On this week’s podcast episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Lauren Bell, the founder of Cosi Care. Lauren shares her inspiring story of growing up with eczema and how this experience led her to create Cosi Care.

In this episode, we discuss the struggles of living with eczema and the harmful effects of using steroid creams. Lauren also shares her journey of finding her passion and launching her own product to help others who are struggling with similar skin conditions. We also touch on the importance of networking and how it played a role in the growth of Cosi Care. This episode is perfect for anyone who has struggled with skin conditions or is interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and finding your passion.

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Stef Sword-Williams is the Founder of Fuck Being Humble. On this week's podcast we discusses the art of self-promotion & how to start taking charge of your success. During the lockdown, I discovered one of Stef's talks online and it completely changed the way I present myself and my work online. Stef's childhood and career led her to create the platform fuck being humble so can find out what you stand for, self-promote in an emotionally intelligent way, and art of taking charge of your career. 

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Foodlama helps you with your grocery shopping online easier and safer, it's a google chrome extension that filters through your allergies or dietary requirements. I do my food shopping online at Asda, the chrome extension gives you a tick or cross next to the food you are safe eating, so it's super clear. It's currently works on Asda, Ocado & Tesco, hopefully be available on other supermarket websites very soon.

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The podcast this week is a little different from the ones I usually do. Every week, I receive so many questions about my experience living with food allergies. I thought a podcast would be the best way to answer all your questions. I hope you enjoy it, and if so, please share it with your friends and family. 

Santiago and Damilare have revolutionised food shopping online if you have allergies or dietary restrictions with their Google Chrome extension FoodLama. My pleasure was to finally sit down and delve deep into the story about how an idea from high school evolved into a start-up specifically designed to assist people with food allergies. It was interesting hearing Damilare's story about setting up a business in Nigeria before moving to the UK in order to assist Santiago in his efforts to transform the way people shop for food. 

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I am joined by my good friend Nathan Singh, a freelance photographer and designer. In the podcast, we discussed mental health in men and why we don't always speak up, how I mentioned my food allergy when we first met, and different experiences we had together, such as eating out and the first time I gave a live talk about allergies. I hope you enjoy this podcast, if so please write me a review on iTunes I would really appreciate it. 

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Emma Amoscato is the Founder of We Are Smile App, one of the first ever mental health apps for people living with long term and life threatening conditions. On the podcast we discuss the effect of mental health on individuals, PTSE & her experience going to Yale University to study Happiness. 

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In theses 'bitesize' episodes of my podcast, I'll be sharing my favourite moments from previous episodes of the May Contain Podcast.

During a conversation with Jo Frost in April 2021, we discussed becoming more confident and embracing your allergy in order to be empowered to speak up in different situations.

Food shopping online with Allergies go to FoodLama - https://bit.ly/3FBjR1U

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I'm joined by Ellie Silvey a fitness blogger and allergy advocate. It was great to finally sit down with Ellie to talk about managing her nut allergy, working abroad on work trips, copying with allergy anxiety, and the journey behind setting up her fitness and allergy page.

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Topics we talk about:

- Managing her nut allergy

Thank you to Foodlama for sponsoring the podcast. FoodLama helps you with your grocery shopping online easier and safer, it's a google chrome extension that filters through your allergies or dietary requirements. 

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I'm excited to be joined by Alexei the Founder of Lexi's treats. It was great to finally have Alexei on the May Contain podcast to share his journey of creating snacks in his kitchen during lockdown to finally seeing it in the top supermarkets across the UK.

Lexi’s treats are currently on trial in Asda, it only has four weeks left. Please make sure to head down to your local Asda and check it out! It will be great to see Lexis treats succeed and stay in Asda! 

25% Off if you use the code 'MAYCONTAIN25' Here is the link to the store - https://lexistreats.com/

Thank you to Foodlama for sponsoring the podcast. FoodLama helps you with your grocery shopping online easier and safer, it's a google chrome extension that filters through your allergies or dietary requirements. Check out FoodLama here - https://bit.ly/3FBjR1U 

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