Elspeth Roza Slocum

I attribute my success to my dad. If you know my father, he's the most positive man you'll ever meet, and that's not a joke. You could call him during the apocalypse, and he would just say, well, it's okay, you know, we're gonna stay calm, and this is what we're gonna do, it's gonna be fine. I was in a hotel in California once, and they had bedbugs - worst case scenario ever. I was a mess, walking around in my pajamas trying to get clothes to wear at Target. I called my dad, and he's like, well, you know, it's okay, because you're not gonna come home with it, you're dealing with it, you're not bringing it home, it's not in your house, you figured it out. Even now I call him with things, and I really think a lot of it's because he taught me that resilience. When he would say there aren't new problems, it's not a problem, it's a challenge, you gotta get through it, you'll get through it. Even in our industry, there are people that call him all the time and just go to him for advice or help. Even if it doesn't benefit him in any way, there's no benefit in him talking to you, he will help you. I feel like there's a little bit of what they call nepo baby in a way - sometimes I feel like, oh, I'm a nepo baby, because, you know, I have my dad, and he taught me everything. But you know, people have mentors in their life. I just got lucky enough that my mentor is my father. I don't know how I would have gotten through challenges without him to help me along, even challenges that he knew nothing about - he's gonna be helpful.

Keep going, I mean, and feel the fear and do it anyway. I know that sounds stupid, but it's important. My son died in the middle of me transitioning over from Now Foods to Lane Natural Ingredients, and that was really hard for me, because I had been at Now Foods for years, and they really were like a family to me. They were very supportive. And then I got the job offer, and it was like, okay, you know, I can stay here and be comfortable, or I'm just going to do it. I did it. In my first work trip with the new company, I cried all the way through security because I was like, oh my gosh, you know what if something happens while I'm gone. But I just did it. Yeah, you're scared, and I'm sure TSA's looking at me like, what is going on with this crazy lady, but you just do it. It had been only like 2 months since my son had died. I got through it. That's fantastic, that I got through it.

Right now the big thing is GLP-1. It's huge because people don't realize when you look at GLP-1, people aren't pooping because you're not getting enough fiber in your diet. They're not hungry, so you have to make sure, am I getting enough fiber? Am I getting the protein? Because I don't want to lose muscle mass. It's going to happen when you lose weight - there's a portion of muscle mass that's going to be lost, but you don't want to lose all of it. You want to keep that momentum, so it's important there. There's a massive whey protein shortage. Whey protein is a derivative of cheese, and it's really because nobody's buying cheese anymore. They have a - the cheese sales have slowed because of GLP-1. Things change in nutraceuticals all the time. I think nutraceuticals is coming to the forefront. There's a lot of crap out there, I'll say that. There is a lot of crap, so you gotta be careful. Peptides are huge. I think it's kind of funny, they're in a lot of skincare products, and I'm like, I mean, that's kind of funny, because collagen is too big of a molecule to go through the skin. So, is it going to help with hydration, sure, but is it gonna make you younger? No.