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Wellness isn’t about making yourself live forever – it’s about focusing on the easy wins

Source: Sophia Spring/PA

Ella Mills – who created the Deliciously Ella empire – gets why the stranger aspects of wellness tend to hit the headlines.

“I completely understand that – I really do,” Mills, 32, says. “What’s interesting to talk about tends to be slightly weirder, wackier or more out there – like the millionaire that’s trying to reverse age himself… it’s fascinating. It’s so interesting.”

And yet she also appreciates that these wild stories don’t give wellness the best name – and taking care of yourself doesn’t have to involve spending millions a month and undergoing blood transfusions from your teenage son (à la Bryan Johnson, that biohacking millionaire).

“A lot of the conversation around wellness has

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