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#191: My Conterinuitive Philosophy on T1D + Mental Health
On this episode I dive into my philosophy on T1D + mental health. I talk about why this seemingly counterintuitive approach to dealing with the stress of diabetes works so well, and how you can start using it in your...
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#190: Diabetes Sucks (for 2 years)!
On this episode, I reflect on the 2-year anniversary of the release of my book, Diabetes Sucks, and You Can Handle It. I talk about how the book came about, the impact it has had on people with T1D, my favorite part...
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#189: Stop Overtreating Low Blood Sugar
My guest on this episode is Ginger Vieira, and she just wrote a new book called Stop Overtreating During Low Blood Sugar with Diabetes. We talk about all things low blood sugar. Ginger gives us some great tips on what...
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#188: Your CGM is Not (always) Your Friend!
Sometimes, the best advice I can give to someone for their mental health is "take off your CGM."
My CGM makes me feel safe and secure. I like knowing that I'll get an alert if my blood sugar is falling fast. But I...
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#187: What To Do When You Backtrack with Your Mental Health
How do you regain control of your T1D management and mental health when setbacks happen?
In this episode, I talk about how setbacks are a normal part of your mental health journey with T1D and give you some...
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#186: What To Do When Panic Sets In
#185: Are Your Safety Behaviors Keeping You Safe?
My guess is you do a lot of things to keep yourself "safe" in your life with T1D. At least, you think these things keep you safe. Things like...
Checking your CGM every 5 minutes
Reducing your bolus for your food...
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#184: Be Open to the Possibility that T1D Can Get Easier
There is one thing that I know for sure. If you are closed off the possibility that life with T1D can get easier, it's never going to get easier.
Being open to the possibility of change greatly increases the...
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#183: What Success Looks Like with T1D + Mental Health
One question I always ask the people I work with is "What does success look like for you?". Their answer is almost always "I don't want to feel (insert negative emotion) anymore.
The challenge here is that it's almost...
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#182: Why Avoiding T1D Never Works
With your mental health with T1D, avoidance doesn't work.
In fact, when you avoid our negative emotions, it keeps you stuck in these emotions and you get the exact opposite results that you were hoping for.
n this...
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#181: The Path to Mental Health with T1D is Never Straight
You are going to have setbacks in your mental health journey with T1D. As much as I wish that you won’t, the path to emotional health is never a straight line. Expect there to be bumps along the road.
The issue isn’t...
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#180: How to Break Free from Your Blood Sugar Prison
Most of the folks I talk to feel like a prisoner of their blood sugars. They feel their glucose numbers dictate what they can and can't do, and they tell me they feel trapped—and like there's nothing they can do about...
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