If you’re overwhelmed by the many tech gifts and online shopping options available this holiday season, I’m here to help!

A top tech trend in 2019 is augmented interaction. One of the brands I partnered with, tori, is a new entertainment platform for kids 6 and up that promotes creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. tori uses a special board with 3D motion tracking technology to bring the included spaceship, catapult and wand to life in tori tablet and smartphone games, letting your kids directly control the toys to fly through space, construct 3D objects and solve puzzles. But for moms like me, the most exciting part is the Creativity Kit: kids and parents can draw, design, color and craft items that can be scanned to magically appear in the games!  The $169 tori Explorer kit comes with a tori board, three tori toys and accessories and a Creativity Kit.

For more go to tori.com

If you have a pet parent on your list, here’s one of the coolest innovations for protecting and monitoring their furbaby -– the Whistle GO Explore – is the most advanced activity, location and health tracker for pets. This easy-to-use pet tracker, snaps on your pet’s collar and allows you to set and track against activity goals based on your pet’s age and size. If your pet is quite the escape artist, this is perfect pet tool as it provides real-time location tracking and escape alerts via the Whistle app, email or text messages. It offers fitness features, health monitoring and custom reminders for things like vet visits, medications, grooming appointments and more. Whistle also has limited edition holiday collars to pair with the Whistle GO Explore to ensure your pet is in style for the holidays.

For more go to whistle.com.

My last pick is all about gifts that give back: Thistle Farms dot org has an incredible selection of thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list – each handcrafted with love by women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. From hand-poured soy candles, self-care spa sets, artisan-crafted jewelry, home décor, and more – every sale goes toward helping more women recover and heal by providing a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support.  Thistle Farms believes that love is the strongest force in the world – and I can’t think of an online shopping destination more in line with the spirit of the season! 

For more go to thistlefarms.org