A Mindful Little Christmas: The Mindful Living Christmas Gift Guide 2018 {Part 2}
Hey! You’ve found Part 2 of ‘A Mindful Little Christmas’. This is the ultimate mindful living Christmas gift guide. In this part of the guide you’ll find inspiring, mindful gifts for teenagers, men, women, and families. If you’re looking for stocking stuffers or gifts for kids and babies head over to Part 1. In Part 1 You’ll also find more information about why I decided to put this guide together, and what it means to celebrate mindfully this Christmas.
All the gifts in both parts of the guide focus on improving the health and wellbeing of everyone in your family. They are gifts that encourage us to give with intention, to choose quality over quantity, to nurture and care for our minds, bodies and environments, and to live and celebrate more mindfully this Christmas.
So let’s dive in, shall we?!
FOR TEENS
Teenagers can be a difficult bunch to buy for can’t they? I happen to think these ideas are pretty awesome though. They encourage your teen to have a positive mindset, believe in themselves and look after their bodies and their minds. And there’s not an i-phone in sight!
Affirmation Farm
This gorgeous set of motivational cards helps teenagers understand their feelings and encourages positive thoughts and mindfulness. The set includes 18 colourful affirmation cards, packed in a cute tin for easy storage or transportation. Research tells us that affirmations, when read repeatedly can assist in reprogramming your subconscious mind, shifting your focus and changing your thought patterns. This positive reinforcement and motivation helps to build confidence, resilience and most importantly, self-belief. If we can help our children build this into their day-to-day life they will hopefully carry these skills through to adulthood. A lovely, feel good gift for your growing teen!
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Olie Pure Skincare
Natural Organic Pure Argan Facial Oil
Argan oil is a miracle oil, and will absolutely change your teenagers life! Commonly referred to as ‘Liquid Gold’, this oil blend is 100% pure, organic and gently infused with Ylang Ylang, Melissa Leaf and Lavender essential oils to enhance their skin and senses. Argan oil is non comedogenic, so it won’t clog pores, and is perfect for skin that is oily, sluggish or congested, but also super nourishing. It’s 100% natural, cruelty free, vegan and Australian made. It also includes NO artificial fragrances, colours, parabens, synthetic fillers or toxic chemicals. Skincare in it’s purest form!
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Shine from Within
Get 1:1 teen mentoring with the qualified life coach and youth mentor, Amanda Rootsey. Amanda is the Founder of holistic teen academy Shine From Within and best-selling author of Shine From Within; a teen girl’s guide to life. Your mentoring series includes 3 months of support to achieve any goals your teen wants, keeping them accountable, on track and always working on self-improvement and self-acceptance.
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Soulful Prints
Soulful Prints makes beautiful, inspiring prints – their wish is to bring inspiration, balance, harmony and peace to you and your environment. The Dandelion can thrive in the most unlikely conditions. A great example of the way we can rise above life’s challenges. A beautiful inspirational message for your teenager and perfect on display in their bedroom. These prints are A4 sized and available in a range of different colours, to suit your teens taste. What a special Christmas gift and message this is for your teen!
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FOR HER
Whenever I buy gifts for the women in my life, I often find myself wondering whether they’ll actually use it. I worry that many of these gifts get shoved into the back of a cupboard or drawer somewhere and forgotten about. But I feel certain that these gifts won’t be forgotten. In fact, these are all gifts that I would personally love to receive, and I’m confident that the women in your life will love them too. These gifts aim to improve her confidence, help her feel calmer, promote good health and help her live a life she loves, in a way that aligns with her personal beliefs and values. They are good for her and good for the Earth!
Bidiliia
These vintage inspired and carefully picked vintage rose swarovski earrings are versatile on all shades of skin. They are hand moulded and handcrafted in Spain. In fact, all Bidiliia jewellery is handmade with integrity in small towns, villages, and relatively unknown islands all over the world. They bring jewellery straight from artisans, so you can enjoy exceptional quality with the knowledge that a little unknown village in Menorca gets a chance at reviving their craft. The artisans behind the jewellery support and are supported by Menorca Talayotica – an organisation working towards sustainability and larger environmental issues. Give some jewellery with a conscience this Christmas!
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Boho Motherhood
Be part of the Mindful Motherhood movement in this super soft crop tee with retro print designed by Boho Motherhood. A Boho Mama is a woman who believes less is more. She wants a simple life for her family with less technology, more play, experiences over things, and connection with her children, family and motherhood community. 10% of sales from your tee will go to a charity of choice – Boho motherhood chooses a new one each month. A great gift for your favourite boho mama!
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Chasing Planner Peace
The perfect gift for the busy lady in your life, to help her simplify and stay organised! All Chasing Planner Peace planners are made from vegan (PU) leather, fit standard A5 inserts and have lots of pockets. Your planner bundle includes a divider set, as well as weekly, monthly and yearly layouts, lined note pages, and contact and address pages. This is a gift that is sure to make her smile!
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Essentially Littlevantribe
Sunshine in a bottle essential oil
This gorgeous blend is a wonderful, happy gift for a busy mum, teacher or friend. Simply apply the oil to the inside of wrists and back of the neck to uplift your mood, promote feelings of confidence and reduce feelings of stress. This blend includes pure essential oils, such as wild orange, lavender, grapefruit, tangerine and more, in a base of fractionated coconut oil. Go ahead and boost someone’s mood this Christmas!
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Kate and Oswald
Bee Strong Tee
See that you are strong, say that you are strong, live strong. These tees are certified 100% organic cotton, embroidered in the UK, ethically manufactured and responsibly produced. 2% of the profits from this t-shirt go to MIND Charity for their ongoing support of mental health illnesses and 2% will be donated to Friends of the Earth to support their save the bees campaign. A cute t-shirt, and you’re supporting not one, but two very important causes. Now that’s a gift with meaning!
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Leisa Macnamara Counselling
Cards for Inspiration and Motivation
A beautiful set of inspirational affirmation cards, containing 19 motivational quotes and messages. Your cards come beautifully enclosed in a protective felt pouch so they are safe, wherever you choose to keep them. This deck of cards has been created with love, care and with the hope that you will find inspiration and motivation from its messages, to uplift you and help you through your day, to achieve your goals and to remember your sense of self and purpose. They are a lovely gift for a special friend, sister or teacher.
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Little Brave
If you need a bit of courage, the Be Brave necklace will be there to remind you – you’ve got this! These stunning necklaces come in brushed stainless steel and silver, gold or rose gold plated. Every time you buy from Little Brave, they donate 10% of their profits to the mental health charity Mind. Together they hope to erase the stigma around mental health, and ensure more people get access to the help they need when going through crisis. Dainty jewellery inspired by nature, to not only look gorgeous but to help remind you that everything is OK and that the outside world exists? Who wouldn’t love to receive one of these under the Christmas Tree?
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Middletree
Soy and Coconut Candle
Available in two Christmas scents (Candy Cane and Gingerbread), these 200g, pure soy and coconut wax candles can provide your space with an incredible 40hrs of fragrance! Finished with a hardwood, natural wood lid and gift box, they really are the perfect addition under any Christmas tree. The candles contain essential and fragrance oil blends and natural cotton wicks and are all handmade on the Central Coast of NSW. They make beautiful gifts for teachers, besties, mums, grandmas and everyone in between!
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Mindful Mum Life
Floral Beeswax Wrap Starter Pack
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Our Calm Place
This black onyx and rose quartz infused essential oil blend is designed to calm overwhelming and anxious feelings, ease overactive minds, and help ground and settle the soul, all while boosting self love. It includes a combination of lavender, wild orange, vetiver and chamomile essential oils (among others) as well as petals of lavender, chamomile and rose. Apply it to your wrists, spine and soles of your feet for instant calm! A great gift for the woman in your life who needs a gentle reminder to slow down and take care of herself.
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Rebel Eco
Stuck for a gift for the green thumb in your life? The Gardener’s Gift pack is perfect!
This hamper includes: 1 x SHOO! Organic Insect Repellent 250ml, 1 x Bee Seed Bombs (6) and 1 x Activated Charcoal & Pumice Gardener’s Soap 500ml. All products are made using the best Australian Certified Organic ingredients, are made by hand from scratch and packaged in the best sustainable packaging available in Australia. And, it comes presented in a beautifully decorated basket, ready for gifting. Couldn’t be easier!
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That Mat is Mine
These are some seriously fun, colourful, playful yoga mats! And they come with YOUR name on them. That Mat is made of natural rubber and finished with a smooth microfibre-suede top. And it’s been designed so that the more you sweat, the grippier it gets. That Mat also contains no silicone, toxic glue or PVC, so it’s safer for you, too! A great gift for your favourite yogi friend, mama or girlfriend!
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FOR HIM
Want some mindful gift ideas for dad? Grandpa? Your brother? These gifts encourage the men in our lives to take better care of themselves. No more socks or pyjamas. No undies this year for dad. Instead, get dad something he’ll be excited to use, and that helps him feel better too!
Beach Way Aromatics
Beach Way Aromatics Beard Oil has been designed to help with beard management by smoothing and conditioning the hair and moisturising the underlying skin. The Essential Oils promote even beard growth, cellular health, soothe dry skin and improve hair follicle inflammation. With Rosemary, Cedarwood, Frankincense and Siberian Fir Essential Oils inside, this gift will make dad smell divine, AND no more scratchy beard either! Sounds like a win-win to me!
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Life in Oils
Aftershave Lotion
This 100% plant-based aftershave soothes, freshens, and calms skin after shaving. Made with Shutran™ essential oil blend, organic coconut oil, argan oil, jojoba oil, witch hazel extract, dandelion root extract, and aloe vera, this aftershave won’t dry out skin and is perfectly moisturising. Shutran Aftershave Lotion offers a little piece of feel-good luxury to the final step of dad’s routine, since the vegan-friendly formula was made without parabens, EDTA, phthalates, petrochemicals, animal-derived ingredients, synthetic fragrances, or artificial colourants. Keep dad smelling fresh and feeling smooth this Christmas, without the nasty chemicals!
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Mojo Active Australia
These are the ultimate workout towel and a perfect gift for the active man in your life! The towels have a unique hood designed to keep your towel from slipping off your gym equipment, as well as hidden magnets so you can hang your towel from the gym equipment, and it doesn’t end up on the dirty gym floor. The drawstring mesh bag included with every towel is a great place for dad to keep his keys, phone or wallet while he’s working out too!
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Nicky Graham – NuSkin Consultant
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Wild Earth Mumma
This stylish, versatile water bottle will be dad’s new favourite travel companion! Not only will it keep his drinks at the perfect temperature, this 500ml bottle comes equipped with a tea infuser too!nMade from durable stainless steel, leak proof as well as BPA free, Mirablueco insulated water bottles ticks all the green boxes. The double-walled, vacuum-sealed insulated bottle keeps beverages cold for 12 hours and hot for 6 hours, while the outside remains cool to touch. A perfect vessel for water, tea, and coffee, or use it as a fruit infuser. The prefect gift for dads on the go!
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FOR THE FAMILY
In today’s world, when we’re so frequently over scheduled and hurried and rushing from activity to activity, it can be hard to find time to connect as a family and spend quality time together. So these gifts are all about togetherness. They encourage families to connect and enjoy time together, live a healthy lifestyle, and reflect and share moments of their lives with each other. All great options for those families who seem to ‘have everything’!
Brilliant Frames
This unique front opening picture frame has a magnetic whiteboard inside.These frames are designed in Australia and made using the highest quality recycled materials to help protect the environment. They can be hung vertically or horizontally so you can swap and change around your child’s artwork, awards, memos and photos quickly and easily! And because the front is made from safety acrylic (no glass!) even the kids can get involved. A wonderful, thoughtful gift that will look gorgeous in anyone’s home!
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Fuel Box Australia
FuelBox family is all about strengthening family ties through great conversations. You can use the family box with all of your family: your kids, your in-laws, your own parents and siblings. Learn more about each other and talk about all the things you appreciate about your family. FuelBox Family contains 176 questions that will engage the whole family in sharing and learning more about each other! These are fun, exciting and important questions that will for sure create many new and great conversations. A great way to connect as a family on Christmas Day (and beyond) and sure to be a family favourite!
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Growing Kind
The Kindness Angel
In the month of December, the Kindness Angel likes to spread her wings and visit your home. She invites happiness to those around her by encouraging small acts of kindness for the 25 days leading up to Christmas. The Kindness Angel also sprinkles energy around self-compassion. Each Kindness Angel comes beautifully packaged in a lidded box. You will also receive instructions to use, a profile to complete with your child, a reflection sheet to guide questioning and learning, 25 prompt post cards to display each day with your angel, your Angel, and a checklist to ensure you complete all prompts. A great gift for the whole family to bring a little bit of magic and joy into your home in the lead up to Christmas!
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Kerry Lockwood – Young Living Consultant
Young Living Essential Oil Starter Kit
- 11 pure therapeutic grade essential oils: Copaiba, Frankincense, Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, DiGize, Purification, PanAway, R.C., Thieves & Stress Away
- 1 x Desert Mist Diffuser
- 2 x NingXia Red 60ml Sachets
- 1 x Thieves waterless hand purifier & much more
You will also receive support via phone calls, emails and social media to educate you on the many uses of the oils in your kit! 
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Write to Remember
The Anecdote Family Journal is a twelve-month online journaling program incorporating a weekly email with 10 questions. Each week your ten questions offer an opportunity to reflect on what you have been up to, what has challenged you, what is happening in the world and anything else that is on your mind. Anecdote focuses on building positive character strengths with questions structured to reflect and inspire you to think about your life. At the end of your twelve-month journey you will receive an e-book of your year. A wonderful keepsake of your thoughts, feelings, emotions, experiences and your everyday life right now. This is a a great gift designed to strengthen your family connections and bring you enjoyment all year long!
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That brings us to the end of A Mindful Little Christmas, Part 2. To learn more about the gift guide, including what a mindful Christmas is all about, and to see some inspiring stocking fillers and gift ideas for babies and children, head over to Part 1 of the Mindful Living Christmas gift guide. I hope you’ve found some gift ideas for your loved ones here, and I truly hope that this gift guide has inspired you to live, celebrate and give more mindfully this Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with your families! x
Sarah is a psychologist, mama of 4 and the creator of Mindful Little Minds. She has over 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents and families experiencing mental health problems and has a special interest in anxiety disorders in children. In her spare time she enjoys hugging her kids, drinking coffee, and telling anyone who’ll listen how tired she is.
