Helle Madsen

Helle Madsen, SUGAR/HMA-certified and licensed.

Helle is a recovering addict herself and her passion is to help other women get out of the roller coaster of weight loss and -gain. Helle is a certified social worker, supervisor, and coach. She has worked in therapy and coaching for many years. In 2021, she started a sugar addiction recovery program in Denmark. The program is called ”Bliv Sukkerfri” (get sugar-free). Helle is the one and only sugar recovering counselor in Denmark.
 

My life has been busy with work, two children, a husband, family, and friends. I thought I was doing well in many areas. But there was this minor problem with food. I couldn’t control it.

When I left work, the show began. I started planning what to buy and what to eat on my way home. There were rules to follow: it had to be eaten in 30 minutes, no mess allowed, and any packaging had to be concealable, so no one at home would notice that I was indulging on my way home. When I got home, I started thinking about dinner, or rather what I would eat after dinner – candy, cake, ice cream, or something else.

That’s how every day went. I was embarrassed, I felt shame, I tried to stop – many times. I thought there was something fundamentally wrong with me, that I was weak, that I was a bad person.
 

One day, I came across Bitten Jonsson’s book ’Sockerbomben 3.0’ and read about sugar addiction. I cried. It was about me. In 2019, I traveled to Sweden and took a course in Swedish. I did this because I knew that this was the knowledge I had never had. Since then, I have lived a sugar-free life. It has been simple, but not easy, and now I am passionate about helping others in the same situation and spreading awareness about sugar addiction in Denmark.
 

Connect with Helle at:

Email: helle@blivsukkerfri.dk
Website: https://spisrigtigmad.dk
Website: https://blivsukkerfri.dk
Phone: +45-29479917