Trust and Your Insulin Pump
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 […]
Making Connections, Building Support
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 […]
Our Motivation: Every person who struggles with diabetes
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 […]
It’s Complicated: Diabetes and Food
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 […]
Making Changes
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 […]
Letting Go
When someone walks into my office, more often than not, they are coming to see me because they are looking to let go of something related to their diabetes. While […]
Keeping Secrets
Most people with diabetes – myself included – have things about their diabetes that they prefer to keep to themselves. But as a diabetes psychologist, one of the biggest challenges […]
I Can!
It is no secret that living with diabetes comes with many challenges. But living with diabetes has brought me some really interesting opportunities for learning and growth. When I was […]
Defining Diabetes and Mental Health
When I tell people – especially people who don’t know much about diabetes – about my work, they usually look confused. Most people think of diabetes as a physical condition […]
Diabetes and Mental Health: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Recently, there has been a lot of talk in the diabetes community about the need to address the emotional aspects of living with diabetes. Many people with diabetes – both type 1 and type 2 – have a really hard time dealing with the emotional aspects of diabetes, and this can have a big impact on their quality of life and their ability to follow their treatment plan. While we can’t make diabetes disappear (just yet), we can support people with diabetes to help them not feel so alone and give them skills and resources to help them to deal with any difficult emotions they may feel.