The best gifts for the single, professional gal on your list
Do you have a beautiful, fit, accomplished friend who has been on dozens if not hundreds of dates and just can seem to find the right relationship for her? Or, a friend who just broke up with someone who she hoped would be long-term?
If one of the women on your holiday list this year is a single gal, here are some ideas to help take the sting out of yet another holiday season flying solo.
A Gratitude Journal
It can be easy to lose sight of everything that is good in life when you feel like something is missing or broken. Practicing gratitude daily is an excellent way to help your friend to stop asking “why me” and refocus on the positive. And, since happy people are more likely to attract happy partners, you will be helping to put your friend on the right track to finding true love in 2023.
Here are two of the best gratitude journals:
The Happiness Project One-Sentence Journal
If your friend is a busy professional woman who doesn’t have lots of extra time, this sentence-a-day journal will deliver big results in just a few minutes a day.
Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal
Ideal for your single friend who loves to write. This journal has prompts and questions to help her see all that is good in her life, focus on the positive, and foster optimism so that she can be her best self every day.
A Tarot Card Reading
Sometimes the worst part about being single is wondering if you will ever meet someone, and if so, when. A Tarot Card reading can help take the guesswork out of whether the next date will be a prince or another frog who isn't worth kissing.
How? Tarot readers believe that the most powerful source of information comes from within. A Tarot reading can help your friend get in contact with that inner wisdom, look at her current narrative and choose a more positive, effective one.
Feng Shui Bedroom Consultation
While feng shui may seem like a more esoteric way to find love, it can play an important role in helping the single gal find love.
First, it can ensure that her house is in order, literally, for her new relationship. A feng shui consultant can help your friend ensure her bedroom is a welcoming space for love and that any extra clutter or memorabilia from past relationships has been processed and discarded.
Second, the act of getting one’s house in order is a powerful step in terms of setting a dating intention and developing a dating mindset.
One reason your friend may not be having success with love is that she isn’t harmonized with her environment. Feng Shui consultation can help her to clear any bad Qi and improve the flow of her love Qi.
A DIY Dating Book
Here are several of my favorite books for the single woman who wants to date smarter.
If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?
This excellent book should be read by everyone who is embarking on the quest for love. It’s full of practical advice for smart, single gals who want to improve their romantic outcomes. It's a self-help book that is like an older wiser friend, intelligent, practical and helpful.
Tinder Translator
For your friend who is always showing you a text from their latest love interest and asking what you think it means, this book is for them. Aileen Barratt reviews phrases common to online dating and explains what they really mean. Funny and infuriating in equal parts, this book reveals bad dating behavior for what it is.
Emotional First Aid
For your friend who is smarting from a recent breakup, this is book is full of helpful, wise advice on how to get over rejection and resolve any lingering feelings of failure. It’s ideal for someone who needs a boost to get back in the game.
A Class
What does your favorite single friend love to do or want to learn? Get her started by gifting her an in-person class on her favorite topic. After 2 years of Covid and the work-from-home revolution, the goal of this exercise is to inspire your friend to leave her apartment and meet new people. In the end, one of them might introduce her to her special someone!
Coaching sessions
Everyone has something that they want more of or less of in their life and coaching is a process designed to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. If your single friend feels like nothing she has tried is working, a dating coach can help her to identify what is keeping her stuck and help her identify ways to get unstuck. Here is a list of the best dating coaches for women, or you can contact me directly.
Whatever gift you give, the most important thing is showing your single friends that you love and value them. Good luck!
What was the best gift you ever received? What made it meaningful?
