For people with diabetes (PWD), words matter. Having diabetes can bring on feelings of being out of control and disempowered, and the language that people use around diabetes can sometimes […]

One thing I think about a lot is how to describe people who cope well with diabetes as opposed to those who have a harder time coping. I’m sure that I could […]

Good diabetes management is driven by good data. Blood glucose values, carbohydrate counts and so much more are all essential in day to day diabetes management. This data can be […]

I don’t think I’ve ever met a person with diabetes who has said that they don’t want to live a long, healthy life. However I meet people all the time […]

Every year on June 1, I have a tradition. I go to a restaurant that my family has been going to for as long as I can remember and I […]

The most important part of any relationship is trust. The relationship between a person with diabetes and their insulin pump is no different – it has to be built on […]

Connecting with others living diabetes is one of the best things people can do in their diabetes journey. I can’t tell you how many people who have come to see […]

The Center for Diabetes and Mental Health was founded because living with diabetes is hard and our motivation is every person who struggles with diabetes. We want to help make […]

People with diabetes have a complicated relationship with food. Like everyone, we have to eat to live, but eating the wrong foods, eating too much food, too little food, or […]

As hard as many of us may try, we can’t do much to change the reality of what diabetes is as a medical condition. What we can change however is […]