The Kick Sugar Coach Podcast

Rich Holman is a man on a mission. At the age of 72, he had a long list of medical conditions and was on multiple medications. As he likes to say, he was a “dead man walking”. It all turned around when he met a holistic doctor who suggested that he do a 21-Day Sugar Detox. This radical dietary intervention transformed his health. Six years later, Rich is in the best shape of his life and has becom...

Laura Lively was overweight by the age of 3. She spent the next 50 years yo-yo dieting. She tried them all! By the time she entered college, she was 297 pounds and desperate. Through calorie restriction and exercise, she managed to keep her weight below 200 pounds until one day she tore a muscle in her hip which plunged her into 10 years of agonizing pain. Some of the best opiates on the market we...

On January 13, 2018, Siobhan Harris decided to give up sugar for one whole year. She did it DIY style. Her intention was to do a one-year no sugar sabbatical and write a book about her journey. She wrote in her journal daily tracking the ups and downs, the challenges and victories. Nearly 5 years later, Siobhan is still sugar-free and going strong. Her life and health have been totally transformed...

In today's podcast interview, Dallin Hardy, a scientist with Hardy Nutritionals, will expand upon the role that micronutrients play in both reducing stress and reducing sugar cravings. We will also discuss how a simple supplement can dramatically improve health and mental health issues such as depression, and anxiety. What are micronutrients? Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals we need t...

Dr. Vera Tarman, M.D., author of the book Food Junkies and co-host of the podcast Food Junkies, is a medical doctor working in addiction treatment. In addition to her professional expertise, she has her own food addiction recovery story and it includes having lost and kept off 100 pounds over 13 years.  In this interview, we explore the topic of how trauma intersects with food addiction.  Some cam...

If you suffer from constipation, sugar cravings, and digestive issues, then this interview is for you! My guest this week is Martha Carlin, founder of the BioCollective, a company specializing in understanding our microbiome. This international team of scientists is in the process of sequencing our microbiome (like experts once sequenced our genes).  Martha, in my books, is a modern-day superhero....

Dr. Nicole Avena's work is some of the first in the world that scientifically validated what most of us have discovered through personal experience… That sugar can act like an opiate and be addictive. Her peer-reviewed clinical research was on lab animals, and inspired other researchers, medical doctors, and scientists from around the world to conduct their own research, much of which elabora...

Dr. Charles Smith is a medical doctor now working in the addictions field who knows firsthand the pain, shame and grip of substance abuse. In 2009, the American Drug Enforcement Agency burst into his small town medical practice in West Virginia expecting to press criminal charges for writing 3000 fraudulent prescriptions for opiate pills a month. What they discovered was that Dr. Smith wasn’t rese...

As a young philosophy student in university, I read and loved the works of a famous Danish theologian, philosopher, author, and poet by the name of Soren Kierkegaard. He was born in 1813 and died in 1855.  Never. Never in a million years would I have guessed that one day I would have the pleasure of interviewing one of his next of kin.  Well I did!  True story… Kim Kierkegaard is a direct descende...

Oh man, I really enjoyed this interview.   It is one of the most unique I have ever completed. Why?  Katie is a medical intuitive and a remarkably good one. She has 153 five star reviews on her Facebook page. She has been extensively featured in the media and has done reading with celebrities who describe her as “eerily accurate”.  Her book “Heal From Within” details how learning to tap into her i...

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...

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 s...

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...

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,...

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 ad...

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 joyf...