New year, new wellness goals! We’re diving into resolutions, the viral “Morning Shed” trend, and tackling phone addiction’s impact on mental health. Plus, expert Giles Yeo on calorie counting, and headlines you need: vegans’ gut health wins and loneliness as a rising health risk. Fresh tips, real talk, and inspiration to kickstart your healthiest year yet—don’t miss it!

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Welcome to The Wellness Scoop! Join Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella, and Registered Nutritionist and founder of Rhitrition, Rhiannon Lambert every Monday for your weekly health inspiration.

Each episode delivers the latest wellness news, expert advice, and personal recommendations from Ella and Rhiannon—simple swaps, easy ideas, and realistic tips to help you live healthier, no matter how busy life gets.

Tune in to start your week feeling informed, inspired, and armed with tools to build a healthier, happier life - coming 13th January!

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DISCLAIMER: this episode touches on eating disorders and eating disorder recovery.This week Ella is joined by Transport for London employees Jeremy Chopra and Ian Redpath, AKA All On The Board, the duo who made it their mission to bring smiles to the faces of London commuters through writing poems, quotes and creative messages on the underground’s service information boards. In this open and inspiring conversation, Ian and Jeremy open up about how their own experiences with their mental and physical health led them to create a positive online community.They discuss:

• How Ian and Jeremy started sharing inspiring messages about mental and physical health with London commuters
• Jeremy’s experience with depression and an eating disorder
• The danger of keeping inner distress to ourselves
• Dealing with imposter syndrome
• Ian’s experience with anxiety and PTSD
• Navigating difficult times one step at a time
• The importance of self-compassion in any healing journey
• The power of a gratitude practice
• Why saying something is better than saying nothing

Links:

• All On The Board’s latest book, Your Daily Companion: Inspiring words to take you from morning to night
• For new users, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by Jessie Inchauspé, AKA the Glucose Goddess, Jessie is the founder of the Glucose Goddess movement where she teaches over 1.5 million people online about how to reconnect with their bodies, the importance of blood sugar, and easy hacks to manage it. In this open and inspiring conversation, Jessie opens up about experiencing episodes of difficult mental health during her 20s, dealing with loneliness, the practices that helped her move forwards slowly and gradually, how she discovered the power of managing her blood sugar levels for her mental and physical health; as well as the mindset shifts, self-care tools and non-negotiables habits that helped her get to a happier and healthier place.They discuss:

• The accident which triggered episodes of difficult mental health
• Loneliness and not-relating to others
• The practices Jessie used to gradually move forwards day by day
• Why our daily, lifestyle choices impact our health much more than our genetics
• Discovering the link between mental health and blood glucose levels
• Glucose and blood sugar 101
• Unrelenting perseverance to pursue her passion
• The power of small lifestyle changes
• Jessie’s non-negotiable habits for feeling her best

Links:

• Jessie’s book Glucose Revolution
• For new users, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by Alice Liveing for a conversation on releasing the desire to look ‘perfect’ and rebuilding a happier and healthier relationship with exercise, her body and ultimately herself, all the while being followed by over 700k people online.They discuss:

• Numbing life by controlling what your body looks like
• Owning mistakes publicly in the age of social media
• Navigating the pressure to look ‘perfect’
• External validation and keeping up a facade
• Alice’s catalyst moment for addressing her relationship with food, exercise, her body and herself
• Releasing the identity of having the ‘perfect body’ to rebuild mental and physical health
• Tools for building self-esteem and the power of feeling safe
• Alice’s non-negotiables for feeling her best

Links:

• Alice’s podcast Give Me Strength
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by Spencer Matthews for a candid conversation on the pressure to fulfil your potential, avoidance, and the detrimental impact of a life without purpose. They discuss taking responsibility of unhealthy habits, how sobriety transformed Spencer’s life and has enabled him to be the father, husband, friend, and businessman that he always wanted to be. They discuss:

• Chasing fame in his 20s
• Feeling a pressure to succeed and live up to your potential
• Using drinking to numb out boredom and a lack of purpose
• His catalyst moment for addressing his relationship with alcohol
• Spencer’s experience of breaking the cycle of excessive drinking
• Building mental strength through physical fitness
• Cultivating self-awareness
• The mindset shift that helped him transform his health
• Spencer’s outlook towards implementing healthy habits

Links:

• Spencer’s podcast Big Fish
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by Elizabeth Day for an empowering conversation on releasing societal pressures, navigating life’s ups and downs and how Elizabeth kept moving forwards when things don’t go to plan, plus the tools that supported her to embrace failure, imperfections, and chase the life she truly desired.

They discuss:

• Societal expectations to have the ‘perfect’ life
• People pleasing to fit in
• Cultivating deep friendships
• Finding the courage to go after the life you desire
• Gut instincts
• Discovering what you need rather than what you want
• The inner work crucial for moving forwards
• Turning physical strength into mental resilience
• Elizabeth’s non-negotiables for feeling well

Links:

• Elizabeth’s podcast How To Fail
• Elizabeth’s latest book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App 
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by Jonny Wilkinson for a candid conversation on replacing external validation with self-worth. They discuss the disconnect between Jonny’sexternal accomplishments (becoming one of the world’s greatest rugby players) and his internal struggles, his experience with depression and anxiety, the catalyst for addressing his mental health and the tools that enabled him to transform into the man he is today. 

They discuss:

• Why external achievements and validation don’t bring lasting joy
• Succeeding professionally while struggling internally
• The pressure to keep on achieving
• Jonny’s experiences with anxiety and depression
• Getting off the hamster wheel of acting out of fear and low self-worth
• How to reframe your thoughts to accept difficult circumstances and feelings, unconditionally
• Cultivating self-trust and a supportive inner voice, and releasing the need to control
• Why nothing will change if you don’t apply what you understand
• The importance of regulating your nervous system
• Jonny’s practices for feeling well

Links:

• Jonny’s podcast I Am…
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App 
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by Jonny Wilkinson for a candid conversation on replacing external validation with self-worth. They discuss the disconnect between Jonny’s external accomplishments (becoming one of the world’s greatest rugby players) and his internal struggles, his experience with depression and anxiety, the catalyst for addressing his mental health and the tools that enabled him to transform into the man he is today. 

They discuss:

• Why external achievements and validation don’t bring lasting joy
• Succeeding professionally while struggling internally
• The pressure to keep on achieving
• Jonny’s experiences with anxiety and depression
• Getting off the hamster wheel of acting out of fear and low self-worth
• How to reframe your thoughts to accept difficult circumstances and feelings, unconditionally
• Cultivating self-trust and a supportive inner voice, and releasing the need to control
• Why nothing will change if you don’t apply what you understand
• The importance of regulating your nervous system
• Jonny’s practices for feeling well

Links:

• Jonny’s podcast I Am…
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App 
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by television presenter Angela Scanlon. In this conversation, Angela opens up about her experience struggling with her mental health all the while succeeding in her professional life, chasing silver bullets to ‘fix’ how she felt, her catalyst moment for redefining her approach to feeling better, as well as the practices that helped her get to a happier and healthier place.

They discuss:

• Avoiding facing uncomfortable emotions
• Learning to ask for and accept help from others
• Chasing silver bullets to ‘fix’ how you feel
• How to listen to your inner voice
• Using the mornings to set the tone for the rest of the day
• Daily gratitude practice

Links:

• Angela’s book Joyrider: how gratitude can help you get the life you really want
• Angela’s podcast Thanks A Million
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App 
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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This week Ella is joined by television presenter Angela Scanlon. In this conversation, Angela opens up about her experience struggling with her mental health all the while succeeding in her professional life, chasing silver bullets to ‘fix’ how she felt, her catalyst moment for redefining her approach to feeling better, as well as the practices that helped her get to a happier and healthier place.

They discuss:

• Avoiding facing uncomfortable emotions
• Learning to ask for and accept help from others
• Chasing silver bullets to ‘fix’ how you feel
• How to listen to your inner voice
• Using the mornings to set the tone for the rest of the day
• Daily gratitude practice

Links:

• Angela’s book Joyrider: how gratitude can help you get the life you really want
• Angela’s podcast Thanks A Million
• For new subscribers, use code podcast20 to get 20% off the Feel Better App 
• Wellness Toolkit for this episode

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