Newsletter #40: ✨🎁 Dr. Casey's healthy gift guide

Happy holidays, everyone!

When I asked if you wanted a holiday healthy gift guide, I got an OVERWHELMING response of “YES!!!”   

So, here it is!

I went a little overboard and shared a bit of EVERYTHING that I love and use across home, beauty, books, gardening, kitchen gear, food, supplements and more. Hopefully it sparks some fun and meaningful gift ideas for you! The foods you’ll find on this list are organic or regeneratively sourced. You’ll also find many products with recycled/recyclable packaging or in glass. 🎁 Please consider compostable and sustainable wrapping options for gifts. See here for ideas!

Note: The sock icon (🧦) means that this gift would probably fit in a stocking! 🎄 

🤸 Fun + Whimsical Gifts

• Disco Lights for Home Dance Parties! 🪩

• Stickers 🧦

• The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Over 1,000 Exquisite Victorian Stickers 

• Bananagrams 🧦

• Lunar Abundance Card Deck 🧦

• Lunar Abundance Moon Light 🧦

• Animal Spirit Card Deck (Everyone I’ve given this to loves it)

• Celestial Wonders Sticker Book 🧦

• Rumi Card Deck 🧦

• Disco Ball Hanging Planters 🪩

• Custom Cornhole Boards from Etsy

• Fun Rubber Stamps and Stamp Pads

• Custom Beaded Bracelets 🧦

• DIY Non-toxic Bath Bomb Kits

• 150 Life Story Interview Kit Cards 🧦

• Crystal Sound Healing Bowls 

• Artipoppe Leopard Baby Carrier

• DIY Bedazzled Stainless Steel Water Bottle

• Unicorn Silicon Baking Mold (so many other fun styles)

• Friendship Bracelet Making Kit

• BIG Wall Calendar For The Year (WE LOVE THIS!) plus dry erase markers

• Pizza Hair Clip 🧦

• Unicorn Candle (Note, this is NOT non-toxic as it’s made of synthetic wax, but I use these for as a fun object in the home, not to burn!)

✈️ Travel

• Lo + Sons Catalina Bag (I LOVE THIS BAG!!!)

• Away Suitcase Carry On

These are the two bags I travel with all the time. In my experience, together, they hold enough for a 2 week trip without any checked bags. These two bags turned me from a check-bagged gal to a CARRY-ON GAL, finally! 🎉

• Bose Wired Noise Cancelling Headphones (and USB-C to Headphone Jack Dongle)

🏋️ Fitness + Health

• Levels Membership and Labwork

• Non-toxic Yoga Mat and Mat Towel

• Kettle Bells (I love a 25 lb, 35 lb, 55 lb kettle bell!)

• Bala Beam 

• Adjustable Dumbbell Set that I love

• Function Health 1 Year Membership - the best gift you could possibly give a loved one! 

• Oura Ring (I use Oura Ring with Natural Cycles app and In The Flo book for cycle tracking and it has helped me understand my body like never before!) 

• HeartMath HRV Monitors (to work towards managing the nervous system better!)

• Massage Table (what better gift could you give than gift of MASSAGE?) and Organic Cotton Sheets

• Organic Massage Oil 

💊Supplements

• Turmeric by Momentous 🧦

• L-Theanine by Momentous 🧦

• Magtein by Momentous 🧦

• Collagen Peptides by Momentous

• Creatine by Momentous

• WeNatal for Her (You don’t need to be trying to conceive, this is a high quality multivitamin for any woman!)

• WeNatal for Him

• WeNatal Omegas

• WeNatal Egg Quality supplement

• Timeline Mitopure softgels 🧦

• Timeline Mitopure powder 

• Pendulum Metabolic Daily Probiotic 🧦

📚Books

• Good Energy (duh!) by ME and my brother! 😀

• Abundant Ever After by Cathy Heller

• Lunar Abundance by Ezzie Spencer

• Forever Strong by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

• Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron

• Eat Smarter Family Cookbook by Shawn Stevenson

• In the Flo (MUST READ BOOK!) by Alisa Vitti 

• WeNatal Manifestation Journal for Pregnancy by Lillian Cohanzad

• Food, Food, Food by the Ranch Malibu

• Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin 

• Forest Feast by Erin Gleeson

• Marcus Auraelius Meditations (one of my favorite books)

• Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday

• The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

• Mary Oliver Poetry Book

• The Captain’s Versus: Love Poems by Pablo Neruda

• Self Realization Fellowship “How to Live” Books 🧦, To Be Victorious in Life 🧦, Spiritual Diary, The Laws of Success, Inner Peace 

• Any Rumi poetry book (I love this translation by Coleman Barks)

• Thich Nhat Hanh Boxed Mindfulness Set (Absolutely stunning gift)

• A Poem for Every Day of the Year

• Codex Seraphinianus (the ULTIMATE surrealist coffee table book - more about it here)

• 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman, Jim Dethmer, and Kaley Klemp(one of my favorite books)

🫚Foods

• Apricot Lanes x Jacobson sea salt 🧦

• Figure Ate Persimmon Vinegar 

• Zen Basil Seeds (super easy way to get fiber!)

• Florasophy Fiber Daily Fix (ANOTHER super easy way to get fiber!)

• Glowing Greens Powder 🧦

• Flamingo Estates Farm Box (for people who live in LA!!)

• Peppermint Mocha Laird Superfood Creamer

• Plastic Free Salt

• Alter-eco Chocolate Truffles (the packaging is totally compostable! LOVE) 🧦

• Hu Kitchen Sampler Pack

• Organic Spices Assortment

• Organic Hot Sauce 

• Artisana 8 lb Tub of Raw Organic Nut Butter

• Organic Tahini 

• Farmer’s Juice Green Juice Box

• Daily Harvest Metabolic Health Collection box (I created this with Daily Harvest!!) 

• Apothekary non-alcoholic tinctures (such a great stocking stuffer - we use these every day for mocktails!!) 🧦

• Pique Ceremonial Grade Matcha Packets (LOVE - I drink this every day!!)

• Pique Fermented Pu’er Tea

• Pique Ceremonial Grade Matcha Tin

• Pique BT Fountain Electrolytes (I drink 3 packets per day!)

• Pique Nandaka Coffee Alternative

• For spice lovers, put together a kit with ingredients to make world’s best chili oil (note: I’m having trouble finding organic gochugaru so we’ve used all chili flakes and it tastes just as good) - get this organic avocado oil, this chili, this star anise, this allulose, and 1L jars! Put it all in a basket! Recipe here. 

• White Oak Pastures

  • Meat (gift 1/8th of a regenerative cow!)

  • Preserves

• Apricot Lane Farms Olive Oil

• Apricot Lane Farms Avocado Oil

🍳Kitchen Gear

• Reusable Beeswax Wraps (these are handmade in Kauai!) 🧦

• My Favorite Glass Water Bottle (24 ounces)

• My Favorite Yeti Coffee Mug 

• Reusable Klean Canteen Straws

• Trash pick-up kit for walks and hikes (get a trash picker, a bunch of old plastic or paper bags, work gloves)

• Stasher Silicone Plastic-Free Baggies Set (LOVE!) and all their products HERE

• Compostic Baggies (we compost these after using the bag a few times!)

• Glass Tupperware

• Glass Tupperware with Bamboo Lids

• BLING Stainless Steel Tumbler

• Glass Cups/Straws with Bamboo Lids (I love these for smoothies)

• Sushi Rolling Mats (for cauliflower rice sushi!)

• Lodge cast iron skillets (Amazon, Sur La Table) - the main pans I use! 

• Bamboo and Marble Salt Cellar - I love this as a gift with healthy salts

• Whipped Cream Maker (to make healthy whipped cream with organic coconut milk, raw milk, etc) and nitrogen pods

• Handmade Cutting Boards from Etsy

• Anthony Bourdain’s Favorite Knife

• Organic Spices Assortment

• Mini-donut Pans to make Healthy-ish donuts

• Spiralizer + Spiralizer Cookbook

• Mini-food Processor(I use this at least 3 times per day for chopping garlic, ginger, nuts, etc!)

• Silicon Blender Spatula for Vitamix or Cuisinart

• Cherry Pitter (such a fun stocking stuffer) 🧦

• Tea Infuser with high quality organic loose teas 🧦

• My Vitamix - Life changing gift!!!! 🌪️

• 14-Cup Custom Food Processor - I use this ALL the time 

• Spice Grinder to quickly grind fresh or dried spices (like whole cumin seeds)

• Silicone Baking Mats 

🧽 Cleaning 

• Branch Basics Glass Starter Kit

• Favorite Bamboo Toilet Paper

• Seventh Generation Dishwasher Detergent Packs 

• Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Refill (I use this for everything - dish soap, hand soap, body wash, household cleaning soap)

🏡 Home

• Flamingo Estates All-Natural Candles and Soaps

• Los Poblanos All-Natural Candles

• Primally Pure All-Natural Candles (CASEY10 gets 10% off purchase)

• Bedside Carafes for Guest Rooms

• Beautiful Ceramic Pour-Over Sets from Etsy

• Face Vace

• Dinosaur Vase (put a little air plant in!) 

• Another Dino Vase! 

• Levitating Air Plant Holder

• Mushroom Bud Vases

• Rechargeable Table Lamps for outdoor dining

• Wind chimes (I love gifting these!) From Etsy or Amazon

• Salad Tongs

• Framebridge Framed Photos

• Blue-light Free Lightbulbs (for bedroom)

• A bonsai is always a nice gift from a nursery! 

• Art by Yehonatan Koenig 

🖥️ Home Office

• Walking Pad (I love my pink walking pad! Currently $66!) 

• Standing Desk (I have used this Jarvis model for years and love it!) 

• Glitter Jar by Jonathan Adler (can fill this jar with gratitude notes before you give this to a loved one! 💗) 

• Favorite Pen for Daily Use 🧦

• Bamboo Office Organizer Bins

• K-safe to LOCK YOUR CELL PHONE UP! 😀 (I love this thing!)

🧑‍🌾 Garden

• Sprouting Company sprouting kit (I LOVE THIS!)

• Amazon Sprouting Kit (cheaper, works well too!): Jars, lid, stand and organic broccoli seeds

• Cedar Composting Bin 

• Pitchfork for Turning Compost

• Vego Garden Comprehensive Raised Bed Systems

• Lettuce Grow Farmstand

• Outdoor String Lights

• Gardening Tools

• Jizo Protection Sculpture (I got one at the Portland Japanese Garden years ago and it brings me so much joy!) 

• Look on Craigslist for gardening supplies, like used terra cotta pots, plants, raised beds, etc! 

💄Beauty

• Timeline The Night Cream

• Timeline The Day Cream

• EVERYTHING from Osmia Skincare!

  • Osmia Mud Cleanser 

  • Osmia Body Oil

  • Osmia Lip Doctor 🧦

  • Osmia Lip Repair 🧦

  • Osmia ALL SOAPS 🧦

  • Osmia Balance Face Serum 🧦

  • Osmia Body Mousse 🧦

• Dr. Bronner’s Soap Minis 🧦

• ACURE Dry Shampoo 🧦

• Non-toxic hairspray from Giovanni

• Non-toxic hair serum from Giovanni

• Dr. Tungs Cardamom Floss (this floss got me to floss!!!) 🧦

• Eyebrow Razors (good stocking stuffer, these work great) 🧦

• Lehlani Face Balm (I love this!!!) 🧦

• Primally Pure (CASEY10 gets 10% off purchase)

  • Cycle Soothing Spray 🧦

  • Soothing Mist 🧦

  • Soothing Serum 🧦

  • Gua Sha Stone 🧦

  • Hand Soaps 🧦

• Saalt Period Cup (I love this product! No more tampons or pads!!!)

• Dip Shampoo Bar (Unscented) 🧦

• Non-toxic Powder Toothpaste (takes a minute to get used to, but I LOVE it now)

• Thrive Mascara (the world’s best mascara, hands down) 🧦

• Thrive Liquid Eyeliner 🧦

• Thrive Color Stick (blush and lip) 🧦

• Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 (this is what I use as foundation)

• Westman Atelier Face Trace Contour Stick

• Leaf Sustainable Razor Kit

• Organic Mini-Essential Oil Set 🧦

• The Hair Straightener I’ve Used for 20 years

• Hair Dryer I Swear By

👗Clothing

• Rothy’s Shoes - Made from recycled water bottles, washable - (my favorite style is “The Point,” run true to size)

• OuterKnown Sustainable Clothing for men and women (my fiance loves their swim trunks!)

• Pact Organic Cotton Clothing

• Leather Accessories from White Oak Pastures (Regenerative farm!) 

• Hill House Home Nap Dresses (Ellie style is fave- these run large, I get a small)

• Eberyjay Pajamas (my favorite PJs)

• Happy Socks (fun patterns!)

• Balega Socks (fave for running and working out)

• Darn Tough Socks (fave for backpacking)

• Filson 1970’s Logger Socks (we live in these in the winter)

• Sheertex Tights (life changing– these are un-tearable; and come in sparkly colors; I get the classic semi-opaque and wear them all winter)

• Aviator Nation sweatsuit in a fun pattern 🐅

💤 Sleep

• Silk Eyemask

• Organic Lavender Oil 🧦

• Elite Sleep by Momentous 🧦

• Valerian Root Drops 🧦

• Ra Optics Blue Light Blocking Glasses

🎨 Art Projects

• Japanese Watercolors (these have such rich pigments!) 

• Japanese Sparkly Watercolors

• Watercolor Paper

• Watercolor Colored Pencils 

🎉 Experiential ideas

• Avocado of the Month Club

• AirBNB experiences:

  • Sound Bath Ceremony

  • Gardening Lesson 

  • Fermentation Class

• Massage or Facial gift card

• Introduction to Pottery Class, like this one in LA

🛍️ Other stores that always have creative things! 

• MoMA Design Store

• The Whitney Gift Shop

• Kikkerland - great for stocking stuffers 🧦

• Jonathan Adler

• Paxton Gate Natural Curiosities

Happy Holidays! 💗

Dr. Casey