August 23rd, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
Allison from DiabetesMine gave coaching a try for 4 weeks…and shared her story! “I never thought I needed a life coach or health coach, but while writing last month’s post on diabetes coaches, friend and fellow PWD Ginger Vieira kindly offered me a one-month trial to experience what it’s really like working with one. Intrigued, I decided to take [...]
August 14th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
The term “emotional eating” might instantly make you think of a person sobbing into a carton of ice cream, but true emotional eating can happen regularly, after you’ve gotten home from work, and you’ve simply had a long day. The emotions underlying your eating may be as immense as a divorce or a death in [...]
July 16th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
The link below is to an article at DiabetesDaily about the idea of a cure for diabetes. Do you dream of a cure, someday, for diabetes? I certainly do. While a non-diabetic might assume, “Well, of course, you must dream for a cure constantly!” and assume it’s easy to imagine life without diabetes…it’s actually incredibly [...]
July 5th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
Treating a low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) might seem easy: eat something with carbohydrates. But to ensure that you’re getting the best source of carbohydrate that will raise your blood sugar as quickly as possible isn’t as simple as you might’ve thought. For the most part, my relationship with diabetes is a positive one. Checking my [...]
June 23rd, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
Whether you’re a brother, mother, aunt, boyfriend, wife or best friend, knowing how to support the people in your life who live with diabetes isn’t all that easy. In fact, it can be very tricky. Mostly, because: We all have different needs when it comes to the kind of support we want in diabetes. You, [...]
June 15th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
Here are the links to three important steps for getting through and beyond burnout in your diabetes management. This disease can be exhausting, and we never get vacations. It’s only expected that we’ll get burnt out and need to step back for a few days. But we can’t stay there! When we’re ready, it’s important [...]
May 30th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
This article is for you if: 1. You are trying to begin a new exercise program 2. You are trying to make exercise a bigger priority in your life 3. You’ve fallen off your exercise wagon, and you’re trying to get back on Similar to the popular habits in dieting that just don’t work, there are few common [...]
May 29th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
A heartfelt spoof on Snoop’s song, “Young, Wild & Free.” New lyrics. New message. Thanks to Mr. Mike Lawson for his singing and editing skills! Download the MP3 here!
May 29th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
About three years ago, I decided that I deserve to be healthy. I deserve to eat well. I deserve to exercise daily. I deserve to check my blood sugar often, count my carbohydrates, and control my blood sugar as well as I can. Not because someone told me I should, but because I decided that [...]
May 14th, 2012 | by admin | published in Wellness & Diabetes
I’m very difficult when it comes to jewelry. I really don’t like having things on my wrists. When I was teaching 7 or more yoga classes a week, and training in powerlifting, bracelets always got in the way. Now, I don’t really have either excuse to justify why I don’t wear my medical alert anymore [...]
