Holiday Gift Guide
This year I’ve really got all my favorites in here for you! See the discount codes below for year round savings and of course all of my gift DIY’s!
Also, while you are away for the holidays, I’ve got you covered with a healthy toolkit for dishes, workouts, and tips to keep you sane! My website also has a variety of 10-60 minute workouts you can do at your in-laws in case you are in need of a quick reboot!
DIY Gifts & Great Host Presents
Elderberry Syrup & Gummies: Tis the season for colds and flu, so why not give the gift of this yummy, yet incredibly potent, Vitamin C boost! I’ve included my Homemade Elderberry recipe for both syrup and gummies (because ALL kids like to eat gummies – and adults too!) It can easily be batch-made for you and your hosts!
Homemade Granola: Check out my RECIPE HERE This is my favorite thing because YOU can control what goes in it! Plus, it’s easy to make a couple batches, put in a mason jar, top with a bow, and give it as a healthy gift!
‘Truffles’ aka Energy Bites: These are treats that you don’t have to feel bad about. They give you a good dose of healthy fats & antioxidants! I’ve got a couple variations for you to try and batch make for friends & family.
Dark Chocolate Truffles: is my go-to variation all year round!
Peppermint Truffles: Just add in 1 tsp peppermint extract & ¼ cup dark chocolate chips!
Nutella Truffles : Now you’re getting fancy!
Brownie Bites : Where are my brownie fans out there? These taste like the batter! YUM!
Sweet & Savory Nuts : Everyone loves to munch on nuts during the holidays, so why not make your own and give them as gifts or bring to your host! If you check out my holiday survival blog post, nuts are the perfect snack to have at a party – loaded with satiating healthy fats. I love to use PECANS during the Holiday!
Salt Dough Ornaments: this is a great way to use up the flour that sits in your pantry because you don’t use it (okay maybe that’s just me?). This is a fun craft for kids or adults. Need some stocking stuffers for nieces and nephews, cousins, or 3rd cousins? These cost pennies to make but will spend YEARs on someone’s Christmas tree! RECIPE HERE
My Courses at a discount!
Meal Prep Like a Pro Course: YES you can – I get that question all the time, how do you cook whole food meals every week for you and your family. MEAL PREP! And since I love it, I created a 4-week course that puts you through a boot camp if you will and I teach you all I know. I include weekly meal plans, grocery lists, and help you prep right in your kitchen, we do it together! Grab it here and Subscribers save 20% through December 15th using MEALPREP20 at checkout!
Balanced Core & Pelvic Floor Course
I designed Balanced Core and Pelvic Floor because I know that you don’t have the time to fit hour-long workouts into your busy mom life or have the capacity to digest hours of educational videos.
Balanced Core and Pelvic Floor gives you simple and practical tools you can start using today, like RIGHT NOW!
Learning how to assess your breath, posture, and pelvic floor paired with easy-to-follow exercises will allow you to step back into fitness and movement with ease after having a child. My mission in this course is empower women to feel confident in their bodies (prenatal, postpartum, and every phase in between).
Find this amazing course here and as a subscriber grab 20% off using code: Selfcare20 through December 15th!
My Small Businesses & Local Nashville Favorites
**I partner with most of these companies and these affiliate / advocate links earn our family a percentage of revenue for your purchases so thank you in advance for using these links to shop with me through these companies. **
Beautycounter: A couple years ago I stumbled upon this company on a mission to get Safer Beauty products into the hands of everyone. What you don’t know you don’t know, until you do! If you have not yet heard about how far behind the beauty care regulation is in the US it’s eye opening! Just take a look at this quick video. I became an advocate shortly after hearing about this company and fell in love with this company’s mission. I joined the movement first for my kids products and slowly started changing out my own products too. If you don’t know where to start I’d love to help you, ask here!
My 5 favorite products: Sunscreen (how I found the company!), All Bright C Serum, Resurfacing Peel, Makeup in a pinch Flawless in Five and my FAVORITE anti-aging skin care regimen without harmful ingredients and it’s retinol free! Check it out here!
**If you’re like me and hate to waste anything these Spatty’s are a great stocking stuffer and gift to yourself so you don’t waste a single drop of your safer beauty! Use code CHELSEAYOUNG to save 20% off your order!
Green Compass Hemp Wellness: I love how this company is transparent from seed to bottle and is one of the few certified USDA Organic hemp companies out there. Their transparency even shows on the bottles where you can track the plants harvesting and see third-party testing.
I am currently using the sleep better Nano Jellies and night, the Nano Jellies in the afternoon. They have a wonderful variety of pain relief too for those with joint pain and inflammation along with gut health and digestive jellies.
Find something you are interested in trying? Use code : 511991 for $10 off your first order, happy to help if you have questions!
Remedy Bone Broth: One of my all time favorite Bone Broth Companies and Founders! Check out ALL the health benefits HERE and Remedy Ships so if you aren’t local to Nashville you can still GIFT yourself or friends and family this healing gift! Use code ChelseaJYoung for 15% OFF of your first shipment & stock up on warm soups and bone broths this winter!
Gold & Ivy Candles: Safer Candles for you and your family! It’s important we know what we are burning, I had no idea that most candles are filled with paraffin, a petroleum waste which releases a carcinogenic soot as it burns, potentially causing respiratory issues and cancer. These candles are carefully crafted using all-natural ingredients such as soy wax, cotton wicks, and phthalate free oils! My favorite is Grey Flannel but her holiday line is amazing!
Use Code: CHELSEAYOUNG15 for 15% off of your order this holiday and know you are supporting a local Nashville, women owned business!
Favorite Products with discounts for you & gifts for loved ones
Lumen: I love to bio hack my metabolism and with the lumen it helps me figure out what food and when will help optimize my metabolic flexibility. Want to see how quickly you can switch from carb burning to fat burning? You can grab a $90 discount with my link here
Nutrisense: This is way more than just a CGM (Continuous Glucose Montior) you get a nutrition guide, expert advice on how to read your stats and a guide to help you on the path to metabolic health. I love bio-hacking with this tool and seeing what foods do what and when to my blood sugar. You can grab $50 off with my code CHELSEAYOUNGYOGI50
LifeWave: I found a new approach to improving the way my body fosters the flow of energy with Lifewave’s X39 patches. By gently stimulating the skin with light, these patches helps me with my muscle recovery and stamina in my day to day activity. If you have questions let me know, I’ve been working with this company for about a year.
Four Sigmatic: Mushroom elixirs, hot cacao, and mushroom protein are just some of my favorites! These are the mushroom guys and they are pairing the goodness of coffee, hot cocoa and now matcha with mushrooms! Instead of me telling you ALL the benefits I’ll let you read up on this company HERE! Any product you order use code: Chelseajyoung and get 15% off – or additional 15% off if the items are on sale!
Dignity Coconut Oil – This company’s mission is what drew me to their product and then their product blew me away! We use their raw organic non-gmo coconut oil to bake and cook with and it doesn’t leave the coconut taste like the others do. Shop their gift bundles and use code: CHELSEAJYOUNG25 for 25% off your order.
Joov Red & Near Infrared Light Therapy: If you’ve not heard of the wonderful research and amazing benefits of Red light therapy you can read up here! I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on the Joov Mini and it’s been an amazing product for energy, sleep, skin care and inflammation!
Grab $50 off your first purchase here!
Branch Basics: We workout, we eat whole organic foods, we changed our skin care and then use toxic cleaning products on our countertops, bathrooms and house, sound familiar? Our household cleaners were the last thing I swapped out to help us eliminate our toxic load in our house and it was so simple with Branch Basics Cleaning Solution! You get one kit and then just re-purchase the solution and it lasts me 3 months! I’ve got $10 off your first purchase here
Butcher Box: Don’t have a local farmer near you to purchase high quality meat? This is a great alternative because this B-corp does a great job suppling you with Grass fed, grass finished meats, pasture raised, hormone and antibiotic free and it supports farmers with high standards. I love the flexibility of the plans, you can push your shipment and add on to your orders in a pinch. This link will get you FREE Steak in every box for a year!
Radiant Elle: The bra tops in ALL of my workout videos and the most comfy bra I’ve found for hot yoga, yoga, and I even use them as a swim suit top! You can grab 20% off your first order with code: LaLaLove20
Teeki Boutique Leggings: These are the leggings you see in almost all of my workout videos, I love how light they are and made with recycled plastic bottles! They are great for everyday wear, hot yoga, any type of movement! I’ve got 20% off for you year round with code: CHELSEA20 at checkout.
The MOST AMAZING Oil Free Brownie Recipe – Bring this yummy treat to your next Holiday get together!
Ingredients:
3/4 cup smooth nut butter/ seed butter
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp maple syrup
3/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tbsp coconut flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup Living Raw chocolate cut into chunks
3 tbsp whole nuts or seeds chopped
Directions: Heat oven to 350, line a 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Whisk nut butter, maple syrup, applesauce, and vanilla. Add cocoa powder, coconut flour, baking soda and salt whisk to combine making sure there are no lumps of cocoa. In a double boiler melt half of the chocolate chunks and then stir into brownie batter until incorporated. Spread into baking pan and top with nuts and rest of the chocolate. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Once brownies are cooled place in fridge for an hour so you can cut them without crumbling (I’m okay with a crumbly brownie ;))
I hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season everyone and a very Merry Christmas!
