Today we’d like to introduce you to Tania Van Pelt.
Tania, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I started as a writer and producer of indie film in NYC. I even wrote and produced a TV pilot about the restaurant biz in New York. When I moved to Denver, I started writing the book Ageless Diet after a few years of managing the successful lifestyle site, HappinessSeries.com. I wanted to feel better than I felt and certainly look better than I did! I felt like there had to be a trick to this aging thing, like how does one get older without aging prematurely like my aunts and grandparents and every other middle-aged person I knew growing up. Turns out by dealing with inflammation and what triggers it, I could mitigate the effects of aging and feel a whole lot better. And what worked for me worked for others. The book sold out on Amazon, and I got a fair amount of attention internationally, thanks to interviews on TV.
Now this book has spawned a site, AgelessDietLife.com, where anyone can get the tools they need to heal themselves. My second book Sheet Cake Diet: How To Build Resilience From The Inside Out was published this year. And I take the tenets of Ageless Diet and apply them to depression, anxiety, and general ennui. The idea is that we almost all of us will hit hard times, get depression, suffer from anxiety and other mental health issues. So how do we build resilience? Or rather how do we remind ourselves of our own innate resilience and ability to heal? That’s what this book is about. I also sprinkle stories of my misdeeds and bad behavior and past mistakes and lessons to entertain and engage the reader.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It has decidedly not been a smooth road. While I’m luckier than most, I’m a privileged, white, educated, middle-class woman from a fairly functional family, I’ve struggled. I’ve spent most of my 20s and 30s processing trauma, either self-inflicted or the general type that most of us experience, and becoming a person who can handle her shit. I flailed about in college. I was directionless for longer than it feels comfortable to admit. I was poor and ate cereal for many days in a row so I could pay rent. I waited tables for over ten years and learned a lot about wine, food, people, and how to survive on my own. I got started late in my career, and I’m grateful for those rocky years. They built a resilient person with the ability to pivot. Success in your mid to late 30s is much sweeter after all those years wondering how you were ever gonna kickstart a life.
Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about Ageless Diet – what should we know?
Ageless Diet is known as THE toolkit for optimal wellness. We’re different than every other lifestyle brand out there because we’re about real, whole foods you make yourself. We’re not charging you for magic potions and sex dust and jade eggs and celebrity-fired nonsensical rules and extreme diets. We’re simply reminding you of the common sense your great grandparents knew. Basically, we’re helping you heal yourself with delicious food.
Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
Resilience. You will fail many times, and these failures are integral to your success. Failure is redirection. It can also feel really bad. It can be demoralizing, you feel it’s impossible to start something new, to ever be inspired again. No one is excited to fail. However, if you can be a little philosophical, opportunities appear. It’s a signal to change something that isn’t working.
I have failed more often than I’ve succeeded. That’s probably true for most of us. And I always, always, learn and grow more from those failures than any victory.
Pricing:
- Ageless Diet $15.99 https://www.amazon.com/Ageless-Diet-fountain-toolkit-optimal/dp/0578170388
- Sheet Cake Diet $16.95 https://www.amazon.com/Sheet-Cake-Diet-Resilience-Inside/dp/0578607603
Contact Info:
- Website: www.agelessdietlife.com
- Phone: 9702744523
- Email: info@agelessdietlife.com
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