Today on the podcast, I speak to Jessica Clarke, co-founder of Mother Made, a 100% all-natural, plant-based dietary supplement made from nothing but mushrooms. Using the benefits of natural fungus, Mother Made helps support the brain, body, skin and gut; they have a mushroom for everything.

Mother Made's purpose is to shine a light on one of the planet's true minute marvels: the mushroom, nature's greatest healer.

In 2021, Jessica co-founded Mother Made alongside her long-time best friend and fellow entrepreneur, Emily Blanchett. They had both tried medicinal mushrooms whilst living overseas. When they found themselves back in New Zealand during the pandemic, it was the perfect opportunity to start Mother Made.

If the name Jessica Clarke is familiar, that's because she is one of our country's most in-demand models; first discovered at fifteen, by seventeen, Jess had walked the runways in Milan, Paris, New York and London. Since then, the London-based model and entrepreneur has featured in fashion campaigns and on runways for designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, and Mulberry, starred in countless magazine editorials and became the first New Zealand model to walk for Victoria's Secret in 2011.

It only takes a quick scroll of Jess's Instagram to see that she lives a glamorous and international jet-set life that would be pretty different to most of us listening to this podcast. And yet, Jess is a down-to-earth Kiwi girl at heart, and this was a lovely conversation about two best friends, their love affair with medicinal mushrooms and turning the ultimate lockdown project into a business that has thrived since launch.

I know you will become obsessed with mushrooms after this conversation! Make sure you head to mothermade.co.nz to check out the full range or visit @mothermade_mushrooms on Instagram for inspiring mushroom content.

I know you will love my kōrero with Jessica as much as I did.

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