Come and join the conversation with the gorgeous Charlene Ashong!What an inspirational and eye opening episode, join me as I chat to Charlene about her journey into the world of plant based cuisine, travel, appearing on Lorraine and her passion for mentoring the next generation of music industry talent.Charlene takes me on a journey with her as she tells me of her time in Italy, discovering the joy of celebrating simple ingredients and elevating them to new heights! She adapted to a lifestyle of bringing her diet back to basics and how food can nourish your way of life.Able to watch older generation Italian families take the organic plant based ingredients and make them into delicious meals, Charlene's creativity and passion was inspired to bring the idea to life on her return to the UK.Setting up her food business, Charlene tells me about how she caught the eye of producers that were working at ITV, they sampled her food and everything snowballed into an invite to present on Lorraine!! She takes it in her stride and is super cool about it, telling me like it's just your average day!!!We chat about the benefits on not only eating better but introducing plant based foods into your diet and how it can be the fuel to combat ailments like fatigue, ageing and promoting cell regeneration.Charlene's other passion is helping young people in the music industry, we chat about the ways in which she works with them and encourages them to develop their own individuality. We also discuss the importance of mindset for young people, especially when we are in such a fast paced society and the need for everything to be instant.Charlene is such a wise lady, this episode is literally full of golden nuggets of inspiration! She's passionate about educating others and is driven by her purpose to help people 🩷Utterly lovely lady and fantastic to chat to her!If you'd like to learn more and see what Charlene will be getting up to in the future (it's going to be super exciting!!!) then head on over to Instagram and give her a follow @charleneashong #yesshecan #yesshecanproject #inspiringpodcast #womeninspiring #inspirationalvideo #inspiringchat #womenspodcast #inspirationalwomen #plantbaseddiet #charleneashong
