Sarah Wilson is an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author of I Quit Sugar. Her journalism career spanned 20 years, across TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, and online. She’s the former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and host of the first series of MasterChef Australia, the highest-rating show in Australian TV history.

Sarah’s interests include minimalist living, philosophy, anti-consumerism, combatting food waste, hiking, ocean swimming, sailing, and eating.

In this episode, we discuss:

Travelling for 4 and a half months (earlier this year) with only a small backpack that weighed 8kg
Living as a nomad out of 2 suitcases for 8 years
Was Sarah always a minimalist?
Food waste is the biggest contributor of CO2 emissions
How to preserve your herbs
Sarah’s health depleted to the point where she couldn’t walk or works for 9 months
Living in an army shed, in the forest
The mental impact of living a minimalistic lifestyle
Morning routines allow us to make less decisions
We’ve lost the art of fending
The sugar-autoimmune-anxiety connection
When it comes to sugar, we don’t have an off switch
Snacking and smaller meals more often isn’t the right call
Sugar, carbs, and processed foods are like putting kindling on the fire
Take charge of your health by learning how to cook
Should you avoid dairy if you have Hashimoto’s?
The two things that impact every cell in the human body
Consuming a quarter cup of fat with every meal
Eat your snack with your meal
Gelatin gummies make a great nighttime snack
Sarah’s morning routine at home vs when she’s travelling
Why Sarah chooses to use a microwave
Maintaining balance with work and day-to-day life
A new way to look at balance