Well & Hale started with my mom and me
Well & Hale is a small family shop that my mom and I run together. We started it after years of trying to fix our own everyday health problems at home, from her sleepless nights and sore knees to my headaches after long days at the laptop.
This page is the short version of how that turned into a store, and why we only sell things we have used ourselves.
My mom stopped sleeping through the night
A few years ago my mom started waking up around four in the morning, and most nights she couldn't fall back asleep. She tried herbal tea and going to bed earlier, but she was still lying awake long before the sun came up.
She didn't want to start taking sleeping pills, so the two of us began looking for gentle things she could do at home in the evening to help her body wind down.
Then her knees and feet started to ache every evening
My mom has always been someone who is on her feet all day. By the evening her knees felt stiff and the soles of her feet hurt, and some days she skipped our usual walk because of it.
Her doctor gave her the advice most people get, which is to keep moving and look after her joints. That's good advice, but it's hard to follow when everything already hurts by dinner time.
And I had headaches from looking at a screen all day
I work on a laptop most of the day, and by late afternoon I'd feel a heavy pressure behind my eyes and around my temples. My eyes were dry and tired, and more than once I went to bed early just to make the headache stop.
Painkillers helped for a few hours, but I didn't want to take them every day. What surprised me was how much a warm compress over my eyes helped in the evening, and that's what got me looking at heated eye massagers.
Our kitchen table turned into a testing table
We started ordering things to try at home, from foot mats to eye massagers. A few of them were wonderful. Many were too loud or simply didn't do much, and those went straight back into the box.
We kept using the ones that actually made our evenings better, and after a while friends and family started asking us where they could get them.
So we opened a small shop for the ones that worked
Well & Hale is where we sell the products that earned a place in our own routine. My mom stands on the Plantra foot mat while her coffee brews, and Ocura, the heated eye massager, is how I end a long day at the laptop.
We aren't doctors, and nothing we sell replaces one. We simply want to make it easier for people with everyday aches and restless nights to find something gentle that helps them feel better at home.
What you can count on from us
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We use it before we sell it
Every product in the shop has been part of our own evenings before it goes on the website.
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60 days to try it at home
If a product isn't right for you, you can send it back within 60 days.
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Free shipping from $99
Orders over $99 ship for free, and smaller orders ship for $3.99.
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A real reply from us
Write to support@wellandhale.com and one of us will answer you personally.
Why the name Well & Hale?
Hale is an old word for healthy and strong. People often use it for someone older who is still full of energy, like when you say a grandparent is “hale and hearty”. That's what we want for my mom and for everyone who shops with us.
Thank you for reading our story
If you have a question about any of our products, or you just want to tell us how you're getting on, write to us at support@wellandhale.com. My mom and I read every email ourselves.
With love, my mom and meThe family behind Well & Hale