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If the 2024 election has made you sick to your stomach, you're not alone. Many people, including politically active Hollywood insiders, are forgoing flashy Election Day parties and choosing to stay glued to their couches at home. For those who need stress relief today and beyond, we've rounded up some of the best apps and products to help you maintain your mental, emotional, and physical well-being on Election Day and beyond.
Surrounding yourself with a proven arsenal of stress-relieving products is an easy way to incorporate mindfulness into your daily life. Plus, they'll always be ready for those especially overwhelming moments, from auditions to meetings and everything in between. Some major stars speaking openly about their battles with anxiety, trauma, and various life obstacles include Selena Gomez through her powerful documentary on Apple TV+ My mind and meDemi Lovato via her YouTube series Dancing with the devil and Lady Gaga's memorable Netflix documentary Five foot two.
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If you're looking for products to help you prioritize your well-being, we're here to help with the following stress-relieving essentials for every budget.
Headspace
To instantly cheer you up (or calm you down), the celebrity-backed Headspace app offers guided meditations for everyone in the family, including Star Wars AND Sesame Street fans. We like that the mental health platform offers a variety of content to manage anxiety, anger, stress, and other feelings. Let renowned narrators John Legend and Eric Bana guide you to sleep, enjoy soundscapes, listen to SOS meditations and more.
MindPanda Therapy Stress Balls
An updated version of the classic stress relief gadget is found in MindPanda's therapeutic stress balls. The three-pack is infused with aromatherapy fragrances designed to relax the mind, and each soft gel ball offers a different level of strength. Squeezing the product is intended to improve blood circulation while offering tactile stimulation to keep thoughts at bay.
Renude Reishi Cocoa
We love Renude's Reishi Cacao superfood hot chocolate mix – the perfect gift for any stressed-out, sweet-toothed person. It's made with organic Peruvian cocoa, organic reishi mushrooms, organic coconut sugar, and monk fruit sweetener – just add hot water or your favorite milk. Reishi mushrooms are known for their potential health benefits such as reducing inflammation, boosting immunity, decreasing stress and anxiety, and more.
RENPHO Eyeris 3 Eye Massager with Heat and Cooling
On sale at a discount of $60, Renpho's best-selling eye massager heats up to a temperature between 104 and 113 degrees Fahrenheit to help soothe tired eyes and bring relaxation during migraines.
Homemade Rumination Recovery Balm
Selfmade's new Rumination Recovery Balm combines the benefits of skincare and therapeutic ingredients to help you relax and relieve sore muscles. (Plus, it smells of palo santo berries and lavender.) Contains lavender flower oil and arnica montana extract to help reduce redness and swelling, safflower and moringa oils to hydrate and soften skin, shea butter to moisturize the skin and helichrysum italicum extract. to protect collagen and elastin from the effects of stress.
Bearaby Tree Napper
Our shopping editors are big fans of weighted blankets to help provide science-backed calm during anxious moments. Made from eco-friendly Tencel sourced from eucalyptus fibers, Bearaby's Tree Napper Weighted Blanket is available in 10, 15, 20, and 25 pound options. Designed to help people sleep better, weighted blankets can help reduce cortisol (known as the stress hormone), increase melatonin production (which helps you fall and stay asleep), and increase serotonin (the of happiness”), according to the brand.
Nodpod Sleep Mask
We're all familiar with the weighted blanket, but what about the weighted sleep mask? This ultra soft and lightweight fleece sleep mask is designed to relieve stress and anxiety.
Moon Juice SuperYou supplements
Moon Juice strikes again with its SuperYou daily stress management supplements. Featuring four powerful adaptogens traditionally used in Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine (Ashwagandha, Rhodiola, Shatavari and Amla), these supplements aim to alleviate the emotional, mental, hormonal and physical manifestations of stress. Moon Juice recommends taking two capsules a day; Please note that the statements have not been reviewed by the FDA.
Plant People WonderCalm Gummy Mushrooms
These aren't your hippie uncle's mushrooms. Reishi mushrooms are a popular mushroom used in Eastern medicine and is widely accepted as a natural mood booster and immune system supporter. Plant People WonderCalm Mushroom Gummies are a favorite for their unique blend of superfood sources like Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, Reishi, Turkey Tail, and Chaga, which promote cellular wellness and support relaxation.
Therabody Theragun Sense massage gun
Theragun Sense, an Oprah Winfrey-endorsed wellness technology brand, helps improve post-workout recovery, relieve daily soreness and encourage you to relax with five built-in massage and breathing routines.
Saje Natural Wellness Blend of roll-on anti-stress soothing oils
One of the biggies in the mindful space is Saje Natural Wellness, and their roll-on relaxation oil blend is a fan favorite for a reason. This roller is blended with balancing and stabilizing essential oils, including lavender, Roman chamomile and clary sage, which encourage you to feel at ease. Spread along forehead, neck and shoulders as desired.
Shashibo shape change box
With over 46,000 positive reviews on Amazon, Shashibo's viral box must have something in common. The award-winning product features 36 rare earth magnets that transform into over 70 shapes, providing hours of stimulating stimulation that can help calm stress and nerves.
Apollo wearable
Designed by neuroscientists and doctors, Apollo's screen-free wearable “uses safe, non-invasive touch therapy to send quiet, soothing vibrations to your body that help you feel confident and in control,” according to the company. The Apollo Neuro app lets you select a “vibration” to deal with stress, and the company says the device helps restore balance to the nervous system. It also syncs with the Apple Watch.
Moonbird breathing device
It's not what you think it is! One of THRTop picks of CES 2024, Moonbird's portable breathing trainer is great for those who need a more tactile experience when it comes to meditation and breathing. It serves as a visual and physical reminder to continue the practice: simply place your thumb on the biometric sensor and shake it lightly and the device expands and contracts in your hand to guide you as you breathe. You can use it with or without the Moonbird app, and we like that you can customize the device's “breathing” rhythm. The company is also launching a children's version; pre-order it at a discount here.
Lèlior Le Bonaparte diffuser
Lèlior's luxurious Le Bonaparte diffuser is available in five elegant metallic shades, making it one of the most elegant aromatherapy devices for design-loving wellness enthusiasts. Delivers water-free nano mist in spaces up to 250 square feet: Pair with the French fragrance brand's calming, restful or rejuvenating oils to create your own R&R mood.
ProsourceFit Acupressure Mat and Pillow Set
If you're stuck and have no helpful tools, lying on your back is one of the easiest ways to stay grounded. ProsourceFit has taken the foolproof exercise to the next level with its acupressure mat and pillow set, which features 6,210 acupressure points on the mat and 1,782 acupressure points on the neck pillow. With over 46,000 reviews on Amazon, fans love the set's “bed of needles” that massage pressure points which can help relieve stress and potentially improve sleep.
Nue Co. Forest Lungs anti-stress scented travel spray
If your anxiety is triggered during travel or in social settings, try The Nue Co.'s Forest Lungs Travel Spray, which is a scented stress-relieving supplement that provides the healing effects of nature. The woody, smoky scent can be sprayed onto pulse points daily, slowly and intentionally inhaling the scent for four counts.
Higher Dosage Infrared Sauna Blanket
A favorite of Miranda Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Amy Schumer, the HigherDose Infrared Sauna Blanket gives you the benefits of an infrared spa without the high price tag. According to the brand, it helps increase circulation and encourage relaxation, and Paltrow herself once called it “an incredible sweat session.”