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Diabetes: Just deal with it?
Where do you learn to deal with it? As I progress deeper into my coaching career, I notice many people talking about how they “deal” with diabetes. I see it in personal conversations, on social media, podcasts, blogs, and FB posts. People sharing their stories, bits...
Finding Your Voice in Your Diabetes Treatment Plan
It’s easy to get lost in a sea of “shoulds” It is easy for your voice to be lost in the day to day of diabetes. Surrounded by a long lists of things you should do: check your blood sugar, not eat to much, eat on time, count carbs, assess injection sites, order...
A Career of Managing Fear
Carrying The Weight Of Other Peoples Fears Life on this planet comes with its share of fear. Living with a condition that could take your life without a safety net of medications ratchets things ups a bit. Internal fear is something you can deal with by changing...
Valentine Love and Diabetes
Choosing to love your enemies I was 26 when Mr. Diabetes showed up on my doorstep and I hated him! He interrupted my plans, demanded my attention, took away my sense of freedom, made me feel horrible, and was an overall buzz kill. It was a bitter irony that I had to...
Protecting Yourself From Words That Hurt
Don’t be surprised when people who don’t get it, don’t get it. I recently had a comment on one of my posts about a particular word I chose to use. It was “diabetic”. They didn’t like it and felt that the word focused on the disease, not the person and was...
Connection, A Strategy for Coping with Diabetes
Connection, A Strategy for Coping with Diabetes I exhibited at a Wellness Expo this past weekend and met quite a few people, like me, who live with diabetes. It felt good to be with others who understand. I have spent some time thinking about that good feeling and I...