Hello beautiful friends! For those of you who don't know, I'm now working full time with Andy on what we like to think of as The Plant Academy's baby! Yes we are that cute...!!! Today was a big day for us at @boostedblends HQ (aka baby of The Plant Academy) because we launched our online store that sells our Turmeric Lattes, Matcha Lattes, Beetroot Lattes, Vegan Hot Chocolate and Dark Hot Chocolate blends! So you can buy them and drink them at home and reminisce about chilly afternoons spent drinking lattes and eating cake at our little cafe. (We miss you!) It's been a big push the last few days to get it all out there and I'm sure there'll be plenty of little challenges to overcome over the next few days but we are just so excited.
We are still living in Beaumaris, Anglesey and loving it despite the weather being occasionally dramatic, so here is a picture of me taking our new blends for a walk on the beach earlier today... www.boostedblends.co.uk
Hi all! It's time for that quarterly update I like to provide you all with 🙈
First of all, who do you think is posing better Infront of this colourful wall? Me or our @boostedblends hot chocolate mix? Swipe to see ⬅️ the hot choc do it's thang.
After 6 wonderful, challenging and mad months with Jackfruit, I decided to move on and take another risk, back in to the world of self employment. I've joined Andy full time with @boostedblends - it's like the baby of The Plant Academy and I'm loving seeing it grow - and now being a part of that growth!
We are currently only working with cafes and restaurants who sell our Turmeric Lattes, Beetroot Lattes, Matcha Lattes, Hot Chocolate and
Dark Hot Chocolate blends. So if you want your favourite cafes to stock us let them know to get in touch!
HOWEVER(!!!) in the next week or so we are launching our retail site so you can also drink them at home. So if you want to support us, be sure to sign up to know when it launches and get 20% off your first order! The link is in the bio so go sign up 😁
Finally, can I just put out there a big thank you to everyone who came and visited Jackfruit. It was litterally the highlight for me! Seeing you guys made my day, week and month! Honestly ❤️ So much gratitude for you. I really enjoyed Jackfruit but it didn't even make a dent in my heart compared to what The Plant Academy was for me. And that was all thanks to the amazing customers and friends you all were to me. Lots of love and hugs to you all! Ellie xxxxxx
Posting this awkward mirror selfie across all my social media platform as I don't really know what else to share but wanted to do a big life update 😅 sorry if you follow me across platforms and see if more than once. Now, let's get started... I've pretty absent of social media for a good few months. I wasn't in the right head space to be sharing. As you probably know by now I suffer from a chronic illness that I was under the impression until recently was PMDD but at the end of last year I was getting sicker and sicker, I had fatigue so severe I couldn't function. I couldn't get out of bed, I hardly had the energy to return my WhatsApp messages from my friends let alone come on here. My brain turned to mush and I became extremely forgetful and like I was pushing through mud to do anything. Small tasks took my energy for the entire day. My body aches became more severe and I was getting migraines regularly that were lasting for days at a time. It got worse with my periods like my PMDD but stopped relenting for 2-3 weeks during my cycle like it usually does. My doctor's tested me for everything they could but I came out healthy in everything. So I have been referred to the hospital for thorough investigation to get tested for everything ever 😅
At the start of January things started to relieve a little and I was able to function but I was still very fatigued. I think at this point the frustration was building and I was regularly getting upset at feeling like I couldn't live my life any more, and that at 26 this wasn't what I expected for my life. My appointment isn't until the end of April, so I have a good long wait to even start the process of figuring out what is going on.
In the mean time, I've spent some time back at the @druworldwide lodge in Snowdonia and have benefited from the support I found there and I'm forever greatful for the wonderful community there who are supportive when I'm there and from afar, too ♥️ I saw an Ayurvedic practitioner there and I'm following a new diet to see if that's helps. And generally I'm feeling less frustrated, overall happier and I'm feeling functional fatigue and other symptoms at the moment. Continued in comments...
