FAQ

Water Chestnut is an intentional lifestyle brand created to encourage self-reflection, self-awareness, self-love, and personal growth.

Through thoughtfully designed everyday products and shared experiences, Water Chestnut creates opportunities to pause, reconnect with yourself, listen to your inner voice, and live more intentionally.

Water Chestnut represents growth, grounding, resilience, and connection. Like the plant itself, the brand reflects the idea
that meaningful growth can happen beneath the surface, through reflection, self awareness, and reconnecting with who you truly are.

We believe the relationship you have with yourself influences the way you experience the world around you.
Water Chestnut encourages you to slow down, reflect, make space for your thoughts and emotions, and embrace who you are rather than constantly trying to “fix” yourself. Growth isn’t about becoming someone else, it’s about becoming more fully yourself.

Water Chestnut is for anyone who wants to create more intentional moments in everyday life. Our products may be especially meaningful if you are:

• Beginning a personal growth or self-discovery journey
• Looking for intentional ways to reflect and journal
• Navigating change or transition
• Seeking greater self-awareness or alignment
• Exploring wellness and mindful living
• Simply looking for a meaningful way to slow down and reconnect with yourself

You don’t need to be on a particular type of journey to belong here. Water Chestnut is for you, wherever you are.

Journaling creates space to pause and listen to yourself. It can help you explore your thoughts, emotions, experiences, questions, goals, and aspirations without judgment. There is no “right” way to journal the purpose is simply to create an honest space for reflection.

Not at all. You don’t have to consider yourself a writer or an experienced journaler. Start with a sentence, a question, a feeling, a thought, or simply whatever comes to mind. The journal is an
invitation to begin.

There are no rules. You might write about:

• How you’re feeling today
• Something you’re grateful for
• A challenge or decision you’re navigating
• Something you’re learning about yourself
• A goal or dream you’re exploring
• What you need more, or less, of in your life

Sometimes, even “I don’t know what to write” is a perfectly good place to begin.

Water Chestnut offers products and experiences designed to encourage reflection, self-awareness, personal growth, and intentional living.

Our products are not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or mental-health care. If you are experiencing a mental-health concern or need professional support, please seek assistance from an appropriately qualified professional.

Our current collection includes:

• Water Chestnut Journal
• Water Chestnut Tote
• Water Chestnut Pen

As the brand grows, we hope to introduce additional intentional products that support reflection, connection, and personal growth.

Absolutely. The products can be used individually or together as part of your personal reflection practice, for example, using the journal to reflect, the pen to capture your thoughts, and the tote to carry your essentials.

Yes. Water Chestnut products can be thoughtful gifts for birthdays, graduations, celebrations, life transitions, new beginnings, or simply as a meaningful reminder to pause and reconnect.

Water Chestnut products can be meaningful at many different stages of life. More than age, they are designed for anyone drawn to personal growth, intentional living, reflection, and a deeper connection with themselves.

Water Chestnut products are available through our online shop. Browse the current collection and select the product you’d like to purchase.

Available payment methods are displayed at checkout and may vary depending on your location and the options currently supported by our online store.

Prices are currently displayed in Canadian dollars (CAD), with currency options available for customers in multiple countries.

Shipping destinations and available options are outlined in our Shipping Policy and shown during checkout. Please review the current shipping information before completing your order.

Delivery times vary depending on your location, shipping method, and order processing time. Estimated delivery information will be provided during the purchasing process. Please refer to our Shipping Policy for the most current information.

Please refer to our current Return and Shipping Policies for eligibility, timelines, and available options. If you’re unsure whether your order qualifies, please contact us before returning your item.

We’re sorry if your order didn’t arrive as expected. Please contact us as soon as possible with your order information and clear photographs of the damaged item and packaging so we can determine the best way to assist you.

Water Chestnut is building a community around intentional living, reflection, self awareness, and personal growth. Beyond our products, we aim to create opportunities for people to feel seen, heard, encouraged, and connected as they move through their individual journeys.

Subscribe to the Water Chestnut email community to receive updates, new product announcements, inspiration, and information about future offerings.

We welcome meaningful collaboration opportunities that align with Water Chestnut’s values of intentional living, self-awareness, wellness, personal growth, and authentic connection. Please contact us with details about your idea or collaboration opportunity.

Potentially, yes. If you’re interested in products for a workshop, retreat, celebration, gift experience, or other gathering, please contact us with your requirements and we’ll explore what may be possible.

Water Chestnut was created by Ayeesha Kanji, who brings more than a decade of experience in coaching, training, mentorship, wellness, human resources, and adult education.
The brand grew from a personal relationship with journaling and reflection and evolved into a broader mission of helping people create space to reconnect with themselves.

Your experiences, emotions, questions, dreams, and growth are all part of your story.
Water Chestnut exists to create moments where you can slow down enough to hear your own voice and remember that you don’t have to have everything figured out to move forward.

We’re happy to hear from you. If your question isn’t answered here, please reach out through our Contact Us page. We’d love to connect with you.