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'Stress made me quit my job and start a new business - it’s a whole fresh start'

EXCLUSIVE: Csilla Gindorf tells OK! about coping with Graves’ disease and how her mushroom snack business has changed her life for the better after suffering work-related stress and burnout

Csilla Gindorf, 30, from Salisbury, created a "better health" mushroom business in 2022 after experiencing intrusive thoughts when travelling to her toxic fashion job. Csilla at one of her Lucid product stalls (Image: Teodora Andrisan)It’s really hard to make a positive mental health choice when you are so close to burnout – you can’t think rationally which is why I launched Lucid – creating functional mushroom and adaptogen snack bars – so that I, and others, don’t have to rely on conventional medicines to combat fatigue, anxiety and brain fog. Faffolux.com, an online charitable raffle company that raised money for the Hatch Enterprise, supported Csilla when creating Lucid, as well as other under-represented entrepreneurs

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