Life After Sugar
Welcome to Life After Sugar: Stories to Inspire, with Netta Gorman. The podcast that's not just about sugar, but about your relationship with it, and especially with yourself. This podcast is for you if you know that you need to cut down sugar, but you're not sure where to start, and you're feeling tired, sluggish, and overwhelmed because sugar seems to be everywhere. Get back your energy, lose your extra weight and the stiffness in your joints, get your digestion back on track, without feeling like you're depriving yourself of anything or being on a diet! Here you'll hear inspiring stories of people who cut out sugar in their own way, at their own pace, and for their own reasons. I hope that this podcast will inspire you to discover your life after sugar too! For more details, visit the Life After Sugar website at aftersugarclub.com.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 244
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
103. The 3 essentials of a joyful sugar free life
With my experience of several years of being sugar free, I've discovered that there are 3 essentials to living a confident and joyful sugar free life.
And they're probably not what you think.
These ess…
102. "Now I'm a diet free diva!": Tracy
Tracy was my guest on Episode 10, and we check back in with her in this episode to see how she's doing.
Tracy says that she feels that she's grown in the last year since she left sugar behind. She fee…
101: Listener Q&A: Night snacking, flour, emotional eating, gut health, and more!
This episode is Part 2 of answers to listeners' questions for the 100th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast.
In this episode, you'll get answers to questions such as:
- What do you do with cravings t…
100. Let's celebrate! (with less sugar): Listener Q&A
It's the 100th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast! Woo hoo!!
And to celebrate, I asked my listeners to submit the questions they'd like me to answer on the 100th episode... and I got so many that…
099. "You can't rely on willpower to control cravings": Jenn
Jenn Trepek's passion for nutrition and helping others stems from kicking her own food issues and weight management.
As a kid, she ate lot of vegetables... but she also consumed lots of bread, chips, …
098. "Sugar used to be such a big part of my identity": Dr. Lucy
Dr. Lucy Burns used to identify as (in her words) a sweet tooth, a chocoholic, and a lollytarian!
Her whole life revolved around getting sugar in some form.
Sugar was such a big part of her identity th…
097. "I had to change my perception about my body and about myself": Rachel
In this episode, Rachel talks openly and candidly about her struggles with sugar and food addiction.
She says that sugar had been a problem since childhood, but through her teen years and into her twe…
096. How have the processed food companies "hooked" us?
Michael Moss' book "Hooked" came out in 2021, and when I read it... it blew my mind!
As a consumer, it doesn't feel like the food manufacturers care about nourishing us, and even less about our health…
095. "With low carb, I actually look forward to my meals": Nicola
Nicola grew up in the 70s and 80s, and says that she doesn't remember food being an issue during her childhood. She wasn't overweight as a child.
In her 20s and 30s, once she had her own money, all sh…
094. The 4 levels of sugar addiction: Molly
You may self-identify as a sugar addict... But are you really "addicted"?
In this episode, I'm talking to my friend Molly Painschab, who is a mental health professional, addiction strategist, behavior…
093. "Teaching our kids about real foods is the key": Lauren
Do you have kids?
(Or grandkids)
In this episode, I'm talking with Lauren Bryson, who's a cooking instructor for kids, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition and host of the Go Play in the Dirt Podcast.
…
092. Sugar and my infertility journey: Robyn
Robyn and I are friends and we share something that I kind of wish we didn't: our long and difficult struggle with infertility.
In this episode, Robyn tells about her childhood in the 80s and her eati…
091. How to let go of sugar: 3 practical exercises
Letting go of sugar and living happily sugar free is 100% possible... but it's definitely easier when you have guidance and support so that you're not struggling on your own.
In this episode, you'll d…
90. Listener question: Where do I start??
So you're ready to start reducing or cutting sugar.
Wonderful!
But where do you start? HOW do you start?
Most people make the mistake of concentrating on the food first.
I have another approach.
I suggest…
089. "Hunger isn't the same as a craving": Dr. Orlena
Dr. Orlena Kerek is a paediatric doctor turned family health advocate. She worked as a doctor in the UK and now she practices in Spain. It broke her heart to see so many sick people in hospital dying…
088. "Now sugar is non-negotiable for me": Scott
Sugar was a reward during Scott's childhood.
And as a result, Scott was overweight as a child, and his mother put him on all kinds of diets.
He felt like a disappointment at weigh-ins. It was a struggl…
087. "Cutting sugar made me stop craving it": Gabrielle
Gabrielle had leukemia as a very young child. But it wasn't until her 20s that she started to realize what some of the long term effects of chemotherapy were.
Gabrielle tells how during her younger ye…
086. "Now I enjoy cooking with real, whole foods": Annie
Annie chose to be vegetarian early on in her life, but unfortunately she ate a lot of processed grains rather than fruit and vegetables. She admits that she didn't really know what to focus on at tha…
085. You can't fail at your life after sugar!
I know a thing or two about failing - I've been a teacher for 30 years!
But I'm not talking about passing or failing exams here.
This episode is about the feeling of failure many of us have had in the …
084. "I'm so much more aware now": Rochelle
In this episode, you'll get a "sneak peek" into the check-in calls that we have in the After Sugar Club. You'll be in good company with Eloisa, Rochelle, Wendy and Debbie.
Curious about what kinds of …