Happy 2018! How many of you are working on “doing” something so you can be a better “you” this year? January is the month for new year’s resolutions and new goals! Changing our diet, changing our exercise, changing our day-to-day routine to become that better version...
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Your Worst Customer Ever Is Now Your Roommate….Forever
How it feels to have a chronic disease It’s the stuff of nightmares. Picture in your mind one of the most difficult person you have ever had to deal with. It could be a teacher, colleague, classmate, customer, or neighbor. Just someone who rubbed you the wrong way,...
Don’t forget, YOU are the expert on YOU.
Although this advice is not new, it bears repeating. “Trust your instincts. You are the best expert on you.” As you live your life with diabetes or any other chronic condition, you adjust to your new status. You become familiar with the symptoms of things too high...
November is Diabetes Month. Put me in Coach!
So most of us know the diabetes statistics – right. The CDC has ample data to describe the prevalence of the disease and the impact and I have copied a few of the major statistics to illustrate. It’s big and getting bigger. More than 30 million people in the...
Weighing Your Options – Don’t Choose the Heavy One
I want to tell you a story about my son Sam. He is one of the most brilliant, kind-hearted, loving people I know. And he has ADHD. I asked him if I could share this and of course, he said: “Sure, if it can help someone”. That’s my Sam. His mind moves at speeds I...
Changing the channel
Nearly every minute of every day we have a stream of “noise” filling our heads. The TV is blaring in the background, people’s opinions and ideas streaming to our social media feeds, music filling our headphones and the chatter of those around us. As this information...