Ella Mills - How A Journey Of Self-Discovery Helped Others To Live A Healthier Life

Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

My guest today is one that I waited to meet for a very long time - Ella Mills. If you’re from the United Kingdom you will know her from her brand Deliciously Ella, which became incredibly successful as I started to interact with the UK as Solve For Happy was published. At that time, she had an incredibly famous and popular podcast that she cleverly decided to put on hold for a while - I wanted to be on that podcast so now she is on mine. Ella is a very successful businesswoman, she is a beautiful brand for healthy eating, and she is truly a representation of what she tells the world in many ways, but more importantly, hopefully, if you dig deeper below the brand you will see an incredible story of vulnerability, of success, of perseverance resilience and of living true to her feminine I would say - one my heroes - I hope you will enjoy this as much as I will.

Ella was diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome while still at university. This led her to research other people’s experiences of relieving the symptoms of this rare diagnosis and she discovered that turning to a plant-based diet could be the key to her health. With little experience in cooking Ella began to experiment with recipes and started to keep an online diary that would later become her impressively popular blog, Deliciously Ella. Her blog has had over 130 million hits, she also set up social media accounts to inspire a larger community and is now hosting supper clubs and cooking classes. Her small personal project soon led to the creation of her own mobile app which landed at the top of the Food and Drink charts on the UK App Store as well as the publishing of her own cookbook which became the Best-Selling Debut Cookbook ever in the UK. Taking the idea to a whole new level, Ella and her husband have opened a few delis around central London. They have also launched their own product range, also titled Deliciously Ella which includes breakfast cereals, energy balls and oat bars.

Listen as we discuss:

• 03:30 - What made Ella, Ella?
• 09:00 - A dark place
• 12:30 - Choosing food
• 14:00 - A better bad day
• 15:30 - The Unstressable Retreat
• 18:00 - Health choices
• 21:00 - Food plan
• 23:00 - Deliciously Ella
• 26:00 - Right time, right place
• 29:00 - A shrewd businesswoman?
• 32:00 - Finding love
• 35:00 - The media attention
• 39:00 - Solve For Happy
• 41:30 - Focusing on the business
• 46:00 - Working with my husband
• 55:00 - Decision-making at work
• 56:30 - Where I am now
• 01:01:20 - A bizzarre duality
• 01:04:00 - Tough love
• 01:05:00 - Cancer hit the family
• 01:07:30 - The journey of self-acceptance

Connect with Ella Mills on Instagram @deliciouslyella and learn more about her work here.

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