Unsweetened Sio

Unsweetened Sio

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  • 153 - Bitten Jonsson - Is Addiction Actually a Blessing in Disguise?

    In today's episode my friend and podcast fan favorite, Bitten Jonsson is back! Bitten asks the question: Is the illness of addiction the worst thing that can happen or is it a blessing in disguise? 

    If you missed earlier episodes with Bitten, you can listen here:
    Episode 23 - Bitten tells her story and wisdom: https://anchor.fm/siobhan99/episodes/23---Sugar-Addiction-Specialist-Bitten-Jonsson-e54bkf
    Episode 67 - Bitten talks about her SUGAR diagnostic tool: https://anchor.fm/siobhan99/episodes/67---Bitten-Jonsson-and-SUGAR-ei96no
    Episode 102 - Bitten talks about progress over perfection: https://anchor.fm/siobhan99/episodes/102---Progression-Not-Perfection-in-Recovery-with-Bitten-Jonsson--RN-e1171hi/a-a8tod8
    Bitten is a Registered Nurse and Addiction and Relapse Prevention Specialist.  Bitten is a forerunner in the sugar addiction field in Sweden and is currently translating her book, "Sugarbomb" into English.  She is on the Board of Directors of the Food Addiction Institute.  She has also developed a Holistic Addiction Medicine and SUGAR protocol and is now training and educating the new generation of Sugar Addiction Counselors.  She is also my personal hero for all the wonderful work she is doing to help others get free!
    Bitten's website: https://www.bittensaddiction.com/en/

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    45 min
  • 152 - Sugar Freedom with Rachel Murray

    Rachel is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Sugar Addiction Recovery Coach and SUGAR® Certified & Licensed. Her mission is to help women with sugar addiction ditch all the diets and find food freedom for life!

    Initially trained as a Registered Nurse, she transitioned to holistic nutrition to better serve her clientele of exceptional women who just so happen to struggle with sugar addiction.

    Drawing on her background as a Registered Nurse and incorporating both modern science and time-tested wisdom, Rachel has coached dozens of women on how to break free from the chains of sugar addiction and live a life of purpose and passion.

    She is a proud and grateful member of SUGARxGlobal and has been featured on the Fed And Fearless podcast.

    Website: rachelmurrayholisticnutrition.ca
    30-Day Sugar Free(dom) Challenge Waitlist (official registration will open up in October)
    9-Week Sugar Freedom Forever Program (registration now open)
    Free Quiz: Could You Be A Sugar Addict? Quiz

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    52 min
  • 151 - Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir, Director of the INFACT School

    In today's season 5 premiere, I talk with Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir.  She tells us about her own journey with food addiction, how she helped herself and then how she opened one of the first food addiction treatment programs in the world.  And after doing those things, also founded INFACT, to help professionals get the training needed to help their food addict patients.  Esther has almost 20 years of abstinence under her belt and is changing the world so that everyone can find and get treatment.  

    Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir is a pioneer in the field of food addiction treatment. Once an opera singer and opera teacher, Esther was battling food addiction for most of her adult life until she discovered a twelve step program that changed her life.
    Once in recovery, she opened one of the first food addiction treatment programs in the world. The MFM program in Iceland has treated many people, some of them had tried multiple diets and even surgery in an attempt to live a healthier life. Esther’s program gives them hope and the tools to achieve long term recovery. Based on the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous their success rate long term is much higher than any other medical intervention.
    After establishing the treatment center, Esther realized that not only the patients needed help with food addiction but also the professionals. She then founded INFACT, an international training program for any type of professional willing to learn about food addiction and how to help those suffering with it. The six months online course is open to everyone and it gives you an excellent evidence based knowledge on Food Addiction diagnosis and treatment. The list of lecturers is very impressive, from Nicole Avena to Robert Lustig (author of Metabolical) to experienced counsellors on the field of food addiction like Phil Werdell. At the end of the course, attendees receive a Food Addiction Professional Certificate from the European Certification Board.
    On top of this impressive curriculum, Esther is the Executive Director and Chair of the Food Addiction Institute, an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to support the healing of all food addicts, founded in 2005.
    INFACT: https://infact.is/
    Food Addiction Institute: https://www.foodaddictioninstitute.org/

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    55 min
  • 150 - Season 4 Finale: SUGARx Global Founders: Judy Wolfe, Dave Wolfe and Anna Fruehling

    In today's season 4 finale, I interview all 3 founding members of SugarX Global and we talk about how they came up with the concept and reflect back on the past 14 months of creating this amazing community.  Dave, Anna and Judy are recovering addicts. They personally understand Addiction Interaction Disorder (one disease, many outlets) and know that it is really not about the food. As co-founders of SUGARx Global, Dave, Anna and Judy helped to develop a system based on CARE (Connection, Action Steps, Recovery Protection, and Education) as the foundation for addicts to Grow. Recover. Transform. They can be reached at [email protected] and www.sugarxglobal.com.

    Sign up for the FREE Food Freedom Summit July 1 - 21: https://www.laramuzio.com/Siobhan/

    Have a great summer everyone and see you back in September for Season 5!

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnSweetenedSio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    52 min
  • 149 - The Addiction Chronicles: Celebrating Leslie Colburn's "1-Year Sugarversary"

    In today's episode I talk with Leslie Colburn who celebrated her 1-Year Sugarversary on May 27th! Leslie reflects on the past year through her journal entries and shares with us the 10 things that really helped her, coming to terms with and accepting that she has an addiction and she takes us through a day where she compares what it looks like off sugar and flour versus how different it would have looked a year ago.  Having struggled with sugar addiction and the restrict-binge cycle for over 35 years, Leslie has finally found what works for her and has been sugar and binge-free for 389 days. The UnSweetened Sio podcast and the monthly recaps have given her the support and tools she has needed to find hope and recovery.  She hopes to encourage others who struggle with sugar addiction by sharing her story. Leslie is a mom, a wife, and an author.  Her newest children’s books Our Goodnight Prayer and YOU: A Reason to Celebrate teach children that they are a masterpiece and encourages them to let their light shine.  Giving up sugar has allowed Leslie to celebrate who she is and has given her a new hope.

    Website: www.lesliecolburn.com
    Other episodes with Leslie:
    Episode 113: The Addiction Chronicles: Leslie Colburn "4.5 Months" 
    Episode 131: The Addiction Chronicles: Leslie Colburn "8 Months"

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnSweetenedSio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    53 min
  • 148 - The Addiction Chronicles: José Chavez

    In today's episode I talk with José Chavez about his story of recovery.  José is originally from El Salvador but was born and raised in North Carolina, so he considers himself an official southern boy. He is a brother, son, and accountant by profession. With that being said, to the outside world he was a professional and “normal” person. Unfortunately, we are only as sick as our secrets, and his secret was his disease of addiction. He has always had a toxic relationship with food, since he was a child, and that was his first addiction. Throughout his life, he has been on multiple diets, suffered through multiple eating disorders, and had many addictive behaviors. They say one disease, many outlets, and that is true for José. After he was given the gift of desperation, he finally decided to embark on his road to recovery to live his true, authentic, and unadulterated self.

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnSweetenedSio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    54 min
  • 147 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller's 2 Year Sugarversary!

    In today's episode I talk with Susan Miller and we celebrate her 2 year sugarversary!  She talks about her continued recovery and how these days she is trying to keep it simple. Susan Miller is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who decided to give up sugar, flour, and alcohol in March of 2020. After a couple of months of slips and starts she came clean on June 1st and has not looked back despite the pandemic and a personal bout with COVID 19. Still an advocate of 12-step recovery, most recently Susan has been working toward a lifestyle of simplicity including her food plan. The absence of sugar has cleared mental fog and the emotional roller coaster of the past. This has brought back enjoyment of hobbies that have been missing for a long time including stitching samplers and reading classic literature. Having an official diagnosis of OCD and battling skin conditions in spite of giving up sugar has led her back to her roots as an NTP, discovering her own bio-individuality in regard to food. Susan remains confident that sugar and ultra-processed foods are not a part of a proper human diet and she takes every opportunity to share this message.

    45 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "Before"

    49 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "First 2 weeks"
    53 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "6 Weeks"
    57 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "2 + Months"
    61 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "3 Months"
    74 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "8 Months"
    93 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller "Year One Reflections"
    103 - The Addiction Chronicles: Susan Miller's "1-Year Sugarversary"
    114 - Navigating the Holiday Season With Susan Miller


    55 min
  • 146 - My Battle With Sugar Addiction - Part 2

    In today's episode I continue to talk about my story of sugar addiction, my recovery journey and how the Emotion Code is one of the tools that has really helped me with my recovery.

    For more on The Emotion Code: https://discoverhealing.com/
    To book an Emotion Code/Body Code session with me: https://www.unsweetenedsio.com/book-online

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnSweetenedSio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    53 min
  • 145 - The Addiction Chronicles: Tiffany Cornell

    In today's episode I talk with Tiffany Cornell about her recovery journey.  Tiffany is 32 years old and was born with the disease of addiction. At age 6 she was already quite overweight, suffered from severe depression and as a result got sent on her first diet retreat with her mother. Ever since then not a day has gone by that she wasn’t on a diet or obsessed with the goal to lose weight and be a different person. She tried every diet out there but never managed to achieve much. After her first weight-loss surgery, which wasn’t very successful, she stumbled across the low-carb high-fat diet, which was very popular in Sweden where she was living in her early 20s, and heard about Bitten Jonsson and sugar addiction. She immediately identified with everything Bitten said and finally started making some progress. She battled for 8 years to get more than 30 days of abstinence from her trigger foods, always slipping and sliding. A constant back and forth of withdrawal and peace and weight-loss and weight gain. Even after her second weight-loss surgery, which she agreed to even though she knew it wasn’t the fix for her real issue, she struggled a lot. In 2021 she decided enough was enough. She knew she needed help from someone that actually knew about addiction and searched for help. The universe aligned and at around 30 days of abstinence, her usual breaking point, she found SUGARx Global. She joined the 5-day challenge, invested in their 9-week program and hasn't looked back. Her life has been completely transformed. She is now 13 months off her drug foods and can barely recognize herself inside and out.  She is finally doing what she's passionate about and living a life without depression. Right now, she is studying to become a food addiction specialist and primal health coach and is even running groups for SUGARx Global on the weekends.

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnSweetenedSio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    50 min
  • 144 - REZOOM with Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D.

    In today's episode I welcome back Susan Peirce Thompson to talk about her latest book, REZOOM: The Powerful Reframe to End the Crash-and-Burn Cycle of Food Addiction. Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the founder of the worldwide Bright Line Eating movement. Her first two books, including “Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin, and Free,” became New York Times bestsellers and instant Hay House favorites. Her work weaves the neuroscience of food addiction with powerful insights from Positive Psychology, IFS, and 12-Step Recovery to outline a roadmap for achieving true integrity and self-authorship around food. The Bright Line Eating mission is to help one million people around the globe discover lasting food freedom and have their “Bright Transformations” by 2025.

    Website: https://susanpeircethompson.com/

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and were inspired in some way, I would love to hear from you. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @unsweetenedsio. 5 star ratings and positive reviews really help the podcast too!

    Website: www.unsweetenedsio.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unsweetenedsio/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsweetenedsio

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnSweetenedSio

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVw0_4Ms1GNE5-p6LT0qlw

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-harris-64663317/

    52 min

About Unsweetened Sio

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I have struggled with sugar addiction for most of my life and finally found my path to freedom by giving up all sugar and all flour on January 13, 2018. I never thought I would be free from the misery…

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