The Kick Sugar Coach Podcast

Mugs Haugen has just celebrated her 6th straight year of back-to-back abstinence (no sugar or flour in any form or in any amount). Transformed from the inside out, Mugs shares her story of burn out, weight gain and quiet despair as an exhausted front-line nurse in an urgent care unit to a vibrantly healthy woman in her 60’s. She not only feels better now than she did 20 years ago, she has gone on to become certified as a coach to help other healthcare providers discover the power of self-care and the joy of a more balanced life.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

Dr. Bonnie J Kaplan, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She has published widely on the important role nutrition plays in preventing and treating mental health challenges. Her bestselling book "The Better Brain", was written with Professor Julia Rucklidge and shares the science that shows good nutrition and micronutrient supplementation can significantly improve mental health outcomes.Hardy Nutritionalshttps://www.hardynutritionals.com/referral code: kicksugarEnjoyed 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

Kathryn Lively is a professor of Sociology, an Internal Family Systems Practitioner, and a Grief Recovery Method Specialist. In addition to teaching, conducting research, and coaching, Kathryn has an inspiring story of food addiction recovery which includes maintaining a 100+ pound weight loss over 35 years.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

Brian Baumal is a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada and helps people with weight management, disordered eating, and eating disorders. While Brian has significant training in these areas, his most important experience comes from his own experience of exercise bulimia, full-blown binge eating disorder, food addiction and managing a 100-pound weight loss over 10 years. In this interview, you will learn about food addiction recovery through a personal and professional lens.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

Deanna Maio is a woman entrepreneur with a sweet tooth who helps other women with their sweet tooth. Deanna is here to remind us that having a ‘thing for sugar’ is not just detrimental to our minds and bodies, it is detrimental to our efforts to bring our gifts and inspired ideas to the world. In this interview, Deanna talks about the role of limiting beliefs in self-sabotage, as well as the role that hypnosis can play in helping us grasp the unseen power of our mind to break up with sugar and claim our 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

Emily August, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Literature at Stockton University, a published poet, and a recovering food addict with 5+ years of back-to-back abstinence. Emily does not judge her recovery success in terms of health outcomes, weight loss, body size, or other diet-culture/body-image metrics. These, she argues, are the wrong focus and are, in fact, oppressive. Emily’s perspective is different from traditional food addiction and eating disorder recovery approaches and is here to hold space for those that are not served by either. This interview just might be one of the most unique I have ever conducted.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

Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab are recovering food addicts and certified mental health and addiction clinicians with over 20 years of combined experience. They have been in private practice working with clients while continuing to learn and advance the field of treatment for Food addiction.In January 2021, they partnered with Dr. Vera Tarman to launch The Food Junkies Podcast and later participated in clinical research with Dr. Jen Unwin, Heidi Giaever (UK), Charlotte Poulsen, and Frida Sandin (Sweden), to audit treatment interventions for ultra-processed food addiction. Their findings were published in Sept. 2022 in Frontiers in Psychiatry. In this interview, they share what they learned about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to finding freedom from food addiction. 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

Ashleigh Di Lello has a unique story of recovery from disordered eating. It all started in childhood when she suddenly developed a life-threatening neurological condition that no amount of medical treatment and alternative therapeutic interventions could improve. In a desperate attempt to save her life, she gave up sugar and processed foods. It was excruciatingly hard and left her feeling deprived and obsessed. Miraculously, her medical condition eventually improved and she went on to become a professional dancer and live a radiantly healthy life. Decades later, however, she experienced another health setback. This time, she had to dig deeper and look at the mind-body connection. What she discovered is nothing short of amazing. Today, Ashley teaches people how to work with the mind to heal the body and create a healthy relationship with food.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

To say Joan was an ‘early adopter’ (pioneer) in the food/sugar addiction recovery space is a huge understatement. Over 30 years ago, Joan not only sought out and found recovery for herself but she has remained abstinent and professionally active in the addiction recovery space since then. That is 3 decades of continuous back-to-back no sugar/no flour, no exceptions! Epic! To add to her impressive story of recovery, Joan is now an ACE-Certified Health Consultant, with a Ph.D. in Psychoactive Nutrition (food and brain chemistry). Her expertise is in ending sugar addiction, binge eating, and reversing Metabolic Syndrome. Joan is living proof that long-term abstinence is possible and preferable.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

This is an incredible story about recovery from reactive hypoglycemia, a condition that, for Roberta, lead to weight gain, cravings, mental health issues, medications, misdiagnosis, and ultimately time in a psych ward complete with electric shock therapy — all because no one knew she was suffering from hypoglycemia. It is a shocking story with a happy ending.Roberta, the founder and president of the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation and author of the book Do’s and Don’ts of Hypoglycemia, is now on a mission to educate others about hypoglycemia — a common condition that affects many people although they have NO idea. Symptoms include: mental illness, irritability, cravings, anxiety, insomnia, sweating, cold hands and feet and more — symptoms that can send us on a wild goose chase looking for medical solutions that can ultimately be found in a sugar-free/ processed carb-free diet and better self-care. It is caused by the pancreas excreting too much insulin in response to carbohydrates. Misunderstood and left untreated it typically progresses to diabetes. “The low blood sugar of today is the diabetes of tomorrow.” —Dr. Seale Harris In short, this interview is a wake-up call to monitor and manage our blood sugar levels and to remind us that what we eat can PROFOUNDLY affect our mental health.https://hypoglycemia.org/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