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Reminder: Valentine’s Day is just over a week away! (You’re welcome).
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about chocolates and roses (though I share some gut-loving treats at the end!). It’s about connection, presence, and doing things together that nourish your relationships and your health. Let’s ditch the hangxiety, acid reflux, and feeling gross and embrace experiences, creativity, and wholesome food that bring us closer.
Here’s to sharing the love to all who make up your world, including your gut!
Galentines: Celebrate Love With Your Besties
Nothing says “I cherish you, girlfriend” like creative connection.
Meaningful Candle Making
- Use natural soy wax
- Add calming, gut-supportive essential oils such as lavender or chamomile.
- Add in charms and meaningful items (such as a shell from a beach vacation) that you have collected throughout the year.
Pairs well with: 4-Ingredient Chocolate Meltaways That Burn Fat.
For your spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend: Connection Over Consumption
Instead of eating boxed chocolates mindlessly, create a beautiful ritual with intention:
Candlelit Sauna, Hot Spring Soak, or Bath + Massage
- If there’s a sauna near you (book a couples spot at a hotel, spa, sauna house, etc.). Sweating together is detoxifying, relaxing, great for circulation, and brings the heat…😉
- You could also venture to a hot spring or turn your bathtub into a candlelit cave of love.
- Follow with nourishing body oil and an intentional massage exchange.
- Finish with my Stress-Stopping Turmeric Tea and share specific things you love about each other.
Cozy “Fire + Heart Talk” Night
- Build a fire or cozy fireplace vibe (put it on your TV if that’s the best option, and snuggle under a heated blanket).
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Share answers to prompts like:
- “What do I appreciate most about you?”
-“What’s a dream we can start working toward together this year?”
-“What are two things we each are proud of?”
Talk about yourself, your partner, your family, etc.
Physical and emotional connection does more for your gut health than any meal ever could! But this Chocolate Mousse makes for the perfect little treat.
Kids & Family Love Day
Kid-Friendly Crafts
- Make heart suncatchers. All you need is cardstock, tissue paper, clear contact paper, and scissors. Just cut out a heart shape, lay down the sticker contact paper, and let your little loves have the freedom to decorate their heart however they want!
Family Alkaline Cooking Party
- Pancakes for dinner are always such a fun and special treat that every kid loves, so make Kelly Rippa’s famous pancakes–together! Let each family member take part in making and enjoying! Here’s the recipe.
Love Is an Experience — Make It Healthy & Real
This Valentine’s Day, focus less on what you eat and more on what you feel and share:
- Do things together: sauna, creative crafts, fireplace snuggles, cooking.
- Make memories: not sugar crashes, acid reflux, bloating, anxiety, brain fog, etc.
- Connect deeper: with love notes, heartfelt conversations, and shared activities.
- Eat together mindfully: healthy, delicious, and nurturing.
Make this Valentine’s Day one that is full of love–from the inside out!
P.S. Check out Dr. Daryl talking about the root cause of America’s acid-reflux epidemic on the hit podcast: The Male Room with Dr. Mills.
