Episode #17: Interview With Sherry Strong: Living The Sweet Life - From Sugar Addiction to Sweet Freedom Life

I’m thrilled to be featuring Food Philosopher and Founder of the Sweet Freedom Project Sherry Strong on this episode! Her passion and energy for helping others through overcoming their addiction to sugar and creating freedom in every area of their lives is powerful and the work she does in the fields of healing, nutrition and self-growth; profound. Our conversation is PACKED with golden nuggets of wisdom to help you create a healthy relationship with food, nourish your body, mind and spirit, overcome what’s really eating at you and ultimately cultivating a deeper understanding of, compassion for and connection to yourself. Sherry is a food philosopher, nutritionist, chef & Founder of the Sweet Freedom Project, dedicated to helping one million-plus people beat sugar addiction. She is the former Victorian Chair of Nutrition Australia, the past President of Slow Food Melbourne, and was the Curator & Co-Founder of the World Wellness Project. She has taught at universities here in Canada and Australia as well as consulted to government on nutritional policies. Her book 'Return to Food - the life-changing anti-diet' details the philosophies and strategies that helped her halve her dress size without dieting. When’s she’s not working you’ll find her at farmers markets, cooking, painting or writing a novel and script for a romantic comedy. I’m thrilled to feature her and her amazing work, and to offer you 33% off the cost of her life changing Sweet Freedom program! If you want to ditch the yo-yo diets, break free from sugar addiction, and still be able to walk past your favourite treats (that used to be irresistible to you!) without experiencing any sugar cravings, this program is for you! Most importantly, if you are craving freedom in your life, please check out Sherry’s incredible support and resource systems created for you to live the sweet life. (Links below to join.) EPISODE Takeaways: · A calming morning practice (00:17) · Her waking inspiration (00:34) · How her sugar addiction started (1:18) · Malnourishment in body, mind and spirit (4:55) · Eye opening findings in her research (9:41) · A revelation in living your truth (14:00) · Live the sweet freedom philosophy (20:22) · Healthiest sugar sources (26:40) · Identifying a sugar addiction (29:02) · What’s natural is not always best (35:18) · How to start the healing process TODAY (29:28) · How to start breaking through what’s eating away at you (40:22) · Her daily habits for success and morning routine (44:49) · Her failures and lessons learned (52:50) · A life-changing hurdle and how she overcame it (57:35) · A limiting belief that she blasted through (1:01:04) · The elements of a successful relationship (1:06:51) · A life changing book (1:10:54) · Her guilty indulgences (1:15:36) · Her one food only choice for life (1:17:47) · What paradise means to her (1:29:48) REFERENCES * Sherry Strong: Sweet Freedom Life Program https://sweetfreedomlife.com/8-week-online-program-3/?ref=Mandy+Ross * Sherry Strong’s Other Programs: https://sweetfreedomlife.com/?ref=Mandy+Ross * Mandy Ross Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mandyjross Thank you so much for tuning in. It’s a privilege to have you here and I’d be so grateful if you could share it, subscribe and take 2 minutes to leave me a 5-star review on your podcast player platform, to continue sharing the goodness of this with the world. @MandyJRoss @PaveYourParadise