Connie Bennett is an in-demand motivational speaker, sought after podcast guest, inquisitive health and lifestyle journalist, former sugar and carbs addict, TEDx speaker, and author of the bestselling books, Sugar Shock!, Beyond Sugar Shock, and her latest, I Blew My Diet! Now What? Her most recent book was inspired by her own personal experiences when, after losing her mother, Connie broke a decade-long streak of eating cleanly. After years of feeling happily in control over what she ate, Connie mindlessly shoveled in lots of carbage (carbohydrate garbage), quickly packed on 21 pounds, and her health went south. She felt horribly ashamed. Thankfully, her desperation, discouragement, and humiliation drove the journalist to dive into the research to discover why and when people eat badly and how to take back your power using fast, easy, science-based tactics. She unveils all her discoveries in her book, I Blew My Diet! Now What? Connie has been featured by hundreds of media outlets and podcasts, including CBS News Sunday Morning, TIME, Woman’s World, Women’s Weekly, First for Women, ForbesHealth.com, Women’s Health. She also has written essays and articles for many publications and websites. Connie is a certified health coach, certified DreamBuilder Coach, life coach, and tapping practitioner, who encourages, motivates, and empowers people to treat themselves and their bodies with respect, compassion, and kindness so they can be happy, health, and heroic.