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Below, you will find a collection of high-quality products I have personally curated to support your wellness, bolster your self-care and improve your quality of life.
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Sleep and Dream
If I could make just one self-care recommendation, it would be to get better sleep. So let’s start here.
The EightSleep Pod Pro Cover dynamically adjusts the temperature on each side of the bed according to your individual preferences and body rhythms.
Get yourself an EightSleep Pod Pro Cover
Use promo code SOMETHERAPIST for $200 off!
Sleep is a vital foundation for your mental and physical health, but temperature can keep us awake. I’m delighted to introduce you to an incredible tool that’s helped me improve my own sleep, wellbeing, and quality of life.
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How is your sleep? Sleep is a foundation of mental and physical health, equally important to nutrition and exercise, yet it’s often the first thing to go during times of stress. Good sleep can help alleviate depression and anxiety symptoms, maintain a healthy weight and metabolism, protect your heart, and even reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s. Yet, still, a third of Americans struggle with sleep and temperature is one of the main reasons.
Before I got an Eight Sleep, I was already an expert in sleep hygiene and practiced what I preached to my clients. But I would still wake up overheated in the middle of the night and unable to fall back asleep for one or two hours. Adjusting the air temperature and blankets wasn’t enough; the mattress itself was keeping me hot.
But now, I am sleeping soundly through the night, and waking up refreshed, thanks to my Eight Sleep Pod Pro Cover.
The Pod Pro Cover by Eight Sleep is the most advanced solution on the market for thermoregulation. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking. The Cover can adjust the temperature on each side of the bed individually for you and your partner based on your sleep stages, biometrics, and bedroom temperature, reacting intelligently to create the optimal sleeping environment.
If you’d like to be more patient with your children, more emotionally stable with your partner, a fitter athlete, or more efficient at work, take it from me, a mental health professional: improving your sleep is one of the best investments you can possibly make in your overall wellbeing and the lives of everyone you touch.
Go to eightsleep.com to check out the pod and use the code SOMETHERAPIST at checkout to start sleeping cool this summer with up to $200 off your purchase. Even if they’re already running another sale, this code will get you an additional $50 off!
And yes, to my listeners around the world, Eight Sleep currently ships not only within the USA, but also to Canada, the UK, select countries in the EU, and Australia.
Let gravity take over
If you struggle with insomnia, anxiety, stress, nervous tension, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or heightened sensitivity, I highly recommend a good weighted blanket. It will help signal to your nervous system that it is time to relax and let go, and activate the parasympathetic response. Here is one of my favorites.
I’m not a doctor, but…
…it doesn’t take one to know that magnesium deficiencies are really common underlying causes of insomnia and nervous tension. Natural Calm is my favorite over-the-counter sleep aid. Their Sleep bedtime drink mix includes Suntheanine, GABA and melatonin.
Just in case I need to restate the obvious, this is not medical advice.
Taste and Smell
Adding fragrance, aroma and subtle flavors into our daily lives makes them richer and sweeter.
20% off the best tea you’ve ever tasted at TeaLyra Teas
When was the last time you brewed yourself a really good cup of tea? Do you even know what a really good cup of tea is? Perhaps it’s time to level up your tea game, bringing mindfulness, comfort, and self-care into your day.
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There’s something so sensual about brewing a fresh pot of loose leaf tea. You take in the textures of the leaves; their unique shapes and colors; the sounds of water boiling and being poured; the steam caressing your face; those earthy aromas; the warmth of the mug in your hands; and of course, tasting nature’s bounty of subtle flavors. You slow down and pay attention to the passing of time while your body takes in the warmth and nourishment. And did you know that teas contain valuable antioxidants and other phytonutrients that help slow the aging process?
Drinking tea is an essential part of my own daily self-care routines, so it was a no-brainer to reach out to TeaLyra and ask them for a promo code. Now you have it: SOMETHERAPIST will get you 20% off any order, any time.
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At TeaLyra you can find a wide range of premium loose leaf teas, including many unique variety of black, green, white, oolong, and puerh teas, as well as popular alternatives such as yerba mate, rooibos, and every kind of herbal tea imaginable. They also sell matcha, blooming teas, and tea ware. And for those who don’t want to bother with my favorite whole leaf brewing method, yes, they do sell tea in bags too.
Use promo code SOMETHERAPIST for 20% off any order, any time!
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I adore a good pot of whole leaf black tea that’s tinged with lovely shades of gold. Their Yunnan Golden Monkey Imperial has a rich aroma of raisin and tobacco and a honey-like sweetness, while their Organic Yunnan Golden Special smells like molasses and tastes as grounding as the scent of fresh soil after a good rain. Move over, Lipton.
I also love brewing fresh green teas that taste like springtime in a cup. The dark green, chlorophyll-rich leaves of their newly harvested Winter First Flush Yunnan Green feel as nourishing in my system as a pot of spinach while tasting heavenly. Their Organic Taiwanese Bi Lou Chun is a good alternative daily drinker that’s as smooth as a cup of green tea can be.
Oolong teas come in more varieties than anyone can count, but lately I’ve been digging the relaxing properties of their Organic Gaba Oolong, and enjoying the subtle complex notes of their Brandy Oolong, Ruby 18.
Of course, these may not be your cup of tea. So be sure to visit the website and explore all your options.
Use promo code SOMETHERAPIST for 20% off any order, any time!
Hydrate and Replenish
Nourish your cells. Give them the fuel they need.
Hydrate with Ultima Replenisher
Move over, Gatorade! This is my absolute favorite way to stay hydrated. I drink this stuff every day. You should too.
*Currently working on fixing the broken promo code SOMETHERAPIST. For now you can use this Amazon link.
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Hydration is an essential component of feeling our best. But drinking water alone isn’t always enough — especially if you lose water through sweat due to exercise or heat. And did you know that caffeine from coffee and tea actually pulls water out of your cells? Electrolytes are important minerals that replenish your cells and actually help them store water.
If you’re like me and prone to feeling easily dehydrated, you need electrolytes every day. But most hydration drinks are wasteful, with lots of packaging, sugar, artificial flavorings and colorings. That’s where Ultima Replenisher comes in. It’s clean, light, simple, and pure. It comes in a powder form you can easily mix with water, cutting down on waste. This also makes it very convenient for traveling.
I personally start off each morning and finish each workout with a glass of Ultima. I also take It with me when traveling or camping. And it’s essential if I’m going to do a soak, steam, or sauna.
Do yourself a favor. I recommend this product from the bottom of my heart. Your thirsty cells will thank you.
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My personal favorite is their lemon replenisher - it tastes just like lemonade, but without the sugar. The orange flavor is lovely as well. I go through this stuff so quickly that I like to stock up and buy 90 servings at a time!
Vital Proteins Collagen
Strengthen your hair, skin and bones
Nourishing amino acids, easy to digest, in a variety of wholesome flavors.
No promo code, just follow the link :)
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It can be hard to get enough good, high-quality proteins with all the essential amino acids that you need. Vital Proteins collagen supplements make this easy. Collagen helps strengthen the digestive tract, as well as hair, skin, nails, bones, joints, and connective tissues.
As we age, our natural collagen breaks down, and becomes harder for our bodies to produce on their own. But our ancestors’ diets naturally included more collagen than modern diets do. Before we had the luxury of taking only prime cuts of meat, we had to use the whole animal. It was customary to boil bones, connective tissue, and other inedible animal parts into broths. Vital Proteins does that messy work for us and yields a clean, pure, easy-to-use and versatile supplement you can add to coffee, tea, water, smoothies, broths, porridges, and more.
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I boost my morning coffee with Vital Proteins plain original collagen, adding 9 grams of complete protein per scoop while hardly changing the flavor at all. A homemade Matcha Collagen latte with your milk of choice, hot or iced & blended, also makes a nice afternoon pick-me-up.
New! Featured product:
Drink Organifi. Your whole body will thank you.
I am truly grateful I discovered Organifi’s line of plant-based, organic superfood blends. Just mix them with water for an instant boost of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, flavonoids, and adaptogens, all quite tasty with no added sugar. These convenient, all-natural, low-calorie drinks have become a part of my daily routine, and I crave them when I run out, because they make such a noticeable impact on my sense of wellbeing.
Some are best served cold, such as their refreshing beet- and berry- flavored Red Juice (which I’m having with lunch as I write this!), sweet orange Immunity, original Pure, or chlorophyll-rich Green Juice (which comes in mint or green apple flavors — mint is my personal favorite, and I have it with breakfast).
Others are delicious with hot water or milk of your choice to help you relax before bedtime. Try original Gold (think: turmeric golden milk with extra nutrients and medicinal mushrooms), Chocolate Gold (think: superfood hot cocoa), or Harmony, which helps with hormonal balance for women.
Check out Organifi’s product line and take 20% off your entire purchase with code SOMETHERAPIST.
Ground Through Touch
Our sense of touch is one of the most under-utilized resources for soothing and regulating the nervous system.
Hammock chairs are game changers
First, we floated weightlessly in the womb. Then, we were rocked in our mothers’ arms, strolled in carriages, pulled in wagons and bounced on knees. Next, we learned to jump on trampolines, swing on playgrounds, and play in water. But at some point, we forgot to allow ourselves to float, rock, swing, and be held. The doldrums took over, and gravity was no longer a friend.
A hammock is unlike any other chair you can have in your home. It holds you, allowing you to float, swing, wobble, drift and sway. The calming effect on the nervous system is difficult to describe. Suffice to say, if you or your child suffers from anxiety, autism, ADHD, mood swings, or any other form of emotional dysregulation, you have to try one of these.
These come with hardware to mount them to the ceilings, or you could buy a separate C-hook chair frame such as this one.
Roll out those knots
Why not have a foam roller in your house? You have sore muscles. Deal with them. An evening rolling + stretching routine is a great way to wind down after a stressful day.
Better yet, upgrade to Chirp Wheels
If you enjoy foam rolling but need a bit more specific pressure on the spine, or help with spinal flexibility in general, these are great.
More wellness & lifestyle product recommendations coming soon!
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