Rock Recovery Holiday Gift Guide
Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be behind us, but there are still plenty of special gifts out there for those of us who have not yet checked everything off our Christmas lists. That’s why we have put together a guide to make it easy to shop for gifts to show extra care for a loved one in recovery or just give gifts that support those struggling with mental illness and eating disorders this holiday season.
You can feel good about your holiday gift giving this year with the ideas below!
Self-Care Gifts
Whether you need a gift for a loved one in recovery or just want to gift someone a chance to relax that needs some rest, the gifts below have something for everyone!
WarmPeet was founded to support the intersection of mental health and nature conservation, and they sell one exquisitely crafted product: SOCKS!
We are so excited that WarmPeet has partnered with Rock Recovery to support mental health this holiday season! When you use the discount code Recovery20, you get 20% off, and Rock Recovery gets 100% of the profit. It’s an amazing deal for you, an amazing gift for your family and friends, and a blessing for Rock.
The Recovery Box creates tangible therapeutic tools for emotional exploration. We love that they offer a Recovery Planner that incorporates principles of Acceptance Commitment Therapy and includes a space to identify supports, a mood tracker, monthly affirmations, and weekly meal planning sections. They also have an Intuitive Eating Guide to help you define and normalize different types of hunger. You can click here to shop all of their journals, stickers, feelings wheels and more!
Gift a handmade gift box with customizable items from lavender eye pillow to a luxurious all-natural hand soap bar and candle for someone in your life that needs some encouragement and self-care. Click here to buy yours!
Books
Want to learn more about disordered eating and educate yourself about eating disorders? Check out our team’s picks below and see our favorite recovery books and podcasts here!
By Ashlee Bennett
You are inherently creative. Yes, you. Even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush before, registered art therapist Ashlee Bennett will teach you how to reclaim your creativity and make amends with your body using art. Buy yours today!
More Than A Body: Your Body is an Instrument, Not an Ornament
By Lexie Kite
Our beauty-obsessed world perpetuates the idea that happiness, health, and ability to be loved are dependent on how we look, but authors Lindsay and Lexie Kite offer an alternative vision. With insights drawn from their extensive body image research, Lindsay and Lexie—PhDs and founders of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined (and also twin sisters!)—lay out an action plan that arms you with the skills you need to reconnect with your whole self and free yourself from the constraints of self-objectification. Buy yours today!
By Jess Connolly
It's one thing to know in your head that you were created in the image of God. Yet it's quite another to experience this belief in your body, against the cultural ideals of a woman's worth. And between the two lies a world of frustration, disappointment, and the shame of somehow feeling both too much and never enough in your body.
Jess Connolly is a bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and trusted Bible teacher who knows this inner conflict all too well, and this book details her journey--and yours--of setting out to discover how to break free from the broken beliefs we all hold about our bodies that hold us back from our fullest life. Click here to read it!
Fat Talk: Parenting In the Age of Diet Culture
By Virginia Sole-Smith
In this illuminating narrative on the daily onslaught of body shame that kids face from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith offers a compelling reported look at how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth. Buy yours today!
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist and Our Lives Revealed
By Lori Gottlieb
A disarmingly funny, thought-provoking, and boldly revealing new book that shows us what it means to be human from a therapist sharing her personal experience in therapy and what she’s learned from her own clients. Order the book today!
Other
Unapologetically You exists to promote Mental Health unapologetically. Each item is made by hand and created to inspire and put a smile on your face!
Check out these mental health-positive clothing, stickers, keychains and more from eating disorder and body image therapist Priscilla Hope (@cillaaa.hope). Click here to shop!
The founder started making these popular beaded bracelets with affirmations after years of bullying to remind friend of their worth, and get through tough times together. These popular beaded bracelets will make your loved ones feel seen with a gift that’s uniquely them! Click here to shop!
Check out their best sellers like their ‘I Am Enough’ bracelet! Shop the Resilience bracelet and 25% of the proceeds will benefit the National Alliance for Eating Disorders!
Your Body Is Not A Project Print / Go & Tell Gals Shop
Founded by Breaking Free from Body Shame author Jess Connolly, Go & Tell Gals offers clothing and decor items to encourage, equip and inspire. Check out their full shop here!
The Eating Disorder Recovery Journal
The Eating Disorder Recovery Journal is designed to help you to understand your eating disorder better and to support you in your recovery journey. It is packed full of activities, such as writing prompts, colouring pages and crafting ideas, as well as motivational quotes and positive affirmations to help keep you on track. Click here to shop!
