The Blender Girl launched in 2010, and the community now includes over 2 million people. Tess works as a cook, spokesperson, speaker, and writer. She has published three cookbooks with Penguin Random House: The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend. And, is the creator of The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health programs.
Tess and her recipes have been featured in publications around the world, including the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Cosmopolitan, The Today Show, Hallmark Channel, FOX, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, VegNews, FoodNetwork.com, Yahoo Health, and Well + Good.
Tess’s magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and down-to-earth approach have made her a go-to personality for mainstream eaters and seasoned vegetarians alike, sharing her conviction that healthy food can be easy and fun.
In 2013, Pinterest acknowledged Tess’s wide appeal when they featured her, along with Katie Couric, Dr Oz, Today, Starbucks, Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Southwest Airlines, Patagonia, Esquire Magazine and 20 other celebrities and top brands in a global campaign viewed by millions, 30 Days of Pinspiration.
The publishing industry jumped in next, and in response to widespread interest in The Blender Girl brand, Tess signed a multi-book deal with Penguin Random House in the United States. Ten Speed Press launched the first title, The Blender Girl, in Spring 2014. Williams-Sonoma made it their featured book for May and Mother’s Day, with 111 stores across the U.S blending and cooking their way through the book.
In Fall 2014, Penguin Random House launched The Blender Girl Smoothies app for iPhone and iPad. The app was one of 3 finalists for the year’s best adult non-fiction app. The Blender Girl Smoothies book (based on the app) followed in Spring 2015. The Perfect Blend, the third book in The Blender Girl series, was released in Fall 2016. Since the US publication of the series, the books have been released in Australian and UK editions, and have been translated into multiple languages, including German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, and Chinese. The books have sold over 200,000 copies.
In 2016, Tess became a partner in Enjoy Pure Food + Drink. The restaurant features smoothies and juices by The Blender Girl. And, in 2017, The Four Seasons Georgetown announced its healthy living menu, featuring recipes created by Tess.
2017 also saw the launch of TheDecadentDetox® with a series of cleanse programs including a 3-Day Juice Cleanse, 7-Day Raw Reset, and 14-Day Cleanse.
In 2019, Tess launched the Skinny60® with a 7-Day Kickstart, 60-Day Reset, and Healthy Cooking Club.
Today, over 30,000 people have used Tess’s programs to achieve better health.
In high demand as a spokesperson, presenter, speaker, and recipe developer, Tess has collaborated with KitchenAid, Vitamix, Williams-Sonoma, Four Seasons, Westin Hotels, Wholefoods, Sprouts Market, Vegetarian Times, Driscoll’s, Omega Juicers, Califia, Silk, So Delicious, Massel, and many other brands.
Away from the blender, Tess enjoys a diverse performance career. She has toured internationally with acclaimed theater productions, worked in film and TV, and lent her voice to commercial campaigns, audiobooks, and popular video game characters.
She lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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Life’s brevity is its greatest gift, reminding us to savor each moment and live with intention. Jodi Wellman, founder of 4000 Mondays, inspires us to embrace the finite nature of life as a tool for living boldly and purposefully. Drawing from her expertise as a positive psychology practitioner, Jodi shares how practicing gratitude, savoring everyday experiences, and creating meaningful routines can transform how we experience time. She challenges us to use the awareness of our limited Mondays not to stress but to prioritize joy, connection, and the things that truly matter.
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- Use "mortality math" to heighten your awareness of time and create urgency to pursue meaningful goals.
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- Savoring the mundane—like enjoying a favorite drink or completing a simple chore—can provide surprising joy and fulfillment.
- Boldness and intentionality are essential for living a life that feels complete and regret-free.
About the Guest:
Jodi Wellman is a speaker, author, and facilitator on living lives worth living. She founded Four Thousand Mondays to help people make the most of the time they are lucky to be above ground.
Jodi has a Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also an Assistant Instructor in the Master’s program and a facilitator in the Penn Resilience Program. She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach.
Jodi’s TEDx talk is called How Death Can Bring You Back to Life; with over 1.3 million views, it is the 14th most-watched TEDx talk released in 2022, out of 15,900!
Her book, "You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets" was published in May 2024 by Voracious (Little, Brown & Company) in the US and Canada, and by John Murray One in the UK.
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