If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why can’t I stop craving sugar?” or “Why do I feel out of control around carbs?”—this interview will change how you see your body, your brain, and your sugar cravings.

In this powerful conversation, Eric Edmeades (founder of WildFit, author of Post Diabetic and The Evolution Gap) explains why sugar cravings are not a character flaw, a lack of discipline, or “just emotional eating.” They’re often ancient survival wiring—a deeply human instinct designed to keep us alive when sweet foods were rare and seasonal.

But today, sugar isn’t seasonal. It’s constant. And when your environment changes faster than your biology can adapt, the result is cravings, overeating, metabolic dysfunction, weight gain, and blood sugar instability.

In this interview, Eric breaks down the difference between natural sugar in whole foods (fruit, honey, root vegetables) versus refined sugar and ultra-processed foods—and why modern “food-like substances” keep your appetite switched on. You’ll also learn how ancestral food rhythms, metabolism, and food psychology can help you reduce cravings and rebuild trust with your hunger signals—without obsessing over meal plans, calorie counting, or extreme restriction.

You’ll Learn:

• Why sugar cravings feel irresistible (and why it’s not about willpower)
• The truth about sugar: it’s not evil—it’s too available
• Why refined sugar and corn syrup behave differently in the body than real food
• The seasonal way humans evolved to eat (and why it matters today)
• How “always-available” carbs impact insulin, appetite, and cravings
• Why meal plans often backfire (and what to do instead)
• The 3 metabolic states humans evolved to run:
  • Sugar burning
  • Fat burning
  • Autophagy (cellular cleanup through fasting)
• How to retrain your intuition around food when your appetite has been “hijacked”
• A food-first approach to improving blood sugar, energy, and long-term health

If you have ever felt powerless against sugar cravings, or wondered why you can’t maintain weight loss despite "trying everything," this conversation will change your biological perspective forever.

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If willpower, meal plans, and “just quit” advice actually worked, sugar addiction wouldn’t keep coming back.

In this deeply honest conversation, Florence sits down with Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell, a pioneer in trauma-informed healing and Inner Relationship Focusing, to explore the real reason so many people relapse with sugar and ultra-processed foods — and why it has far less to do with food than we’ve been taught to believe.

This episode unpacks how trauma, emotional shutdown, and inner conflict drive compulsive eating, why control and restriction often make cravings worse, and how learning to relate differently to our emotions can dissolve the inner war that keeps us stuck.

You’ll learn:

• Why sugar is often used to avoid overwhelming emotions
• How trauma disconnects us from body wisdom and choice
• Why “shoulds,” discipline, and control backfire with addiction
• What it actually means to heal the root of cravings
• How self-led decisions create peace — not inner rebellion

This is not a conversation about dieting.

It’s about safety, presence, and learning how to meet what comes up when the sugar goes down.

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep going back to sugar — even when you don’t want to — this episode will change how you see addiction, healing, and yourself.

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Most of us know what it feels like to “fall off track” with food — that sting of disappointment, the self-talk that spirals, the quiet panic of “Why did I do that? And why can’t I stop?”

But what if those moments aren’t failures at all?

What if they’re signals — invitations — pointing to something deeper happening inside us?

That’s the conversation I had with Connie Bennett, a former sugar and carb addict turned journalist, bestselling author, and coach who has spent years digging into the real reasons we relapse… and the surprisingly simple tools that can pull us back.

This is one of those interviews where you feel both understood and empowered — at the same time.

Connie has written three books on sugar, relapse, and recovery, including her newest, I Blew My Diet… Now What? After losing her mother, she herself fell into a months-long spiral of popcorn, chips, crackers, grief, PTSD, and what she calls “carbage.”

That experience changed the trajectory of her work — and led her to uncover 21 core reasons people relapse, along with practical tools that actually work in the moment when cravings hit.

This episode is part storytelling and part strategy. It shares practical techniques you can use today.

Episode Highlights:

• Why Connie relapsed after a decade of eating clean — and what it taught her
• How “carbage” (processed carbs) can trigger 30+ old symptoms
• The 21 reasons people blow their diets — and why willpower fails
• The FAST method for navigating cravings in real time
• Why self-compassion works better than self-criticism (and the study that proves it)
• A simple tapping sequence you can use at a party when cravings hit
• What to do immediately after a relapse — and what not to do

If you’ve ever slid back into old habits and need a little help getting some traction, this is the episode for you. And Connie’s new book is the book for you! It took her 7 years to research and write it. It is fabulous! Really, really fabulous.

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