Highs & Lows Taking A Toll? Flex Your Mental Muscles with Resilience Practices...Resilience is the key to avoiding the burnout that can come from the highs and lows in challenges related to diabetes, or...reactions2comments
Resilience Isn't a Static Thing...Resilience makes managing life with type 2 diabetes easier. It gives us the ability to respond effectively when the unexpected happens. But...reactionscomments
Type 2 Diabetes Makes me Resilient...Not long ago I wrote a piece 'I Can’t Do Diabetes Right Now.' In it, I explained some of the many life...reactionscomments
Tips to Resist Temptations...One of the hardest parts of my day is resisting temptations and bad food choices. I find this especially hard at work...reactionscomments
A Review of The A1c Test...November is National Diabetes Month. In honor of this very important month I would like to review the Hemoglobin A1c test (also...reactionscomments
Routines Give You a Key Advantage in Diabetes Management...Routines. At first glance, they can look like just one more thing to get through in an already busy day managing life...reactionscomments
You’re Not Their Patient - They’re Your Healthcare Team...Advocating for your health can be intimidating, awkward, even challenging at times. It can feel as though you’re questioning your medical provider, or...reactionscomments
Self-Advocacy for Optimal Diabetes Care: The Basics of Advocating for Yourself...Your needs to properly care for your diabetes are an inherent right. To do so, is probably going to require you to...reactionscomments
Self-Care in the Time of COVID-19...Right now our new normal is anything but. And now more than ever, it’s important for our mental health, diabetes management, and...reactionscomments
The Shock of Gestational Diabetes...Some people are not surprised when they are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. They know they are at risk. They have family...reactionscomments
Top Questions Patients Ask Diabetes Educators...Some of you may have been referred to a diabetes educator at the time of your diabetes diagnosis or may have seen...reactionscomments
Did You Know, Diabetes Can Be Silent?...“Diabetes. Learn the signs.” “Are you at risk for type 2 diabetes?” “Take this quiz to see your risk factors for type...reactionscomments
6 Thoughts About Type 2 Diabetes That Will Motivate You!...Type 2 diabetes is a tough disease to live with. It becomes very easy to focus on the less-than-positive aspects of it...reactions1comment
Six Reasons Why I Love Type 2 Diabetes Peer Support...Peer support is defined as ‘a supportive relationship between people who have a lived experience in common.’ It’s origins appear to have...reactions5comments
Be Fair With Skin Care...Caring for your skin is very important for everyone. But when you are diabetic that importance level increases. Did you know that...reactions4comments
Type 2 Diabetes and Sleep Problems...Poor sleep and type 2 diabetes…Which comes first? It turns out that the relationship between type 2 diabetes and sleep has “chicken...reactions5comments
Little Steps Turn Into Big Strides...New year, new goals - some can seem easy, others seem damn near impossible. Here are some tips to turn small healthy steps...reactionscomments
"Sneaking" in Exercise...I try to "sneak" in exercise in ways that don't seem like exercise - know what I mean? Like I take the...reactionscomments
Partnering With Type 2 Diabetes Management...Even though we talk a lot about diabetes being a self-managed condition, it is helpful if you have a support system in...reactionscomments
Diabetes Management in the Spring and Summer...In the past week where I live, weather wise, we had rain, snow, a ‘bring-down-the-hydro-poles’ ice storm and now warm sunshine. It’s...reactions3comments
