Today I am joined by Photographer, Food Writer and Chef Elainea Emmott.  Elainea entered her twenties decade wanting many things... To be creative, loved, thin, beautiful, talented and successful. So not asking for too much… Not having the funds to go to University, Elainea got a PA job at an advertising agency where she met her soon-to-be  husband. She married at the ripe old age of 19, and her early twenties were spent pursuing a career in fashion. Landing an MA in Manchester, she then worked several placements in London before an opportunity presented itself at Pollyanna boutique as a designer for their own label under the critical eye of Rita Britton. By her late twenties Elainea had started her own fashion label, Chalk, and enjoyed the creativity and purpose this industry gave her, selling her clothes to well known brands across the world.  But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Elainea and over the following years she experienced many ups and downs; four years after giving birth to her son Wesley, Elainea divorced her husband meaning she was forced to move away from the fashion world and worked various jobs, from personal training to financial services, while trying to sustain a steady income and keep a roof over her and wesleys heads. Her thirties and forties was a whirlwind of adventure, heartbreak and physical and mental challenges. She got into a nasty motorbike accident, became a photographer for protest groups, got treated like shit in various organisations as a secretary, discovered cooking, helped her son through depression, featured on a Netflix cooking show and now works in casting at a talent agency.  This, albeit a very condensed version of a pretty sensational life, is why it’s going to be so hard to only talk about the twenties decade in this particular episode. Elainea has had a plethora of adventures and exciting avenues over the years and is probably one of the most interesting and inspiring people I’ve ever spoken to.  Our favourite Millennial Minesweeper Quote this week was;  “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde