Meet our featured beauty with brains Lilly Chileya, an entrepreneur based in Norway. Here is an interview with her.
- Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.
Hello my name is Lilly, I am a 28 year old mom of three!
I am from a town south-west of Norway! I’m a certified hairdresser, but I have always believed that there is more to life, that there is a higher purpose, and I have always wanted more! So about 2 years ago I decided to take the leap of faith and jump into the unknown, with no experience, no knowledge I started up my homebased business! My mission is to help as many people as I can, with health, mindset, personal growth and business! I love the fact that I can work when I want, from where I want and get paid by helping other people fulfill their dreams!
I mainly work through social media, showing people what I do and what I have to offer, by posting about health and wellness, mindset and personal growth, I also train individuals or businesses to grow their social media platforms in order to gain more customers!
I am a very deep person, I have always been good at training myself and learn new things everyday, I always strive to be better and do better, and through sharing my mindset, my knowledge and my devotion to follow my dreams I believe I can help other people to believe in themselves and their own dreams! I truly believe that the only boundaries there are, are the ones you set for yourself! When you decide to go for it nobody can stop you, and I am here to help you grow!
- What is a typical day in your life like?
None of my days are the same, thats whats so fun about what I do! I meet new people everyday, connect with new people through social media, have deep conversations to make people understand the value of their mindset, and how to train their mindset to work in their favour! But there are a few things I do everyday so let me bring you into the insights of my everyday life:
- I always wake up with the kids to get them off to school and prepare them for the day. My breakfast is always skinny coffee, like no joke, I cannot live without my skinny coffee, it literally starts my day off with so much energy and focus on what i have to do!
- Before I start any type of work I do, I do what I need to do in the house. I can’t work in a mess, so while I tidy and clean I always work on personal development, whether its through a motivational video on youtube, or a podcast or even a audiobook about leadership and personal growth, this is so important for the right mindset before i even start working.
- Then my work starts, and I usually start with posting so I can follow up on engagement through out the day. Then I will follow up with my potential customers, check in with my team, do a motivational live in my facebook group, or share a tip on a IG-TV post. This changes everyday. To work on social media is about being creative and connecting with people in different ways!
- I always spend a lot of my day on my team, so I always check in on them, how are they doing, who needs that little extra spark? Who is in need of a one on one with me, maybe I will set up a training on zoom, or even a welcome on zoom for new team members.
- Then the kids will come home and its time for homework, dinner and family time – wich is very important to set aside time for, even as self-employed. Its very time consuming to start a new business, but for me my number one priority is my kids, so the time when they are home I try to log off from work as much as I can!
- Then when the kids go to bed for the night, I will spend an hour or two on following up with my morning posts, then do night posts on all social platforms before I log off for the day and spend some quality time with my husband!
At the end of this I want to say that anything is possible, ‘’I haven’t got time’’ is not a valid excuse to push your dreams away! You can do it all , but to do so you have to manage your time, you have to have a structure and priorities, you cant do everything for everyone at the same time, so the key-word to success is ‘’time management’’!
- What is the secret of your health and fitness?
My secret to my health and fitness is obviously my products – that everyone can use! Most of them being plant based. I have products I use daily and some I use when needed! The most used ones being: skinny coffee – collagen – protein shake – super greens and super reds – and of course my beauty skin care line, witch is so amazing – co made with Dr. Paul Nassif!
But as everyone knows just using products wont do much, so I have to put in the work to reach my goals! I have a routine where I do some days of yoga, some strenght and in between I do running – but yoga is by far my favorite – as its also working on the mind – and I feel so connected to myself!
Remember: One day falling off, will never set you back to day zero, you just have to get back on the horse, even 2 days of exercise or being active is better than none, and by using the right health products thats all you need, and by breaking the chain on bad habbits little by little, you will find joy in your new ways along the way. Just keep consitent and keep it up, and the changes will come, in both mind and body. If you need help getting started or need a personal coach, feel free to email me – lillychileya@outlook.com
- What are your dreams? Have you fulfilled them?
My dream is to see more women live with the kind of freedom I do! A freedom of a stressless mind, freedom from finacial stress, freedom to dare to dream and to have the guts to follow them, the freedom to speak their minds, to feel that they matter, that they are GOOD ENOUGH, and to feel that they have a voice that needs to be heard! Everyone’s got a voice and maybe someone needs to hear yours?
My dream is far from furfilled – my mission has just begun, I have a long road ahead – but I am so excited to be on this journey – and I am so happy to do this work to lay the foundation for the generations to come!
One thing though – I dream more and bigger now than I have ever done before, with a positive mind I will make them all come to life! Watch me.
Lilly Chileya is the Owner and Founder of Food and Body. Check her out on Instagram:
Www.instagram.com/lillychileya
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