Sarah Wilson - from Magazine Editor to Change Maker (with so much in between...)

Sarah Wilson - from Magazine Editor to Change Maker (with so much in between...)

Author: 9Podcasts March 6, 2023 Duration: 1:03:38

Welcome back to 'So I Quit', now in its fourth year and Season 4 as I live and breathe!! What a cracking guest to kick the new season off - Sarah Wilson. Where to start about this incredible human... Sarah is a multi-New York Times and Amazon best-selling author, podcaster, thought leader, minimalist, philanthropist and climate advisor. 


  • She is a ‘Change Maker’ for WeAre8 and is heavily invested in supporting the platform.
  • She founded the international I Quit Sugar movement and wrote the international bestsellers I Quit SugarFirst, We Make the Beast Beautiful  and This One Wild & Precious Life which won the 2021 US Gold Nautilus Award. 
  • Sarah is also the author of another 11 cookbooks that sell in 52 countries, and she has been ranked in the top 200 most influential authors in the world.
  • In a “previous life” Sarah was a News Corp journalist and opinion columnist, editor of Cosmopolitan Australia and host of Masterchef Australia before founding the largest wellness website in Australia.
  • In February 2022, Sarah sold the incredibly successful business and gave all proceeds to charity. She now builds and enables charity projects that “engage humans with each other”.
  • Sarah now dedicates all her resources to driving a global conversation on sustainability and climate change, as well as resilience, living a life of value and change leadership. 

We delve into all of this and more during the pod. I literally could have chatted to Sarah all day.. enjoy!! xx




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