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The 2025 Wellness Girl’s Gift Guide is here, and Dr. Kelsy Vick, board-certified orthopedic and pelvic floor physical therapist, is sharing her favorite wellness-inspired gifts for the year. From thoughtful stocking stuffers to high-quality exercise gear and mindful luxuries, this episode covers it all. Dr. Kelsy dives into her go-to brands like Neap Protein, Safely Sidekick, and luxury toothpaste — perfect for elevating everyday routines. She also highlights fitness favorites such as the Stakt Mat and Lululemon Align sets, both comfortable and pelvic-floor-approved. For skincare lovers, she explores the Higher Dose Microcurrent Body Sculptor Ritual Set, a red light and microcurrent device designed to support healthy skin from head to toe.
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00:00- 00:17 Intro
00:18- 02:08 Introduction to the 2025 Wellness Girls Gift Guide
02:09- 07:44 Stocking Stuffers: Small Gifts with Big Impact
07:45- 08:20 Safely
08:21- 10:12 Exercise Essentials: Gifts for Fitness Enthusiasts
10:13- 11:26 Luxury Self-Care: High-End Wellness Devices
11:27- 12:11 Mindfulness and Journaling: Thoughtful Gifts for Mental Well-being
12:12- 13:54 Memberships and Experiences: The Gift of Community and Adventure
13:55- 14:30 Neap
14:31- 19:27 Personal Wishlist: Unique and Memorable Gift Ideas
19:28- 19:58 Conclusion: Wrapping Up the Gift Guide
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Transcripts
The 2025 Wellness Girls
Gift Guide is here.
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Welcome back to Wellness Fixes the Pod.
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I'm your host, Dr.
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Kelsey Vic, a board certified
orthopedic doctor, physical therapy,
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and a pelvic floor physical therapist,
and this is one of my favorite.
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Episodes and blogs to write every year
because it lets me pretend that I have
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all the money in the world to gift my
friends, to gift my family, to gift.
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All of those obsessed with
health and wellness in my life.
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So I love putting on this.
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Hat of maximalism to think if I
was gifting one of my health and
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wellness friends, or if I was the
person that I was supposed to buy
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a gift for, what would I want?
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So it's a super fun episode for
me, but I hope it also gives you
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guys ideas and I'd love to hear
different things that you guys love.
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These are some of my favorite videos
to watch of other people, because
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sometimes, and this year actually in
particular, at the end, I'm gonna go
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through some of my, like Christmas
wishlist, or gifting wishlist because
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a lot of the items on my list right now
aren't necessarily health and wellness
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items, which is kind of shocking,
but I think it just goes to show.
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How some of these items I'd
recommend I've had for decades and
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don't feel the need to replace.
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So I think that's really cool that we
don't have to waste and buy health and
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wellness items every year, especially
if the ones that we have we love and
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they're standing the test of time.
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So I thought that's pretty cool too.
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But I would love to hear what
you guys are asking for Christmas
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or what's on your wishlist?
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Because I love watching those videos.
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I love hearing what everyone's
asking for because it also
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helps inspire my own wishlist.
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So this list, is a little more minimal
than some of the previous years
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because I just, I only wanna put.
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Things on here that I
wholeheartedly agree with.
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That's maybe a little bit more current,
but it's my current list and it just
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is not as extensive as some of the
other years, and I think that's great.
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So for stocking stuffers, this is
actually the largest part of my
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list as stocking stuffers because I
feel like there's some really great.
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mini gifts, to do for stocking stuffers.
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The first one is neap protein gels, and
I've talked about these on social media
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before, but they are a protein gel.
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Exactly what it sounds like.
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Female founded 80 calories,
20 grams of protein per pack,
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and I get the variety pack.
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So there's four flavors
and I just love them.
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As someone who travels for physical
therapy and goes to her patient's
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homes, they're wonderful on the go.
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I always had difficulty
having a quick protein option.
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I don't use it as a meal replacement.
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It is a complete protein, but
it's not necessarily a meal shake.
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I use it more as if I'm packing
my lunch or snacks on the go.
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I bring it as my protein option.
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I also use it before or after a workout
if I need a quick protein option.
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So neap.
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N-E-A-P protein, I'll leave all
of the links below, but I highly
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recommend and I think they'd be
such fun, cute stocking stuffers.
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They're colorful and I dunno,
I just think they're fun
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and very useful.
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The next stocking stuffer I have
is actually an upgraded version of
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something my aunt got us probably, gosh,
I was in college so a long time ago.
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It is the safely.
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Sidekick is what the device is
called, the upgraded device, and
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it is a self protection device for
when you're on a walk or a run.
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When I am running solo, I always
keep my head on a swivel and this
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device has five things in one.
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It's got pepper spray, it's got
a spike, it's got a flashlight.
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It's got an alarm.
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And depending on the state you live
in, it also has a kind of a spiky grip.
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It's basically an all-in-one
upgraded version of pepper
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spray and like a safety device.
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My aunt got us an alarm based one
back when I was in college and
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it accidentally went off in my car.
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it was one where you like have to
pull and the alarm accidentally went
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off in my car when I was getting to
work at six in the morning, and it
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was just the loudest alarm ever.
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And I crack up thinking about it,
but at the time my eyes were just
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like, oh my gosh, what is going on?
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What is that?
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And I was trying to figure out how to
put it back in and shut off the alarm.
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But this safely sidekick, I was reminded
of that because of this, and I think
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it's a great stocking stuffer, especially
for girls going off to college or
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girls who are in big cities alone.
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I know I always felt a little bit safer.
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I've been followed and I know
that's not a unique experience.
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I know a lot of us women have been
followed by certain people while
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we're on solo runs or solo walks,
or even walking home from class
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at ut, that's where mine happened.
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So he followed me in his car
straight to where I lived and I.
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Was super freaked out.
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Call the police.
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Like it was a whole, it was a whole thing.
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But if I would've had the safely
sidekick, I think I would've
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felt a little bit more protected.
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And after that we ended up getting
me a device, but at the time,
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the safely Sidekick wasn't there.
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So I think it's a fun stocking
stuffer, but especially for girls
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in college or girls in big cities,
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You might feel a little bit safer to
have a flashlight or an alarm system.
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and pepper spray is great too, but to
have an all-in-one device that you can
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just hold in your hand while you're
running or walking, I think is great.
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The next stocking stuffer is
actually Arame toothpaste.
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And I think I heard from someone,
I can't remember the creator, but
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you can find a great gift by looking
at what the person has in their
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normal routine and just elevating it.
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My parents always would get us some sort
of oral care in our stocking stuffers.
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It was usually a new electric toothbrush
or toothpaste, floss, whatever.
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It was always some sort of
oral care in our stocking.
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And Arame toothpaste is
the luxury version of that.
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So it has all the good ingredients in it.
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It helps to maintain the whiteness
and brightness of your teeth.
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They have just the toothpaste.
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They have a double pack with the
whitening maintenance, I forget what
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they call it, but it's basically it
doesn't whiten your teeth, but it
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helps to maintain the color of it.
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So I think this is just
an awesome option for.
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Those of you guys who want to
elevate a certain daily care,
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part of your loved ones routine.
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This next stocking stuffer is one I have.
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I love the Ollie Rose Pilates socks.
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they're embroidered.
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There's cute little graphics on them.
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I think they are so fun.
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They're slightly expensive, but
I think all Pilate socks are,
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and these ones are so cute.
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I wear them all the time
and I think it'd be fun.
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Socks are typical stocking stuffer,
but again, these are just a little
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more elevated of a sock that she
can use during her Pilates workouts
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or just wear around the house.
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And then the last stocking stuffer I have
are something my sisters both got me on.
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They were jumping on the bandwagon
for this way early on and I was still
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sticking to my tried and true, but
they are the slip silk hair ties.
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And I got these last year from one
of my sisters as part of my Christmas
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gift, and they were incredible.
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They kept talking about
'em, hyping 'em up.
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And I used to be a diehard tele ized
fan that looks like the phone cords,
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but ever since they got me the silk
slip, hair ties, I've been obsessed.
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I haven't had to buy anymore.
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I don't think they do expand, but.
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I think they're worth it.
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I haven't had to buy any within a year.
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Like I've kept all of the same ones
that I've had, so they're at least
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still going strong a year later, and I
haven't had to buy any new ones, even
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though they do stretch out a little bit.
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But I still, I can't tell you
how much I was so wrong about
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sticking to my old hair ties.
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These ones are elite.
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They're the best as far as
exercise necessities goes.
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That's my next category, I think both
of these were on my gift guide last
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year, which just goes to show how.
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much longevity are in these items and
how they will stand the test of time.
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But the first one is the stakt mat.
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It's cushioned, foldable, multipurpose
yoga exercise mat, and I love it.
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I've brought it to a lot of my sculpt
classes, my hot Pilates classes.
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It's the best, especially if you
have like tender elbows or tender
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knees or do a variety of workouts.
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It's not just for yoga.
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You can fold up the mat.
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And I'll use it to elevate my heels during
heel elevated squats with a weight like
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I'll use it in a lot of different ways.
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So it is the perfect yoga mat.
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I actually have a code for that one below.
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I think it's 10% off of anything
it's stakt, but if you use the link
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below, you can get that discount.
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The next one is anything with the
aligned material from Lululemon.
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This is my tried and true it's
pelvic floor PT approved because
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it's a little bit more of a flexible.
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Waistband, it doesn't necessarily
cinch you in and cause unnecessary
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pressure on your pelvic floor.
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So I love that.
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I've also had patients who are
pregnant tell me they work really well.
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if you flip and wear like the butt part in
the front and the front part in the back,
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they work really well during pregnancy
because the back band and the back
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part is a little bit more like rounded.
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And so it is way comfy
over a growing belly.
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So if you don't wanna buy pregnancy
leggings, these will also work.
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So that's another use case I guess,
that I definitely didn't know about, But
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I will be using when that time comes.
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But anything in the aligned
material, I just love it.
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I've had some for over a decade and
there's a little bit of pilling, but
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I will still choose them over and over
again because they are so comfy and.
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They just work for a lot of
different types of workouts.
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I will say they're not great for
the sweatiest of workouts, so high
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intensity interval training, I
wouldn't use 'em for, but for lounge,
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for yoga, for Pilates, for just
movement based ones, they are amazing.
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The next category is a little bit
expensive, but devices and there's
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only one, But one of my goals for
the new year is to start taking
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better care of the largest organ
in my body, which is my skin.
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I have a pretty good like facial
care routine, but I do not do
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very well when it comes to the
skin over the rest of my body.
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I wanna be better about moisturizing
and actually investing in.
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Products and devices that can
help the rest of the skin on
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my body, not just on my face.
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So this is the higher dose
microcurrent body sculptor ritual
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set from higher dose and it's got red
light and it also has microcurrent.
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I looked up the research on it.
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They both fall, the red light
and the microcurrent fall within
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the ranges to help our skin.
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So I'm looking at that.
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It's an expensive device and I would love
to be able to try it first to see, but.
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It is definitely something that I am
looking into as a potential to help
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with one of my New Year's goals of
helping my overall full body skin
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health, the largest organ in my body,
especially as I've gotten older and
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older, I've noticed that my skin heals
a little bit slower than it did when I
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was in high school, so I would like to
invest more into that part of my body.
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The next category being mindfulness
things, and this one is a very
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fancy, very bougie, leather bound
notebook from Louisa Carmen.
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So I've seen it and I don't have
one, but it'd be a wonderful
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gift, especially if you can get it
monogrammed, that would be amazing.
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But it's, I believe it's an
Italian leather, maybe a French
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leather company that does.
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Leather bound notebooks, but you can
exchange the notebooks in between.
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So it's really just a case around,
and they have different sizes,
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different colors of leather,
and it just looks amazing.
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So you can have a gratitude journal,
you can have a dream journal, a
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mindfulness journal, all in one.
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You can have a planner.
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So it's just this beautiful way of
consolidating a lot of different written
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things that you might have in your life.
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In the last wellness category I
have are memberships Because I feel
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like memberships are expensive,
especially for girls who might be in
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college or starting in a new city.
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Memberships are a great
way to meet people.
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It's a great way to try out
different studios in your area.
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So I think getting someone a membership
to their favorite fitness studio, or
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if they're new to an area, getting
them a class pass membership so that
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they can try out a lot of different.
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Studios.
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I think not only does it help them
with their health and wellness, but
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it might also lead to new friendships,
especially if they're in a new town for
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college or for post grad life or beyond.
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I also think it's great for postpartum
moms especially, who are trying to
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get back into their fitness routine.
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So it really is the gift that keeps on
giving, not only in regards to the health
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and wellness, but also to possibly their
eventual community and friends that they
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might meet outside of the fitness studio.
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A few of my recent favorites, I've
joined ClassPass, so I love meeting
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people there, and I love trying
out different workouts and doing a
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variety of workouts around Austin.
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But my mother-in-law and
father-in-law also mentioned
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this as a gift for my husband,
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and by the time this episode
comes out, his birthday will
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have passed, so hopefully this
won't ruin a Christmas gift.
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But they mentioned getting a gift
card for him for his birthday too.
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A paddle facility or padel
facility here in Austin.
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We have been loving playing Padel.
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I mentioned it a few episodes
back that it's a very expensive
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sport to just do on your own.
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So they mentioned getting us a gift card
there as a couple for his birthday just
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to enjoy with our other friends, and
I thought that was a wonderful idea.
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So if.
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He or she's not a fitness studio
person or membership person.
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Maybe if they're a pickleball person or a
padel person or a bouldering rock climbing
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person getting them or a ski live ticket.
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Oh my gosh, that would be amazing if
your ski entire like epic pass was
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paid for, that would be incredible.
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But getting them basically a
membership to whatever physical
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fitness activity that they enjoy.
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And then to end on this fun episode,
just a few things on my own personal
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list, not necessarily health and wellness
related, a lot of things on my personal
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list, as I said in the beginning, aren't
necessarily health and wellness related
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because a lot of the things that I
have withstand the test of time and I
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don't necessarily need to re-up them.
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Which I think is the sign
of a really great gift.
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But a few things on my list just
for inspiration, for you guys if
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you also dunno what to ask for.
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we have a few big trips coming up.
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we have gotten gifts before where
our loved ones help us out with.
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Either a dinner on the trip plane tickets
or a hotel stay that is so appreciated.
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Those are probably some of my favorite
gifts to receive because anytime we
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go on that trip and go to that dinner,
I'm like, you know who gave us this?
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Your parents gave us this dinner.
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This is so wonderful to enjoy it,
and I'm constantly reminded of it.
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I think the same thing could
be said about honeymoons.
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I know , some of our friends,
we could buy dinner for them
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on their honeymoon as their.
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wedding gift, and I think
that's super awesome too.
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So just a few ideas, I guess
if you have travel coming up.
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I think anytime someone contributes
to that travel experience in any
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way, it always reminds me of them
as I'm going through the experience,
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which I think is super cool.
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I'm also just, of course, always building
out my jewelry, and so the next classic
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item on my list is this Beautiful.
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Diamond Flexi, Bengal tennis bracelet.
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I love a Bengal.
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It's one of my favorites.
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And this one's sort of a flexible diamond
tennis bracelet, Bengal, that I love.
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It's been on my list.
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So that is probably the next classic
piece of jewelry that's on my list.
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But I'm really just trying to build
out a classic jewelry set and I need
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a watch, but I'm really just trying
to not spend money on jewelry that
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I know I will eventually get rid
of, but actually spend money and
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ask for pieces that are timeless.
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Another thing on my list, we moved
neighborhoods back in July and our
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neighborhood is very walkable, so there
are a ton of coffee shops nearby, local
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wineries, so a gift card to any of
those places, any of the restaurants
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near us or in our new neighborhood.
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I love that we go there quite frequently.
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So any sort of gifting that meal
or that coffee or an experience
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in some way, I love that.
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If you can't tell, I love
experiences, but I think.
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If you don't know what to get someone,
getting them a gift card to a place
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that they frequent is a great idea.
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Anything embroidered or personalized?
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I'm thinking like thank you.
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Notes for like family.
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Thank you.
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Notes, towels, pillowcases.
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Anything embroidered or anything
that gives this like signature
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graphic or aesthetic of your home.
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I've seen people with like little
bar napkins or little matchboxes
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that they've had personalized
and I think that's so cute.
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And lastly, a few of the things
that I have been gifted that I've
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loved from either my husband or
other loved ones and family members.
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My husband is so great about
getting like little perfumes.
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I usually get like little mini
travel size, and I think those are
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so great, especially for travel, but.
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Also to try out new perfumes if
you don't necessarily have a go-to.
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I also love getting makeup bags.
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I feel like girls in general, like we go
through makeup bags and they get dirty
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and so my two recent favorites I got
last year actually to re-up my makeup
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bag that I had for maybe a decade.
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So they.
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Made an item in my current routine,
a little more luxury last year,
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which I thought was an amazing idea.
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But I love the Stony Clover ones.
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My sister got me like three of
those last year as like different
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sizes and I have loved them.
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And then my mother-in-law
and father-in-law got me one
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that is amazing for travel.
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It's called the parallel one, and
it basically, your products stand
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upright and then when you get to
a hotel, you just fold it down and
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that's like your stand, so you're not.
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Constantly like digging through
all of your products are upright.
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I'll try and include like a
link to it below, but I love it.
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And when we traveled to New York last
year, they gave it to me as an early
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Christmas gift because we traveled to
New York before Christmas and with the
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tiny counters next to the sink, it was
so great just to open it up and have
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all of my products there easy to access
without having to like sift through and
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without it taking up an entire space
in a drawer or all of the counters.
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In the minimal counter space at
the hotels we were staying at.
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A few of my other favorites have
also been those travel pouches,
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like the clothing travel pouches.
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I feel like there's a better name
for it, but I can't think of it.
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But the travel packs to go in your
suitcase, to organize your clothes,
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your socks, your intimates, like all of
the different things that you bring in
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travel, having those like travel pouches,
a massage, and then a weighted blanket.
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I love a weighted blanket.
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There was one year my husband got
me two weighted blankets, and I
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always joke with him that I must
have been really stressed that year.
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If you got me like 25.
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Pounds worth of weighted blankets.
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One was 10 and one was 15, but I
just like laugh about that now.
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But I do love a weighted blankets.
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So those are a few, I guess health
and wellness ideas, but also
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just like gift ideas in general.
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Again, I love hearing what everyone
else wants, so I hope you guys enjoyed
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this fun little girly casual episode
and I'll see you guys again in the next
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episode of Wellness Big is the pod.
