Hey, hurdlers. Emily Abadi here. You are listening to episode 65 of hurdle, a podcast that talks to

everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've gotten through tough times,

hurdles of sorts, by leaning into wellness. Today, I'm going to be chatting with Nicole Centeno.

She is the CEO and founder

of Splendid Spoon. It's a plant-based, ready-to-eat meal delivery service. They've got smoothies,

and they've got soups. And trust me, they're pretty delicious. Before we get to her story,

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She's totally down to earth. I actually really loved sitting down with her just last week to record

this. In today's episode, she talks to me about how she knew from a young age that she was fascinated with food.

And even when she was working as a media strategist at big companies like Condé Nast, there was a part of her inside that was just so ready to figure out how to make that passion a bigger part of her day to day.

But her relationship with food hasn't always been a positive one. And you'll hear her get

really honest with the disordered eating she had back in college. We talk about how she was able

to get away from that, how she was able to make a positive change in her life and reframe

that relationship

with food. We also talk about what it was like going to culinary school and building splendid

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