Meet VALA's founder
Hello to our new VALA customers that that we've been so grateful to have! I'm Gem, VALA's founder and thought I’d share a few ‘fun facts’ about myself. If you don’t yet know our brand story, head over to the 'ABOUT' section on our site to find out more about why I started VALA. Here goes...
▪️I left my career as an Art Director for global fashion/beauty brands and advertising agencies behind to start an energy gel company and retrain as a Personal Trainer 💪🏻
▪️I’ve been vegetarian since I was six years old, vegan for the past seven years and wholeheartedly believe in the healing power of food 🌱
▪️Last year I was diagnosed with OCD after unknowingly living with it since I was 12... 19 years later it’s reinforced just how important correct nutrition and exercise is for our mental health 🧠
▪️I was on Blue Peter when I was younger (yes, I do have a badge... somewhere 😂) 💙
▪️I love supporting small and independent businesses and finding out the ‘who’ and ‘why’ behind each brand 💭
▪️I am obsessed with HIIT, sprints, hiking and interval work and don’t do much long distance training... I leave that up to Dann, my marathon running partner/VALA inspo 🏃🏻♂️
▪️I’m not the biggest fan of having my photo taken, but I’m trying to get better at it and make more appearances on our socials 📸
▪️I am a total cat lady... which is why you often see Peaches the fur baby make an appearance on our feed from time to time 😻
▪️I’m a huge believer in visualisation - as the saying goes “What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve” ✨
▪️I left my career as an Art Director for global fashion/beauty brands and advertising agencies behind to start an energy gel company and retrain as a Personal Trainer 💪🏻
▪️I’ve been vegetarian since I was six years old, vegan for the past seven years and wholeheartedly believe in the healing power of food 🌱
▪️Last year I was diagnosed with OCD after unknowingly living with it since I was 12... 19 years later it’s reinforced just how important correct nutrition and exercise is for our mental health 🧠
▪️I was on Blue Peter when I was younger (yes, I do have a badge... somewhere 😂) 💙
▪️I love supporting small and independent businesses and finding out the ‘who’ and ‘why’ behind each brand 💭
▪️I am obsessed with HIIT, sprints, hiking and interval work and don’t do much long distance training... I leave that up to Dann, my marathon running partner/VALA inspo 🏃🏻♂️
▪️I’m not the biggest fan of having my photo taken, but I’m trying to get better at it and make more appearances on our socials 📸
▪️I am a total cat lady... which is why you often see Peaches the fur baby make an appearance on our feed from time to time 😻
▪️I’m a huge believer in visualisation - as the saying goes “What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve” ✨