Conscious Consumption Holiday Gift Guide: Actually-Worth-It Gifts & Experiences

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Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Struggling with gift ideas in a consumption-obsessed climate? Having trouble finding the right gifts for your loved ones that won’t end up in the back of their closet? Feeling guilty about buying gifts that probably won’t be used? I’ve got you covered! It’s time to think outside the box. For example, experiences are scientifically proven to be great gifts, and they do not come with the extra waste of physical gifts. In this experience-focused gift guide, I’m giving you tons of ideas for creative, meaningful physical gifts, experiences, and traditions that people will ACTUALLY love. 0:40 Screw the “Shoulds” 3:16 The Science Behind Experiential Gifts 5:00 Creating Traditions & Rituals 6:28 Why Quality Time Is Key 11:49 Experiential Gift Ideas 25:07 Meaningful Physical Gifts Connect with me on Instagram @lizmoody, or subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome. Thank you to our sponsors for this episode: Use code LIZMOODY at OSEA and grab gorgeous skincare (like my gift reco, the Super Glow Body Set) for 10% off: https://oseamalibu.com/ Use code LIZMOODY on the Kosterina website after Cyber Monday (you’ll get an automatically applied discount on Cyber Monday!) for 15% off high-quality, delicious olive oil: https://www.kosterina.com/ For other links mentioned in this episode: My delicious, healthy gingerbread cookie recipe Masterclass The Sculpt Society Open If you like this episode, listen to The Secret To Happiness, From The World’s Longest Study With Dr. Robert Waldinger. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 286. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast, where every week we're sharing real
0:04.4	science, real stories, and realistic tools that actually level up every part of your life.
0:09.1	I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist, and it is my
0:13.1	honor and pleasure to welcome you to our annual holiday gift guide episode, which I know is a
0:18.5	favorite of all of you and a favorite of mine to put
0:21.0	together. I have a note on my phone that I jot down ideas for this episode all year long,
0:27.0	except this year we're doing it a little bit differently. This is our first ever conscious
0:33.2	consumption gift guide. The goal of this episode is to screw the shoulds, and especially the
0:38.7	shoulds driven by big corporations trying to make money off of us and share a different way
0:43.1	to do the holidays that feels less stressful, both in terms of your time and your money and
0:48.2	feeling good about not needlessly wasting. I also feel like a lot of gift guides feel really
0:53.8	out of touch with people's very real
0:55.7	financial situations right now. And I'm just starting to get a little grossed out by all of the
1:01.1	overconsumption on the internet. I think that TikTok shop push me over the edge where every few
1:06.9	posts I'm scrolling and there's someone telling me that this cheap plastic whatever
1:10.9	changed their life and I must buy it immediately.
1:13.8	And the worst thing is that I see that and I am tempted.
1:18.1	It works.
1:19.3	I'm like, how have I been living without this thing that it literally did not occur to me to need
1:24.1	for the last 30 years?
1:26.4	And then there's also the organizing videos where you
1:28.4	have to buy 20 plastic containers to transfer your stuff from its original container into
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