Connie Bennett is an empowering, enthusiastic, experienced journalist and author of the bestselling books Sugar Shock! and Beyond Sugar Shock. A former carb and sugar addict, Connie is now a passionate clean-foods advocate, healthy-living aficionado, thought leader, certified Dream Builder Coach, certified health coach, life coach, EFT practitioner, motivational speaker, and champion of proven, powerful science-based tools to transform setbacks into breakthroughs. Connie has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including CBS News Sunday Morning, Oprah & Friends Radio, The Howard Stern Show, TIME, Woman’s World, Women’s Weekly, The Library Journal, Women’s Health, PR Week, Forbes Health, Delicious Living, Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, SHAPE, WCBS-TV, CNN iReport, Daily Mail, and The Sunday Times. She also has written articles and op-ed pieces for numerous publications and websites, including www.HealYourLife.com, www.SheKnows.com, www.eDiets.com, and www.HuffingtonPost.com. A lifelong learner, Connie trained with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), iPEC Coaching (formerly the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching), and Northwestern University’s masters in journalism program. She also studied with EFT Universe, the Brave Thinking Institute, Tony Robbins, Marci Shimoff (her Happy for No Reason training), Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra, and Mel Robbins. Connie loves to dance to music, take daily bicycle rides or long walks by the ocean, do Pilates, read or listen to audiobooks, play tennis or pickleball, study transformation, and pen provocative essays. She lives in San Diego, where she strives to be better and better every day in every way.