggers in the world. They are perfect for plane rides. They're perfect for hanging around your Airbnb at the end of the day.

I wear mine out to the farmer's market. I wear mine all of the time. If you have somebody who wants to be comfy, but also to look really cute, the Vori performance joggers are the way to go. And then I feel like I include something from Parks Project in every single gift guide that I do. But I absolutely love their stuff. Everything you buy supports our national parks.

And the stuff is just really cute and really, really cool. So this year I'll be talking about the Butterflies Trail Fleece. It's essentially a pullover fleece, but it has these big butterflies all over it. It is so cute. I am obsessed with it, but just peruse the entire site. I get Zach all of his T-shirts, basically, from either cuts or from Parks Project. Everything is just so beautifully designed, and I love everything on there. But the Butterfly's Fleece, I truly have never seen anything.

cuter. It's because the butterflies are so big, I think, so it doesn't look cheesy or young or childish at all. It's just these big, beautiful celebratory butterflies, and I absolutely love it. And then we're like, what are we talking about on all of these adventures? And that is where healthy together. The original deck comes in. The deck is back and better than ever this year. We took all of your feedback to make the deck even more fun, to make the game even more enjoyable for anybody that you want to play with. This is our original game. We have six. six categories with 150 obsessively tested questions about wealth, love, growing up, well-being, what-ifs, adventures. We took out all the R-rated questions and we added in a die so you can

play in a really structured way. You can kind of all gather around a hotel room or an Airbnb or a restaurant at the end of a day on a trip and you can roll the die and you can pick a card from the corresponding category or you cannot use the die and you can just pull cards randomly. This is so perfect for road trip. Zach and I end up spending hours and hours. hours in the car on our nomad life. And this deck has saved our conversations. We will have the most interesting and fun conversations and hours will fly by and we'll be like, oh my gosh, we're in a different state. Thank God. Or you know when you're traveling with somebody and you're like, I really, really love you, but I don't have anything new to talk about because we have eaten breakfast

together today. We have spent all day together. We've eaten lunch together. And now we're sitting at dinner and we're just kind of like, hey, like, I love you. You are one of my favorite people on the planet, but I literally don't know what to talk about with you right now. That is not a you problem. You are not alone in that. The deck is absolutely perfect for that. It just is a perfect conversation starter for any time in your life with any person that you want to chat with. It is a must have for camping, for road trips, for couples, for groups, for family. It's just such a good go-to for increasing the fun and the connection in any part of your life. And then last, in this category, we have the beautiful, lonely planet, epic hikes of the

world. I found this at a bookstore that I was perusing because I have never met a bookstore that I do not go into. And I absolutely love it. I keep it out so I can just flip through it in any sort of moment of interstitial time. It has beautiful pictures and just serves as such good inspiration that the world is stunning. And we should be getting outside and adventuring and exploring it as much. much as possible. Next step, we have for the happy homebody. I don't know about you, but I feel like

I fit very much into both of these categories. Like, I love going out and having big adventures, but then I also love coming home and having my space feel really cozy and conducive to my mental health and feeling really good in my mind and in my space. So all of the gifts in this category are really designed to do that. Starting with a candle warmer lamp, I do not know why more people aren't talking about this. I think it is the most genius invention ever. Basically, it looks like a lamp, except for the bulb is very small, and then there's a place for the candle to go on it. And the bulb heats up your candle so that your candle melts. It makes the whole room smell like whatever scent the candle has, but you're never actually burning the candle. So it's better for

you because you're not releasing all of that smoke into the air, but it also makes your candle last way longer. I also think that they release the smells of the candle better than actually burning the candle does. They're more eco-friendly because you're using less candles. And they're also, again, better for you because you're not breathing in the smoke of lighting the wick and actually burning the candle. And then you need a candle to go with your candle warmer lamp. My favorite candle in the entire world is the goop addition to candle. This is my absolute dream scent. It smells earthy and a little bit spicy. It smells like a really nice hotel lobby, if that makes sense, like a luxury hotel lobby. I am obsessed with it, and it is also the only candle that I have

ever bought that actually has the ingredients of the candle listed on the side. So it doesn't say fragrance, natural fragrance, soy wax, coconut wax. No, it says literally all of these specific essential oils that are included in that candle, and there's no artificial fragrance. there is nothing in it that you cannot see on the label, which was really, really important to me because a lot of candles include ingredients that I really don't want in my home. Candles are supposed to be this sort of lovely extra experience in a home. And if I'm adding to my home in a way, I don't want it to be negative for my health in any way, shape, or form.

So knowing what's in my fragrance is really, really, really important to me. And I so appreciate the transparency that the goob candles have. One of my favorite things as a kid was those big tins of popcorn that you would get. I feel like it was always like one of my dad's coworkers would send one to the house or like an uncle that I hadn't talked to in years. But I absolutely love them. And my favorite popcorn brand in the entire world has done a collab with Food 52 where they have made a version of the popcorn tin. And I am obsessed. It is Bjorn corn.

If you have never had Bjorn corn, you need to try them. It is the best popcorn in the entire world. It is the best popcorn in the entire world, and this tin looks amazing. So there's three flavors. There's the classic Bjorn corn flavor, which is kind of cheesy. It has nutritional yeast. It's savory. It's just the best popcorn flavor that I have ever tried in my entire life.

And then there's maple, and it looks incredible, and I want to eat it right now. And if anybody listening wants to get me a gift, this is the thing that is on my list. I want this popcorn. I discovered big wall decor when I still thought that we were going to be fine. a more permanent place to live. And I was hunting for affordable ways to make that place look chic. And, you know, who knows what's going to happen with our living situation, TBD. But big wall decor is so cool. It has these really oversized pieces of wall art, like those huge statement pieces that look really expensive and really chic. I'm very obsessed with this

look right now. But it is incredibly affordable. And the whole structure of their business is set up to pay the artists that are creating the art, they get a share of the sale so you are directly contributing to them with every single purchase. They have thousands of different pieces of art on their site and they're all absolutely stunning. It's some of the chicest art that I have seen anywhere incredibly eye-catching and I think it would be so cool to gift somebody a really beautiful statement piece for their living room or their bedroom or just a gift certificate so that they can pick out something that they want themselves. I feel like everything in this category is so colorful and so fun, but that's just the mental state that I'm in right now. I

recently painted my nails black because I was like, oh, it's the winter. I should have dark nails. And then I was like, no, no, I can't do this. I need bright and color and happy in my life right now. So I repainted them like a pink with colorful polka dots. And I was like, yes, this is what my mental health needs right now. But you might know Bagu from their really colorful tote bags, their reusable tote bags. They now have towels, which I discovered when I was browsing a little boutique earlier in the year. And I was like, what is this towel? It's the most beautiful, exciting, colorful towel that I have ever seen. And it's from Bagu.

Who knew? Who knew that they made them? They are 100% organic and they come in some of the most fun and beautiful designs that I have ever seen. My favorite one is lavender and forest green and it has happy faces all over it. But it doesn't look cheesy. It looks really, really chic. They have really cool sort of abstract art.

They have really cool sort of abstract art-inspired designs. I think this would be such a fun thing to put in a guest bathroom, but also just to use yourself. Showering is one of those things that we do every single day. So finding a way to add joy to spark a little bit of joy with this ritualized thing that we have to do anyways, I think is such a wonderful idea for our mental health and for our mood. While we're talking about showering, if you haven't tried the necessary body washes, the

eucalyptus one is my absolute favorite. They smell so good. They're the most moisturizing body washes that I have ever put on my body. They leave your skin feeling so supple and hydrated. I think they would be a beautiful gift. They have beautiful packaging. Highly recommend. As soon as I have walls of my own, I am getting a custom neon sign.

I really want one for the podcast to have in the background when I'm doing interviews that says healthier together. But I also think getting a custom neon sign that had a favorite mantra or phrase on it would be so much fun. This is an Etsy shop. Basically, you send them any words that you want. You can choose from a ton of different styles and they will make you a custom neon sign. I think these look so cool.

And they had such visual interests and such a unique vibe to room decor. So I just think they would be such a fun present. Another gift that I'm definitely going to be personally giving to a number of people in my life this year is a subscription to my friend Caro Chambers' newsletter, What to Cook. She has a really cute little gift card that you can print out from her site if you go to her site to order it. And then every week in the gift recipient's inbox, they'll get this amazing. amazing newsletter that has one incredibly well-tested recipe with all of these different substitutions. Her whole philosophy is making cooking feel easy and fun and exciting, and her

newsletter really, really does that. You'll get new flavor inspiration, but you'll also get recipes that you will actually want to make. She is a mom of three. These are not recipes that are going to take too much time. And I think the structure of just getting one recipe in your inbox every single week that is what to cook that week is really nice for our decision fatigued brain. Sometimes I'll find myself on a recipe blog or on my own site or in one of my own cookbooks or in somebody else's cookbook just like flipping and flipping and flipping and flipping through the pages and being like, well, that looks good, but do I want this or do I want this? And it's so hard to figure out what to actually cook when you want to cook. And that's one of the reasons that I love her

newsletter so much. It's literally called what to cook. It gives you what to cook. It makes it super simple and super delicious. Okay, this one is also a little bit more splurgy, but it is 100% one of my favorite things that I own, which is my Therisage portable sauna. I have tried so many of the sonnas that are designed to be more portable that can fit in apartments that aren't as big of an investment as getting an actual sauna or are for people who are not in a time in their life where they can actually do that, but they want to experience all of the benefits of sonaing. And this one is far in a way my favorite. Basically, it's this little like cloth thing that you sit and your head is sticking out, and then there's infrared sauna panels all inside, and you zip

yourself in, so just your head is sticking out. And I love it for a number of reasons. One, you actually sweat. I get a really, really good sweat on in about 20 to 25 minutes, which is really, really quick for the portable at-home saunas, which I feel like sometimes just don't work as well and don't make you sweat as much as you would like. Two, your head is sticking out, which I didn't realize would be such a huge advantage until over the summer we were staying in a place in Squammon. that actually had a sauna and I kept using it and my hair got so crispy because you're making your hair so warm every single time you're using the sauna. And I know there's hats and different ways to mitigate that and you can put conditioner in your hair, but then you have to wash your

hair and deal with this whole thing. And I love this therisage sauna because your head literally just sticks out of it. So whatever you want to engage with that's outside of the sauna, you can actually engage with because you can see it and your hands are more free. It's a really nice system. Zach and I both use it probably four or five times a week. We'll follow it with a cold shower. If you want something splurgy to give to the wellness aficionado in your life, I think a portable sauna is a wonderful gift because there's all of the known health benefits of sauning, but then it's also one of those gifts that just gives the gift of relaxation time and time again. Going back to the sober curious conversation that we had, it gives me something to do at the end of a day that signals, okay, work is over. I'm relaxing now and I feel so, so good when I come out of it. Saanine is one of those things that I immediately feel such benefits from.

I know there's long-term benefits and there's a lot of wellness stuff that I'll lean into because I'll be like, I know there's long-term benefits. I'm going to have better hormone health. I'm going to have better longevity, et cetera, et cetera. But saunayin, I love doing because I immediately feel so, so good. There is that instant gratification, that instant reward and I absolutely love it. All right. Next up, we have another addition to the Healthy ConvoCo family. One of the new products that we've designed and are releasing this year, I'm so, so proud of this one. This is called

We're All In This Together. It is journal prompts for creating your healthiest, happiest life. And what makes this really different than any other journal prompts out there is they're really designed with all the latest psychology and expert research and all the insights of everybody that I've had on this podcast to create questions that will help you reflect on your past and explore your present, but also really create the future that you want for your life. The format of this deck is similar to the other decks, except for unlike the other decks, it's designed to be done alone. So you'll grab a notebook, you'll grab your computer, whatever you would like to journal in. And then you will put all of the cards out in their different category piles. You'll roll a die

and you will pull a card from a corresponding category. So our categories for this one are self, ambition, relationships, qualities, reframing, and future. I'm just going to pull a few cards from We have 150 journal prompts in this. Again, they are so thoughtfully designed to help you overcome past trauma and really think about and delve into your present and create the future of your dream. So here are a few of this one is from relationships. Rate how you feel energetically on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being energized and joyful, one being drained and depressed, after hanging out with the five people you spend the most time with. reflect on how you could bring more high numbers into your life. Then we have, this is from future.

If you continue exactly as you are today and change nothing, where will your life be in one year? What about five or ten years? How does picturing that make you feel? I love these. This is the perfect present for anybody in your life who loves personal growth, any journalers that you love. I am so excited about this deck and I hope that you guys love it. Okay, last two for this category. Okay, last two for this category, the Graza olive oil is the sizzle drizzle, drizzle combo pack. I wanted to call these out because one, they're super beautiful, they're super functional, they're super high quality olive oil. But also, I had a podcast episode with Dr. William Lee, and it was all about all of the different foods that we could eat to supercharge our health. And he calls out mono-varietal Spanish olive oil from this particular olives, P-I-C-U-A-L-L-L-OvE-C-U-L-E-U-L-E-E-L-P-U-U-L, and this particular type of olive has even more health benefits than olive oil in general has. And olive oil

in general is one of his most recommended foods for us to eat. But these peculiar olive oils, which I'm probably pronouncing wrong, it's P-I-C-U-A-L, he particularly recommends them for their extra health benefits. And these are the olives that Graza uses in their olive oil. So the Graza sizzle-drizzle combo pack, they taste amazing. They have one olive oil that's for cooking with and one that's for finishing with, and they use these really special olives, these mono-varietal olives that are doctor-recommended. So that is an added benefit. And then last in this category, I just discovered this this year.

I think it is so cool. It is a preserved flower bouquet. So these are not dried flowers. They are fresh flowers, but they have had the water removed and replaced with glycerin. So you have fresh flowers that last for months and months and months. This company, Shita, Shida, does the most beautiful arrangements. and I think it would be absolutely stunning to give a gift of a bouquet of flowers, which is one of my favorite things on the planet, but they die so quickly and it's so depressing.

And this is giving the gift of flowers, but they last forever and ever. But they're more eco-conscious, they're better for the environment, and they last for months. When it comes to wellness, you're going to get the best results by focusing on the big needle movers. A lot of us spend a lot of time trying to optimize that last 1%, which creates a ton of stress, and it actually doesn't help our health that much. At the top of the needle mover list, sleep. And one of the best ways to optimize your sleep is to optimize your mattress,

which is why I love avocado green mattress so much. First of all, this mattress is so comfortable. I have the one with the pillow top, which is medium firm, and it's just a dream. I miss it when I travel. It's better than even the fanciest hotel beds. Having a mattress that supports your joints and your body and feels good is going to help you get more sleep

and better quality sleep. But then, on top of that, avocado mattresses are made with certified organic cotton, wool, and latex, and they are made safe and green guard gold certified. They're also Okotech certified, which is the gold standard. I look for it in any mattresses, sheets, or towels that I buy, which means the materials have been rigorously tested for harmful substances. You can actually look for the Okotech standard 100 label right on the product, and I love this part. It includes a traceable certificate number and the name of the testing lab so you know exactly what you're getting. There are no toxic chemicals, there's no harmful off-gassing, it does not smell like it's going to kill you when you unbox it. This is what I mean. I'm not going to swap out all of my clothing, which is that top 1% of optimization. But by making sure that my mattress and my bedding are as good for me as possible, I literally reduce my exposure during a third of my life, which is a huge needle mover for a one-time swap.

I will also note, and this is a me thing, but I sleep super hot and avocado's materials, are really breathable, and it makes me sweat the least of any mattress that I have slept on. And avocado is a certified B Corp and a 1% for the planet member, because caring for yourself and caring for the planet do not have to be separate things. You can get up to 20% off organic mattresses and more by shopping Avocados Presidents Day Sale right now at avocadogreenmatress.com. That is avocadogreenmatress.com. No code needed.

All right. next step we have the person who is ambitious in all parts of their life. This first product was served to me on an Instagram ad and I am absolutely obsessed with it. I cannot believe nobody thought of this before, but it is a tripod desk. So if you picture a tripod that you would put a camera on, it's basically that exact same concept. It's a tripod, but then it has a little desk on the top. So you can basically have this to go standing desk, sitting desk, a desk anywhere you want. You can take it outside. You can pack it up and put it in a suitcase. So you could have a standing desk at a hotel. Hell, obviously for me doing nomad life, this has been an incredible product, an incredible addition

to my life. But I think for anybody who wants to work in the living room, in the kitchen, in the bedroom, I don't know, I feel like we're all working from everywhere these days. And for somebody who wants to switch position, so we're not just sitting all day long, this is an incredible gift. Next, the Jules Akria Notion template. I'm obsessed with Jules. I've had her on the podcast.

I share her stuff on my Instagram all the time. and I am obsessed with Notion. I talk about Notion all the time. Basically, it's an app. You have it on your computer. You have it on your phone. But you can organize your entire life with it. We use it for my business. I use it for my personal life. I have a list of media that I want to consume. And I have my podcast calendar all scheduled out on there. It is literally amazing for everything. But it can be so, so intimidating to start to use just because it's kind of a blank slate with all these different features. And you're like, well, I don't know how to use this. You see all these ones online where it looks so pretty and it's helping people so much, but it's very hard to get from where you download the

app to that place. And that's where these notion templates from Julesa Cree come in. She sells these notion templates on her site that basically come pre-organize. You put them on your notion, and they already have your weekly planning dashboard. They have ways to organize your goals. She has to do-lis. It looks really pretty. And it's just a great place to start from to start to take advantage of all the amazing benefits of Notion. She also has video tutorials. I use her YouTube tutorials, which are free. You do not need to buy those. But I use those to start on Notion and to kind of get an understanding of the app. But I think this would be a step above and a really great gift for anybody who wants to organize and uplevel their life. I would be so happy to

receive this. And I think anybody who's looking to take that next step, whether it's in their personal life or their business life, and start getting shit done and experience all the benefits that come from taking shit out of your head and putting it somewhere else and then having that somewhere else be super organized would love this present. The Jules of Create Notion templates. Look, a cute computer case is such a necessity because we look at our computer all day long and having it look fun and colorful and joyful, I think makes such a big difference in our mood. I get comments every single time I share my MacBook case on Instagram. It is the unique find MacBook case. It's the Toronto one, but they have a ton of different colors and fun patterns. And I just

think this would be such a wonderful gift. Somebody can look at it every single day that they use their computer and they can think of how much they love you. I'm obsessed with tea and the organic Olivia tea line is one of my favorite tea lines that I have come across in recent years. I had Olivia on the podcast back in August. We did a podcast swap. So if you haven't listened to that, I highly recommend it. But Olivia is an herbalist. She's also trained in traditional Chinese medicine and these teas not only tastes really good, but they're actually formulated to make a difference in your health in a way that I see very few other teas on the market, even coming close to. Even the instructions for brewing the tea, you'll see on the package. It actually has you make a decoction, which is the way that you get

all of the benefits of herbs and the fact that she understands that, that she has that on the packaging, and I've never even seen another tea line that talks about that. Just makes it clear how thoughtful these blends are and how thoughtfully she is approaching the tea space. So for the ambitious person in her life. I think that the right mind tea would be such a good gift. It's a tea designed to center your mind, to promote presence, to help you focus. And in a really calm way, it doesn't feel jittery or like you're drinking coffee or anything like that at all. All of her teas are completely herbal, which I love, because I am still avoiding caffeine as much as possible. She also has a tea bundle. So that has all of the teas. It has the right mind. It has the open heart, which I also really love. I would say that's my

second favorite. She has the guardian, which is one that is really good for winter. It's a digestive, lung, and respiratory immune health blend. She has the purifier, the healer, the cleanser, and the, I want to say there's one other one, the defender, which is a urinary tract blend. So you can buy the bundle, you can buy them all together. But for the ambitious person in your life, I think that drinking the right mind during a workday, it helps me stay zen, it helps me stay calm, and I absolutely love it. If you like fidgeting with your hands, if you liked Play-Doh when you were a kid,

you are going to love therapy dough. This company makes a dough that is modeled after the clay that's used by art therapist, and then they infuse it with essential oils for stress relief. Everything is organic. They come in the prettiest colors. And you can just kind of keep it on your desk and fidget with it and play with it and make little shapes. If you're like me and when you're on a phone call or a meeting, you need something to do with your hands so that you can focus on that thing.

You will absolutely love this. I think this would be such a thoughtful gift. if you know anybody like that in your life, it's probably something they've never heard of before. It's so original, so unique. It is called Therapeuto. It just lets us get in touch with the kid inside all of us, which I think is definitely something that every single person I know could use more of. All right, guys, now we're at our last new product release of the year. I'm very excited about this one.

This is Working Together, Conversations for Cultivating Workplace Well-Being. So this deck was designed to help you get to know your coworkers as real people to gain, insights about working styles and preferences to facilitate team bonding. It will make your happy hours way happier. It's great to kickstart a Zoom meeting or any other meeting. We have ice breakers in there. It's great to start mentorship sessions. We've got 150 questions that span six workplace appropriate categories. We have Get Familiar, which are really fun questions to get to know people in a work appropriate way, but to get to know who people are as real people that you work with. We have interview. These are questions that could be found in an interview, but again, they're just kind of helping

us go deeper onto who a person is. And they don't need to be limited to a time that you are doing an interview at all. We have Advise, which is a category designed to let you share your own wisdom that you've gained over the years and then to hear all of the wisdom of all of your coworkers. We have Connect, which are sort of networking-based questions that really let you comment on the group dynamic. And I love these ones because they change every single time you play the game, depending on who you are playing with. And then we have award, which is all about fun favorites. and then grow, which was really designed to facilitate a mentorship type of relationship, but again, can be used in any type of situation.

Like the other decks, you can either pull out all six categories and then you can roll the included dye and draw a card from that category. Again, we designed every single question to be used in all types of situations, or you can pull a category that's specific to the type of thing that you want to talk through at that time. Like if you were in a meeting that's more about mentorship, you can go through some grow cards. if you're kicking off a Zoom meeting and you just want to have really fun, silly cards. You could do Get Familiar. You could do award.

Or you could just keep a box out at the office and pull cards randomly so that whenever you're just hanging out in one of the main areas of the office, you always have something really fun and interesting to connect about and to talk about. So a connect question would be like, what would the name of this group's reality TV show be, brainstorm together? An award question would be if you had to make everyone in the company read one book, what book would it be and why? An advised question would be, what do you find motivates you the most to do your best work? What common motivational tactic falls flat for you? A get familiar question would be, what was your favorite childhood snack?

Mine was Dunker's 100%. It was the rainbow one. Funfetti. Funfetti dunkers. Oh, the dream. And then a grow question would be, what's something that you have to do regularly that makes you feel like an imposter? And what helps the most in managing that feeling? And then an award question would be, what would you consider the best day of your working life so far and why was it so good?

The Working Together deck would be perfect for anybody looking for a white elephant gift for a company holiday party or just anybody in your life that you want to encourage to thrive and grow and nourish this hugely important part of our lives. Speaking of nourishing, I would be remiss not to mention this episode sponsor, Seed. Seeds DSO1 daily symbiotic is a game changer in terms of taking care of your mental health and your entire body health. We know more now than ever before about how important our microbiome is for our mental health. It is the primary reason that I have been such a religious user of seeds DSO1 daily symbiotic for years. But also our microbiome impacts literally our entire body health. When I take my CDSO1 daily symbiotic, I'm not just thinking about it in terms of my gut health, although obviously it's really important for your gut health too. I'm thinking about it in terms of my hormone health.

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I just think that signing somebody that you love up for a seed subscription is one of the best gifts that you can give them. I tend to usually have a code for seed because they're a long time partner and I've worked with them a lot, but they gave me a special even larger discount for this episode. It is the biggest discount I have ever gotten. You can go to seed.com and use code Liz Moody 25 to get a whopping 25% off your order. I never get 25% off with my seed code. So if you've ever thought about getting Seed as a gift for somebody or even getting it as a gift for yourself,

because that is a very appropriate way to use any sort of gift guide recommendations, go to seed.com and use code Liz Moody 25. Okay, next up, we have the Mark and Graham commute clutch. I think this is such a thoughtful gift. This is basically a pouch that is designed to hold all of your commuting essentials. So there's pockets for your phone, for your headphones, for your chargers, for any cards that you need for sunglasses. I think it's such a thoughtful gift, especially with so many people going back and forth. Some days are in the office. Some days you work from a cafe.

Some days you work from home. And being able to keep all of your essentials together so you can just grab this little pouch and head out the door is such a nice way to keep your life organized and a little bit less chaotic. You can also get these monogram, which I always think is such a nice touch. This is perfect for anybody in your life who's back and forth to work or who just needs to get a little bit more organized. I am personally raising my hand.

And then last for our ambitious people out there, but really for anybody, there is one book that has completely changed my life this year. I did a podcast with the author of this book. I highly recommend you go listen to that. It's one of my favorite podcasts that I've recorded this year. The book is I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sati. It is a money guide that just very straightforwardly says, here's what you should do with your money.

It's not complicated. not confusing, and it also really changed how I approach money in my life. Rameet talks a lot about building your rich life, which is really thinking about what are you trying to earn money for? It isn't a financial strategy around accumulating wealth just to accumulate it or saving money just to save it. It's about getting very, very clear on the life that you are trying to build for yourself and then creating very clear steps to make headway towards building that life. I love it. It added so much intentionality and clarity to the way that I approached my finances. It got rid of so much of my money anxiety. Again, I highly recommend you

listen to the episode with Rameit. It is called Rami. Satie answers your money question. So I basically just asked him all of my money questions and all of your money questions. It went live back in June. If there's anybody in your life who would benefit from thinking about their finances in a different way, from getting their money situation under control, which is really every single one of us, get them this book. It is called I Will Teach You to Be Rich, and it has completely changed my life. And our last section is for the person who always looks fabulous, which is all of us, but I just wanted somewhere to put all of my really fun, more aesthetically oriented gift items. First up, we have the Sleepy Tie. This is a TikTok viral product that actually lives up

to the hype. The Sleepy Tie is made out of sat and it kind of looks like two big, scrunchies put together, but essentially you wrap your hair around it and you put the scrunchy part over it and it preserves your blowout or whatever hairstyle you have done. And it makes your hair look fabulous when you wake up in the morning. I love this. It's really protective for the hair as well. So you're not tossing and turning at night and causing breakage. I also sleep with a silk pillowcase, which I highly recommend. Mine is from upstate. It was in my gift guide either last year or the year before, which is why it's not in this year. But silk pillowcases are amazing and this is amazing as well. Also, you can take this when you're traveling when you wouldn't necessarily

have your silk pillowcase with you. Another fun hack is you can take this on a plane with you. You put your hair up in it when you're on the plane. And then when you land, your hair looks fabulous. I also love to use it when I shower or when I bathe and the steam from the hot water kind of sets the hairstyle and just gives me these beautiful, luscious, bodacious waves. It works so beautifully on my hair. Obviously, it's not going to work on every single type of hair. But if you have past shoulder length hair, if you're trying to preserve your heat styling so that you don't have to do it as often. So again, you are protecting your hair. This product is a game changer. This is the perfect gift for the people in your life who think they have everything, but this is solving this huge problem that people

might not have even thought there was a solution to. I discovered Aaron Fader jewelry this year, and it is literally the jewelry company of my dreams. They make statement pieces. They make delicate pieces. They just make the most beautiful pieces that I own that I always get compliment on every single time I wear. I especially love the Deco Drop Lariat necklace. You've probably seen this on my Instagram. It's like a very large chain with a very large clasp. And then there's a lariat style that just kind of hangs down. You can add this on top of a t-shirt. You can wear it with a dress. You can wear it with anything. It's the kind of piece that just immediately makes your outfit look super cool. I also have on my wish list. I don't have this one yet, but the Queen of the Disco,

necklace. It is a long necklace with a big disco ball at the bottom. I just think it is so fabulous. I want to wear it with like a low neck dress or with a t-shirt just as the kind of piece that grabs your eye and everybody will be like, oh my gosh, where did you get that? I also personally have the Jadour necklace, which has the star tarot card on it. It's a little bit longer than a traditional necklace might be, which makes it really perfect for layering with other necklaces. But the star tarot card is supposed to allow you to enter a peaceful, loving phase in your life. It fills you with calming energy. I just think it looks really cool. And I like the idea of inviting that type of energy into my daily life. And then the last Aaron Fader jewelry piece that I will mention is the Gothic initials necklace. I don't have this yet, but I really want this one. I want one

with a Z, a B, and an L for Liz Zach and Bella. You could either get somebody's entire name on this so I could get like L-I-Z for Liz or you could get the initials of their kids, their pets, their partners, anything like that. It looks so cool. And I just think it's such a cool take on the initial necklace. It has a little bit more edge, a little bit more of a rock and roll vibe than a lot of the initial necklaces that I've seen. I am obsessed with it. I'm obsessed with basically everything that Aaron Fader makes. It's my new favorite jewelry line and you are going to love it. Okay. Next up, we have to mix in a little bit of experiential gifting because you know I love that. This is a personal style consult with Alison Bornstein. I've already given this to a

ton of my friends this year. I just think it's such a unique and cool present. You might recognize Allison, she's gone viral on TikTok for her three words approach to style philosophy. So essentially, she has everybody figure out their three words. And then you use that to help you choose your clothes every single day. So if your words are like rock and roll, romantic and comfortable, if you're wearing something that is comfortable and romantic, but you don't really feel like you're representing your full personality or the outfit doesn't look put together, you would add in a piece that's rock and roll so that you're always representing all three of your words. So with a personal style consult, you do a FaceTime session with Allison.

She'll help you figure out what your three words are. And then she'll send you a bunch of links and styling tips via email after the session. This would be such a perfect gift for anybody who's trying to explore style a little bit more. Maybe anybody who feels like their wardrobe needs a little bit of a refresh. I love gifting this to new moms in my life just to help them get back in touch with themselves as an individual and to take care of and nourish that part of themselves in addition to obviously this new really important identity as a mother that they have taken on. And then the rare bird jacket from Otway the label.

I first discovered this jacket when Renee Roaming came to visit me this summer. She brought it with her. I spotted it in the back of her car and was like, what is that jacket? That is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. It's made a vegan suede. It has this sort of knit pattern that goes across the back of it. It has like a boho vibe. It has Montana vibe. It is so soft. It is so comfortable. It has plush material on the inside. I got one as soon as Renee told me where she got hers from. I am obsessed with it. It is just one of my absolute favorite pieces. I get compliments on it every single time I wear it. And I think it would be such a special statement piece to gift anybody in your life. They have ones for men. They have ones for women. And they are all so, so beautiful. And then for wearing at home, we have the Turkish moon by Ruea, seeing eye robe. I discovered this company at the Brentwood,

farmer's market. And I immediately purchased this robe. It was a little bit more money than I would typically spend as an in the moment purchase. And I was like, am I going to regret this? But I have not regretted it for a single day. This is the robe of my dreams. It is soft. It is washable. You can put it in the washer and the dryer. It's totally fine. It's airy and breathable. It's airy and breathable, but it's just warm and cozy enough. It is perfect for swanning about the house. It makes me want to sit on my front porch and drink tea in the morning. It makes me want to listen to birds. I feel more peaceful and meditative and vacation-like when I wear it. And I also just think I look really, really cool. Whenever I see myself in the mirror, when I'm wearing this robe, I'm just like,

who is that fabulous person? I think this is a wonderful self-care gift. It feels a little bit special. it feels out of the ordinary and it's a small business so you're not going to see anything like it in stores which just makes it extra special and extra unique. And then we've got some beauty favorite. The say slip tint has to lead the way. This is the facial sunscreen of my dreams. I wear it every single day. It has amazing ingredients. It works super well. It makes your skin really soft. It doesn't dry it out, which is really uncommon for a zinc sunscreen. If you know somebody who hasn't gotten on the sunscreen every single day trend, this would be an amazing. gift to give them because it makes it pleasurable and nice to put on sunscreen every day. Also,

if that person is you, put sunscreen on every day. Literally, all of the other skincare that you're doing does not matter if you're not protecting the work that you're putting into your skin with sunscreen. Sunscreen will make the single biggest difference in your skin. Wear it every single day. It will change your life. So start with the say slip tint. They also make a ton of other really incredible products. So I think putting together a little package with the slip tint, with the lip lure, with the glowy super gel would be really adorable. And then I've got to shout out my girl, Dr. Whitney Bo. If you listen to the Ask the Doctor Nebunking Skin Care Miss episode,

you got to hear all of Whitney's amazing wisdom and advice. And I know a lot of you listened to that because it was one of our most downloaded episodes this year. But Whitney finally released her skincare line this year and it is as thoughtful and innovative and amazing as I would have expected knowing her. I think that the Bow Bundle would be an amazing gift. It has the Bowglow microbiome nourishing cream, which is a moisturizer that you use. And then it has the Bow Grow elixir.

These are little drops that you add to your water, and they have bio-nutrients that have been specifically studied to help with your skin health. They also make your water taste really good if you're like me and you're always trying to drink more water, but it's hard. So you want to add things to it to make it more appealing. These are absolutely wonderful. It's a great inner and outer skincare starter set. The packaging is absolutely beautiful.

any skincare junkie would love to have this in their life. And then last, the French Girl Le Lip Tint. I use the shade serise. This is essentially a tinted chapstick, but it has the best color that I have ever seen on a tinted chapstick. It has the best packaging and branding that I've ever seen on a tinted chapstick. And it has the best ingredients list that I have ever seen on a tinted chapstick. It is just a hero product.

I use it on my lips. And then I'll also use it on my cheeks. It gives it this beautiful, dewy pop of color. It's so moisturizing. all of the ingredients are ethically and sustainably sourced and the results are just perfection. This would be an amazing stocking stuffer or just like a little, I'm thinking about you gift. I think sometimes these little tokens can be really thoughtful and meaningful. And that was our entire 2022 gift guide.

Thank you guys for hanging out with me through all of this. I hope that this was helpful. I hope you found a really unique and special gift for somebody in your life. As a reminder, the links to everything that I talked about today will be on a blog. blog post on Liz Moody.com, and we will also put a link to that in the show notes. I also wanted to give another quick thank you to Seed for sponsoring this entire episode. I really appreciate it. It gives me the freedom to talk about whatever I want for the rest of the episode. And Seed is just such an incredible company, and I love partnering with them. If you want to try Seed for

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