The Kick Sugar Coach Podcast

Christina T. Veselak is the founder and director of the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition. She has been a licensed psychotherapist for over 30 years, and currently provides on-line Relapse Prevention Coaching and Mental Health Nutrition to a wide variety of clients.Christina consults for supplement companies as well as IV detox programs and residential addiction treatment, helping them integrate this life-saving nutritional approach into their programs.She is an experienced public speaker, and has presented at conferences and trainings around the country. Christina is also a founding member and former Executive Director of the Alliance for Addiction Solutions, a non-profit organization which promotes the use of nutritional and other natural modalities to support repair of the addicted brain.Christina is committed to staying abreast of the rapidly growing science of orthomolecular psychiatry and functional nutrition & biochemistry for mental health, and is passionate about sharing her knowledge with both the general public and professionals in the fields of addiction recovery & mental health treatment.Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Support the showFlorence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

It is my pleasure to share this interview with Sherry Strong. She is a friend, fellow sugar addict in recovery and addiction coach.Her story of reversing obesity is incredible and her elegance and way with words is always a gift to experience. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Support the showFlorence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

In this episode, Emily August (a professor of literature and published poet) delivers a deeply persuasive testament to the power of abstinence. Her story of recovery from drugs, cigarettes, alcohol and sugar/flour enables her to see clearly how addictions operate and how to break free.Emily, more than anyone I know, captures how unpopular it is right now in history to advocate abstinence from any foods, including sugar. She says the 'everything in moderation' and the 'intuitive eating' approaches to eating disorders have made the choice to abstain seem extreme or detrimental. And yet how far from the truth this can be for those of us on the addiction spectrum.In this interview, Emily also elaborates on her 'body-neutral fat activist' philosophy. A concept I had not heard before. It is so interesting!This was one of my all-time favorite interviews. I hope you enjoy it!Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Support the showFlorence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

In this episode, I interview my friend and fellow coach, Netta Gorman.Netta's story begins with a visit to a naturopathic doctor who suggested she stop eating wheat and sugar to see if her headaches, bloating and low energy would improve. Netta flat-out refused. She thought that suggestion was nothing short of crazy. After all, she wasn't overweight and eating sugar was normal.One day, however, her digestive issues were bad enough that Netta decided to give up these foods as an experiment. She felt so awful the first day she went to bed early and didn't leave her bedroom for 3 days. On the 3rd day, she woke up and felt a shift. Something had lifted. A breakthrough had happened.Netta went on to not only ditch the white powders but transform her mind and body and later started an online club called Life After Sugar.Tune in to hear her inspiring story and what life after sugar is all about.Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Support the showFlorence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

In this episode, I interview David Wolfe who has an incredible story of sugar/ food addiction recovery.As a child, he witnessed his mother - also a food addict - morph into a different person based on what she was eating. Even at a young age, he knew processed food affected how his mother mothered him. David understands food addiction from the perspective of a child of a food addict and a food addict in recovery himself.David's recovery is particularly unique because, in addition to putting down sugar, flour and alcohol, he also weaned himself off ADHD medications (no small feat) and walked away from his artisan sourdough bread baking career (equally hard).David is living proof of the healing and transformation that is possible when we choose to let go of addictive food behaviours and embrace new and better ways of living. He will be the first to say, it wasn't easy but it was definitely worth it. Today, David is a registered dietitian and a food addiction counsellor trained under Bitten Jonsson.Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Support the showFlorence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Bitten Jonsson has been involved in the field of addiction medicine for over 30 years. She is currently a leader in training and certifying new generations of sugar addiction coaches. In our interview today, we talk about the difference between harmful use versus addiction (how to tell the difference) and how to find the deep sweet surrender all addicts need to find to embrace abstinence as a joyful path to freedom. Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Support the showFlorence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE