Ella Mills aka Deliciously Ella

03/02/21 • 51 min

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“Health is so simple. We can make it so complicated, but at the base of it is simplicity. That's what I have been focusing on and I can’t tell you the difference it has made”

Our guest on this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is the amazing Ella Mills, founder and driving force behind the brand Deliciously Ella. Ella is all about using her platform to share simple and delicious ways to take the complication out of healthy living and to feel better.

Starting from a personal blog, Deliciously Ella has evolved into so many things, from an app, to a deli, to a series of podcasts and even a hugely successful range of plant-based food products available all over the UK and now Ireland. Her story has a lot of similarities to ours, so it was so lovely to get the chance to sit down for a longer period of time with her.

Ella started everything back in 2012. She had previously been diagnosed with a number of serious health issues and following months in and out of hospital and numerous unsuccessful treatments, she started looking into other ways of managing her condition. Encouraged by stories and research, she decided to turn to a whole food, plant-based diet and, well, the rest is history. Ella is the picture of health today and hopes that sharing her journey can help others to follow in her footsteps. She is now married to her wonderful husband, Matt, who is the CEO of Deliciously Ella and she is mother of two small daughters.

Ella is always so honest and lovely, and her passion really does shine through when she speaks, so we are so excited to share this lovely conversation with you!

In this episode, Ella takes us through:

The origins of Deliciously Ella and her unexpected journey to creating a business.

How she balances relationships and life in a family business.

Balancing ambition and contentment.

Her health journey, using food as medicine and discovering her online community.

What her definition of health is today.

How she balances public and private life.

Navigating social media today and staying mindful with content.

Keeping tabs on her relationship with technology.

Building a brand with herself at the centre.

How she defines success and what her ‘why’ is.

Her perspective on gratitude.

Ella is continually an inspiration for us - we always take an incredible amount from her and we really hope you find it great for you!

Big love,

Dave & Steve

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“Health is so simple. We can make it so complicated, but at the base of it is simplicity. That's what I have been focusing on and I can’t tell you the difference it has made”

Ella is always so honest and lovely, and her passion really does shine through when she speaks, so we are so excited to share this lovely conversation with you!

In this episode, Ella takes us through:

The origins of Deliciously Ella and her unexpected journey to creating a business.

How she balances relationships and life in a family business.

Balancing ambition and contentment.

Her health journey, using food as medicine and discovering her online community.

What her definition of health is today.

How she balances public and private life.

Navigating social media today and staying mindful with content.

Keeping tabs on her relationship with technology.

Building a brand with herself at the centre.

How she defines success and what her ‘why’ is.

Her perspective on gratitude.

Ella is continually an inspiration for us - we always take an incredible amount from her and we really hope you find it great for you!

Big love,

Dave & Steve

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Russell Brand

Russell Brand is one of our heroes. An award-winning comedian, actor, author, public thought leader, a passionate activist for mental health and drug rehabilitation, Russell is also a great friend.

His career thus far has been incredible, from starting out in his early days as a stand-up comedian, to then working in television, radio, film, while also subsequently becoming one strong voice in global political commentary and drug and mental health reform.

He is someone who now focuses on creating positive change in the world and he is truly one of our heroes.

Russell has his own wonderful podcast, Under the Skin, available on Luminary.

Luminary is a subscription podcast service with original shows you won't find anywhere else and listeners of this podcast can get a one-month free trial of Luminary by going to luminary.link/russell

In this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast, Russell discusses:

His journey and many transformations in life to find who he is.

His first experience meeting The Happy Pear & sea swimming.

Recognising emotions and how crisis moments can be important.

The importance of listening to the quiet voice inside you.

Life principles gratitude, acceptance, serenity, doing good for others

Managing and understanding nervousness.

His creative process.

Balancing public and private life.

The value of support structures, building community and living harmoniously.

Spontaneity, planning and surrendering to the moment.

The power of meditation & prayer

Also, check out Russell’s upcoming book or more appropriately an Audible Original (so only listening, no written book) is called Revelation and is being released on 25th March!

We have known Russell for years and he has interviewed us on his podcast, but we never got the chance to interview him, so we are super excited about this episode!

We hope you enjoy it - we certainly found it a cracker!

Big love,

Dave & Steve

Ps. Some other notable mentions in this week’s podcast were these two books if you are interested in checking them out:

The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer.

The Joy Journal by Laura Brand

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Next Episode

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

“We aren't weak. We don’t lack will power. We’re just humans trying to get by each day. The world is tough. It is difficult at the moment. We don’t need to beat ourselves up. Let’s be kind and compassionate to ourselves.”

Our guest on this episode of The Happy Pear Podcast is the amazing Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Rangan is a breathtaking human. He is a physician, author, television presenter, podcaster and much more. He has also been a medical doctor for more than 20 years and is a pioneer in the emerging field of progressive medicine.

Rangan is best known for his TV show ‘Doctor in the House’ and for being the resident doctor on legendary BBC One's Breakfast Show. He also writes for the Huffington Post and pens a monthly column on lifestyle medicine in Top Santé. His TV shows have been shown in more than 70 countries around the world and in 2017, he came 8th in the Pulse Power 50 list for influential GPs.

Simply put, Rangan is on a mission to simplify health. He believes that health has become far too confusing and that we need to get back to basics with a 360 degree approach to health through food and lifestyle.

Rangan is always so honest and passionate, and we learn something new every time we speak to him, so we’re delighted to bring this conversation to you and we really hope you enjoy it.

In this episode, Rangan takes us through:

His childhood and how he now reflects on it

The importance of getting out into nature

His 4 pillars of health

His approach to stress management

Why journaling can be really supportive

His approach to and learnings from parenthood

Dealing with cravings and changing habits

Truly understanding your goals for long term change

Why we need good relationships and meaningful connections

His definition of success and his journey to understanding it

The need to be kind to ourselves

This is a wonderful conversation - we really loved it and we hope you take as many practical and useful nuggets from it as we did as an effective gratitude tool.

Big love,

Dave & Steve

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