No doubt stress happens in normal life. Adding chronic illness to the mix can cause stress to skyrocket and create a vicious cycle of more dis-ease.

As a recovering stress-a-holic, I have written extensively about reducing stress and overhauling your stressors in 30 days because I want you to experience the freedom and healing I have from conquering stress and managing it in a healthy way. Along with those tools above, I wanted to create a gift guide that you can share with your loved ones to give them ideas of how to bless your healing and destressing journey with certain gifts.

Stress Relief Gift Guide for Healing Chronic Illness

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The Chronic Illness Healing Binder

Keeping the documents, appointments, lab results, family history, and all the things it takes to manage chronic illness in order will certainly reduce stress in someone’s life. Pick one up here.

Coloring Book with Premium Colored Pencils

It’s not a surprise that coloring is therapeutic and has a way of bringing the body into the parasympathetic state which is ideal for healing.

Soft Blanket

Cozying up with something soft and warm can bring relaxation to the body and allow deep rest. Choose from an amazing selection here.

Acupressure Mat and Pillow Set

Help relieve headaches, joint pain and muscle tension with an acupressure mat and pillow. With over 7,000 acupressure points, using it daily can provide extensive stress relief to the entire body.

Heat Sock

We have used one of these in our home for over a decade. They are so soothing and work well because you can apply them directly to the area in need of relief. We also like to add a few drops of grade 1 essential oils like Lavender, Roman Chamomile or Balance to ours for further relaxation.

Bath Pillow

Taking a bath is already very soothing but adding a comfortable bath pillow for the back makes bath time even better.

Epsom Salt and 1 Year of Discounted Grade 1 Essential Oils With a Kit

Along with the bath pillow above, make a gift basket with a bag of fragrance-free Epsom salt which will help with muscle aches and relaxation and pair it with a grade 1 essential oil kit that comes with a diffuser and allows the recipient to purchase the best essential oils for one year at wholesale prices!

Puzzles

Spending time putting a puzzle together can relax the mind and diffuse stressful thoughts. It’s one of our favorite past times in our home.

Tens Unit

With chronic illness often comes muscle soreness and extreme tension. Tens units can help pinpoint a muscle and relax it in a big way.

Heart Math

Focusing on your heart rhythm and your breathing can decrease cortisol in the body and help return it to the parasympathetic state for relaxation and ultimate healing. The heart math machine is a great tool to use to focus on these things.

Portable Massage Table

Enjoying an in-home massage can be wonderfully therapeutic and relaxing. Portable Massage Tables are great because they can easily be brought anywhere. You could even pay for a masseuse to come to give a massage.

Infrared Sauna

Though this is one of the more expensive gifts, I can tell you personally (since we own one) that using an Infrared Sauna has completely improved my health. Not only does it help heal from within and get rid of silent infections but it is also an extremely relaxing activity. Not all Infrared Saunas are the same so be sure to read up on my extensive article before purchasing one.

Audible Subscription

Listening to uplifting and encouraging audiobooks can help calm the mind and bring hope. Giving an Audible subscription for a year can become a welcomed respite for a woman trying to heal. Bonus: get two free audio books with your free trial! {Click the link above}

Cozy Slippers

With Hashimoto’s, being cold can cause unwanted stress on the body. Gifting cozy slippers to keep your friend or family member warm can help them relax as well as lower their stress response.

Cute Warm and Fuzzy Socks

A woman can never have enough cute warm and fuzzy socks!

Magnesium Oil

Using magnesium oil before bed helps to fall asleep better and enjoy a deeper sleep. This oil is great because it’s not greasy, it’s ultra-concentrated so a little goes a long way and it helps to replace the mineral that most women are deficient in.

Diffuser

Diffusing citrus or flower oils help to calm the brain and melt all the pressures of life away. We own six diffusers that we place around our entire house and we love all of them.  You can get the top ten essential oils with a diffuser too!

They even make robes with soft hoods now. Curling up with a hot cup of tea and a book by the fire in a comfy robe just speaks relax.

Extra Thick Yoga Mat

Aches and pains often abound with chronic illness and sometimes yoga on hard surfaces can hurt. With an extra thick yoga mat, the padding helps soften the area a woman is laying. Stretching is a profound healing tool and it can be even more therapeutic with an extra thick yoga mat.

Grounding Mats

Using a grounding desk mat under the computer helps to absorb the radiation that the laptop or desktop emits. A grounding sleep mat is helpful too. Radiation can increase anxiety, depression and induce poor cell health so remitting it is important.

EMF Reducer for Phone

EMF’s disturb the cells in the body and create stress. Using one of these EMF reducers on the cell phone will neutralize the EMF’s and make cell phone usage safer, healthier and less stressful for the user.

Fragrance and Lead-Free Beeswax Candle

The atmosphere that burning a candle creates can soften anyone’s day. However, it’s important to only use candles without fragrance (since that causes depression, stress and anxiety as well as chronic pain) and be sure the candle has a lead-free wick. No one should be breathing lead! Beeswax candles are one of the most beautiful gifts!

Beautiful Journal

Writing thoughts or Scripture helps process circumstances and bring encouragement and hope. In turn, it reduces the stress levels by reducing cortisol in the body and activating a part of the brain that is calming. Journaling is a powerful healing tool.

Blue Blocker Glasses

The blue light that women are constantly exposed to disrupts sleep hormones like melatonin and serotonin. Wearing these glasses in the evening blocks the blue light so the body will start to wind down, getting ready for sleep, the way it was designed to. They even come with a nice case.

Magnetic Clay Detox Bath Kit

Negative ions in the magnetic clay help to pull toxins out of the body that can be causing stress. Things like heavy metals, poisons, pesticides, herbicides, and more can be drawn out in a relaxing detox clay bath. Be sure to download the instructions for the recipient too!

Give the Gift of Stress Reduction to the Woman with Chronic Illness

Enduring chronic illness can be stressful in and of itself. However, stress reduction is really vital in order to heal. By giving gifts of relaxation, reducing stress will be inevitable for the recipient and you will literally be helping her heal.

What are some other gifts you have either given or received that have helped reduce stress?