Gift Ideas

Need inspiration for your holiday gifts or new year's resolution(s)?
Here are our recommendations, sorted by category.  [list and links updated 11.30.2019]

• Kids & Family Health
• yoga, mindfulness, calming strong emotions
• nutrition and cookbooks  (see below for list)
• Outdoor Fun--see the comprehensive blog article from April 2019 for more ideas and resources
• Yeti and Thermos
• RFID-blocking wallet (in ideas for your grad student or health care professional) or scroll to the middle of this page, "Outdoor"
• Chocolate
• Reads for Inspiration and Reflection
• reflective readings, a brief collection
• Mindfulness
• Integrative Medicine--want to learn more?
• East Asian Medicine--see below
• Leadership
• The Hospital Sponsor/hospital administrator
• The Researcher
• The Graduate Medical Student, Resident, or Practitioner
• other good lists of ideas for the med student or practitioner are:  the hospital sponsor list, the integrative medicine--want to learn more?, leadership, mindfulness, and any of the above

Chocolate

Theo dark chocolate variety pack

Theo Drinking Chocolate (hot chocolate) 

Seattle Chocolate Holiday Truffles


Outdoor Fun

• RFID-blocking wallet, Trayvax company
• Trayvax Ascent, Trayvax Element, Trayvax Axis, and Trayvax Contour
• mugs/thermos, Yeti and Thermos

• Yeti Rambler 20 oz
• Yeti mug with handle 14oz
• 68oz Thermos insulated (by Thermos)
• Eno hammock and suspension straps 
• Camping chairs
• Coleman 
• Terralite 
• Trekology 
• Onwego 
• Trek ultralight camping chair 
• The Ultimate Hiker’s Gear Guide:  Tools and Techniques to Hit the Trail, 2017 by Andrew Skurka
• More options at REI

Nature, the Outdoors, and Your Health:  my current reading and audiobook listening list. April 2019 Earth Day & National Parks Week comprehensive post with a resource list

• Forest Bathing:  how trees can help you find health and happiness
• Shinrin Yoku:  The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing by Yoshifumi Miyazaki
• The Nature Fix:  Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
• Blue Mind:  the surprising science that shows how being near, in, on, or underwater can make you happier, healthier, more connected and better at what you do by Wallace J. Nichols
• The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs:  use outdoor clues to find your way, predict the weather, locate water, track animals--and other forgotten skills of natural navigation by Tristan Gooley

More on being in tune with your surroundings

• Ecological Calendar.  My daughter loves learning about the seasons, the tide and moon cycles, eclipses, and more astrological events for the calendar year through the seasonal wall calendar, Ecological Calendar. It is beautifully illustrated and the wall calendar is each season at a glance. updated 2021 
• Playing Cards.  The following learn-about-survival skills while you play a game card decks are easy to pack in your hiking pack that I often see at National Park visitor centers:
• Don't Die Out There!
• Wilderness Survival cards
• Urban Survival card deck
• these cards have info on the basics of what to do in emergency disaster situations.  Great for the car, go-pack, and your emergency preparedness kit

East Asian Medicine

The following are gift ideas for the EAM practitioner (acupuncturist)
For now, this is just a short list.

• The Clinical Handbook of Internal Medicine Series by Will Maclean and Jane Lyttleton, 3 volumes
• A new cupping set for your favorite EAM practitioner (Acupuncturist)
• TCM Picture Book by Albert Stern
• Books by Tristin McLaren 
• Hunyuan Fertility:  Conception, Babies and Miracles
• Any books by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee
• A Study of Qi 
• Yin Yang
• Acupressure and Acupuncture during Birth: An Integrative Guide for Acupuncturists and Birth
  Professionals by Claudia Citkovitz
• Anything at Golden Flower, a supporter of national nonprofits and community work in the field

Biomedicine review--see Healthcare Practitioner Gift Ideas page for more

• Western Physical Exams Skills for Practitioners of Asian Medicine 
• Common Laboratory Tests used by TCM Practitioners (when to refer, how to read and interpret results)
• Griffin's Hospitals:  What they are and How they work

Kids and Nutrition 

Interested in learning more about nutrition for health and wellness for you and your family? 

I recommend starting with these books and consulting with your health care provider.

• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma, young readers edition by Michael Pollan
• Food Rules by Michael Pollan
• Heal Your Child from the Inside Out:  the 5-element way to nurturing healthy, happy kids by Robin Ray Green

Currently, our favorite family cookbooks:

• Chop Chop:  The Kids’ Guide to Cooking Real Food with Your Family by Sally Sampson  
• Nourishing Traditions:  The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon 
• The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz.
• The Nourished Kitchen:  Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle by Jennifer McGruther
• The Cookbook for Kids by Lisa Atwood 

Cookware ideas

• For making all that good stock and bone broth, you need a good stainless steel stockpot, like this one by Cuisinart.
• A classic French skillet for the chef in your life
• Classic cast iron supplies, like this set from Le Creuset, is fun to work with and reminds me of the set from Julia Child's PBS cooking show.

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