Life After Sugar

A dramatic sugar crash during a swimming race at just 11 years old became the turning point that shaped Jodie's entire approach to health.

In this episode, Jodi shares how that early experience led her to question the role of sugar, discover the power of whole foods, and become much more aware of how food affects the body. 

We also explore inflammation, the gut and skin microbiome, why what you eat shows up on your skin, and how...

Did you know that your body already makes its own natural version of Ozempic?

In this episode, you'll hear how GLP-1 works as a natural hormone, and why drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy exist: they copy the same hormone but are designed to last much longer.

You'll hear how the GLP-1 that naturally disappears from your body in two minutes got turned into an appetite-reducing drug that lasts a full week.

You'll also hear about what happens...

In this episode, you'll hear from Dr. Jonar, an internal medicine physician and lifestyle medicine expert, about his own struggle with processed sugar.

Sugar was at the heart of Dr. Jonar's emotional eating, insulin resistance, and prediabetes. 

He explains why so many chronic diseases are driven by lifestyle, why nutrition receives so little attention in medical training, and how processed sugar affects the brain, the gut micro...

In this episode, Meg shares how she was diagnosed with anorexia at just 13 years old, and spent the next 16 years in and out of treatment before finally reaching full recovery in her late twenties.

You'll hear Meg talk candidly about what it was like to be a dangerously underweight teenager caught in a cycle of perfectionism and control.

Meg describes what treatment actually looked like for her, and the gap she found between learning...

What if the thing standing between you and your "life after sugar" isn't sugar at all? 

What if it's the way you think?

In this episode, you'll learn about a trap so many women fall into: a habit of overcomplicating things until failure feels inevitable. 

You know the pattern. 

You set an impossible rule, break it by lunchtime, throw in the towel, and reach for the sugar because... well, you already "messed up."

You'll al...

Cassandra grew up on a classic American diet, sugar included.

It wasn't until her 20s that she started noticing the connection between what she was eating and how she was feeling. As someone with ADHD, the moment she cut out sugar and experienced real mental clarity for the first time, there was no going back.

In this episode, Cassandra explains what mindful eating is: It means bringing awareness to what you eat, how you eat it, and ...

What's the connection between gut health and sugar cravings?

In this episode, ZuZu, a holistic healthcare practitioner, explains how poor gut health, candida, and SIBO can actually drive your cravings, and why healing the gut can make those cravings disappear almost entirely.

She also explains why your body only needs one teaspoon of sugar in the bloodstream at any given time, why grains and starches count as sugar, and how excess su...

If you've ever asked yourself the question: Why aren't I sugar free yet? with frustration, this episode is for you. 

In my experience, one of the most common — and most damaging — expectations around going sugar-free is that it should happen instantly, completely, and permanently. 

Spoiler: it doesn't always work that way, and it doesn't have to.

In fact, I challenge the idea that going sugar-free should be insta...

My guest this week is Helen Ye, who grew up in Guangzhou, China.

In this episode, Helen shares how she learned from an early age that food is medicine and that balance is everything. As an Ayurveda practitioner and psychic, she brings a fascinating Eastern perspective to what's really driving cravings for sweets and sugar.

Helen explains the difference between Eastern and Western sugar, and why some people are more prone to sugar add...

In this episode, I'm talking with Dr. Kelly McCann, a medical doctor with a background in integrative medicine, and she connects the dots between mold exposure, gut health, and sugar cravings in a way I've never heard before. 

And then she takes it even deeper — into the emotional and spiritual side of why we reach for sweetness in the first place.

Because as Dr. Kelly explains, sugar cravings aren't just about willpower o...

This episode will walk you through my new book, called "Break Free from Sugar Cravings".

I'm so excited that this book is finally out in the world! (It's available here)

Based on my 12-week program, the Freedom from Cravings Formula, I wrote this book so that it can offer you more than just recipes or a food list.

This book is designed to be a practical step-by-step guide to help you think more deeply and get insights into changing yo...

Monica grew up in Australia with pretty health-conscious parents. But as life got busier and more stressful, she started eating more and more sugar. 

And eventually, working in the health industry of all places, she was diagnosed with Hashimoto's.

In this episode, Monica breaks down what Hashimoto's actually is, why it's so often missed or misdiagnosed for years, and why sugar plays a much bigger role in this autoimmune conditio...

Suann grew up in northeastern Canada eating the way most of us did: a diet full of sugary cereals and processed foods.

But when she grew older, she started listening to her body. She became vegetarian, then vegan, moved off-grid, and built a life that suits her. 

And she's never felt more free.

In this conversation, we talk about what Suann calls embodiment — what it actually means to feel at home in your body, to know what...

In this episode, I want to talk about something that confuses a lot of people: cholesterol. What it actually is, why your body needs it, and why the LDL number on your lab report doesn't tell the whole story.

A new documentary that just came out in April 2026 called The Cholesterol Code got me thinking. 

It follows Dave Feldman, an engineer who went low-carb, stabilized his blood sugar, felt great, but then saw his LDL go up, an...

John grew up in Indiana eating Hungry Man dinners, boxes of sugary cereal, and green-frosted Ninja Turtle pies... and no-one ever told him sugar was a problem! 

By his early 30s he was pushing 290 pounds, prediabetic, and on blood pressure medication.

After discovering low-carb eating and spending years experimenting with ketosis, John learned how to train his body to burn fat instead of sugar and refined carbs for fuel. 

Jo...

Christine spent 30 years trapped in the cycle of yo-yo dieting. 

She tried everything from Weight Watchers to a hospital-supervised liquid protein program. But nobody ever taught her why her body was working against her. 

In this episode, Christine opens up about growing up on the Standard American Diet (SAD), the childhood bullying that shaped her relationship with food, and how she reached 230 pounds.

It was when she ...

What do you say when someone offers you something with sugar in it… and you don’t want it?

Or you kind of do... but you don't want to sabotage your efforts to break free from sugar cravings?

In this episode, I walk you through simple, real-life ways to respond without feeling rude, awkward, or pressured to explain yourself.

We also look at what’s really going on in those moments, including the self-doubt that can sh...

Angela grew up with a lot of stress and tension around food at home.

In her 20s, she struggled with severe sugar addiction alongside anxiety and depression, using sugar as a primary coping mechanism.

In this conversation, Angela shares how that breaking point led her to eat more mindfully, and how learning to be present in everyday moments slowly changed her relationship with food, cravings, and emotions.

Today, Angela  is a func...

When Violet's husband’s health crisis forced them to look for solutions, sugar and white flour weren’t even on the list.

In this episode, Violet shares how her husband’s Crohn’s disease led them to completely rethink the way they eat. 

They were trying to keep him off of meds because he didn't like the side effects that came with them. 

But when their version of healthy eating wasn't working, Violet a...