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" Every week, Jo Glynn-Smith interviews a successful woman to find out how she made it to the top, and get tips on maintaining a successful work-life balance. This week, she meets Sadie MacLeod, editor of Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy \u00A0Describe your job \u201CI founded and edit the online health and wellbeing magazine and digital activewear store, Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy. My role entails a bit of everything \u2013 from overseeing all the editorial content to buying in new activewear brands, as well as managing our team and doing a bit of writing myself.\u201D Detail your career path \u00A0\u201CWhen I first left university I started a small health publication for the town in which I lived \u2013 it was called Health Henley. I broke even with this and the whole experience taught me so much about being an entrepreneur and also about the publishing industry.\u00A0Following this I spent five years working at Cond\u00E9 Nast Traveller magazine. I loved my time there but knew that eventually I wanted to work for myself and within the health and fitness industry. I have been eating organically since I was a child. Plus,\u00A0I use to live in LA, the health capital of the world, which influenced me hugely. I love running, yoga and trying new ways of working out \u2013 so when my husband and I were posted to Hong Kong for his job, and I was granted a sabbatical from Cond\u00E9 Nast, it gave me the time and space to think about what I really wanted to do. It was at this point that Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy began. When we returned to the UK, I continued to work at Cond\u00E9 Nast and on Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy. For a whole year my routine was crazy busy and very regimented. I would get up at 5.30am to do an hour of emails for Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy before running into the office. I\u2019d work an entire day at Cond\u00E9 Nast Traveller then run home and work on Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy until midnight. I feel so lucky now that I can focus all my time on my own publication and passion.\u201D \u00A0What is the most rewarding aspect of what you do? \u201CInspiring people to be the best versions of themselves. Once you have experienced how great looking after your health and fitness can make you feel, it stays with you forever.\u201D What is the one piece of business advice you would pass on? \u201CDo what you love. Life is too short to do a job you hate and if you love something you\u2019ll be constantly inspired by it, which will drive you to be good at it too.\u201D Do you have a mentor or someone who inspired you? \u201CMy first boss at Cond\u00E9 Nast taught me how to inspire a team and I learnt so much from her about how to manage people. I also have a couple of fantastic mentors now \u2013 one who invested in our company and is always happy to help and give advice (her business knowledge is amazing), and another who started her own (very successful) business and has been hugely helpful as a sounding board to bounce ideas from.\u201D Describe your work style \u201CMy work clothes tend to be my workout clothes. Given the nature of Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy I can often be found in a pair of fitness leggings, teamed with Nike\u2019s latest footwear and a slightly smarter top. That way I am always ready for exercise should the opportunity arise (which it often does), plus it\u2019s incredibly comfortable.\u201D Favourite brands \u201CAlways Nike for trainers, but I do have a pair of New Balance trainers that I adore too. My leggings are from Track &amp;amp;amp; Field or I Am Vibes (two of my favourite brands on the Hip &amp;amp;amp; Healthy site). Tops range from sportswear brands such as Lol\u00EB or HPE to slightly less fitness-focussed ones like Gap for t-shirts. I also love a cosy knitted jumper for winter \u2013 Lily &amp;amp;amp; Albert\u2019s are the best as they have a fun fisherman vibe.\u201D What is your favourite\u2026 \u2026form of exercise? \u201CRunning outdoors.\u201D \u2026way to relax? \u201CSoaking in the bath with a magazine.\u201D \u2026beauty treatment? \u201CFacials by Oskia always get my skin glowing.\u201D \u2026beauty product? \u201CNeal\u2019s Yard Wild Rose Beauty Balm.\u201D \u2026tech product? \u201CMy iPhone - could not live without it.\u201D ...restaurant? \u201CAsia de Cuba in St Martins Lane Hotel, Covent Garden.\u201D \u2026dry cleaners? \u201CAny that don\u2019t use toxic cleaning fluids.\u201D ...cobbler? \u201CCan I say Timpson?\u201D \u2026service you can&amp;#039;t live without? \u201CCleaning! My cleaner is one of my favourite people in the world, only second to my son and husband.\u201D \u2026guilty pleasure? \u201CRebel Kitchen chocolate milk.\u201D Visit hipandhealthy.com for more information  *** MORE WORK IT OUT Libby Hart of Libby LondonLeisha Olandj of CitySwishKate Gordon of London Art Studies \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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