Georgia Thomson, thfitdiabetic on Instagram, joins the podcast from the UK to talk about her fitness journey with T1D. We talk about growing up in the country with Diabetes as opposed to the city (spoiler: pony rides with low blood sugar), how fitness has changed the way she treats her Diabetes, the process of recovering from an injury and how to prepare for the highs and lows of fitness as a T1D.
Episode 015 - Diabetics Doing Empowerment with Jill Rippolone
Episode 015 features Jill Rippolone, perhaps more famous for her Instagram alter ego, T1Dchick. She is a fixture in the T1D online community, and engages with Type Ones from all over the world on a daily basis. She just celebrated her 20th diaversary, and discusses the challenges of growing up with T1D.
We also discuss the importance of empowering Type Ones to not be fearful or embarrassed by their diagnosis. Her brand is built on showcasing that T1Ds can do anything and everything that non-diabetics can. Her interview is fantastic and I hope you enjoy it.
In addition to T1Dchick, Jill also runs a Diabetic Meme Page, KissmyPancreass follow it for some good laughs!
Episode 014 - Diabetics Doing Storytelling with Neil Greathouse
Neil Greathouse is one of the most amazing voices in the T1D community. Through Neil's Instagram, he sought out to make a video every day chronicling his journey as a T1D, even if it was just offering encouragement to others. He's also the brains behind the "Type1Day1" short film, along with BeyondType1 (see below).
Neil and I talk in-depth about misdiagnosis, coping with the change that T1D brings, hacking Diabetes with technology, the importance of T1D community, as well as previewing the amazing Bike Beyond Documentary that Neil is working on this summer with BeyondType1. This is one of my favorite interviews, and I hope you enjoy it!
Episode 013 - Diabetics Doing Photo Journalism with Laura Pavlakovich
Episode 013 features Laura Pavlakovich, founder of You're Just My Type. Laura and I discuss growing up within an active T1D community as well as the work she is doing to spread T1D awareness through photo journalism. She takes us through her world travels as a T1D, gives a few powerful stories of the T1D subjects of her photos and clues us in to how she wants to grow You're Just my Type. For more, you can follow Laura's Instagram.
Episode 012 - Diabetics Doing Pump Peelz with Emily Imblum
After nearly 8 months without publishing an episode, I'm extremely excited to welcome Emily Imblum, co-founder of Pump Peelz to the podcast to talk about her unique diagnosis story as well as Pump Peelz.
Emily an her husband just welcomed their first baby and are embarking on the journey as Diabetic parents as well as Diabetic entrepreneurs as Pump Peelz continues to grow. We talk about Emily's diagnosis at age 21 as well as the growth of Pump Peelz from an idea to a full-time job for Emily and her husband.
Episode 011 - Diabetics Doing A Healthy Journey To Self Love with Sarah Hannon
This week's guest is Sarah Hannon, a 22-year old college student at Coastal Carolina University earning a degree in Marketing. A type-1 Diabetic for 13 years, Sarah is a beachbody coach and mother to three fur babies Roxy, Kahlua and Penny.
We talk about the challenges associated with making major life changes with Diabetes, what it's like to get diagnosed with divorced parents, the struggle with accepting that it's "your Diabetes" as a teen, and the importance of loving yourself throughout the diabetic journey.
To follow Sarah, check her out on Instagram @sarahkhannon for daily inspiration, workouts and more!
Episode 010 - Diabetics Doing Miss Galaxy
This week we're joined by Zara Ramsay-Nortley, current Miss Galaxy England and a British dental surgeon, where she had a particular interest in management of dental anxiety. She was awarded the A. M. Clover prize on for best demonstrating her university's motto: "dare quam accipere", "it is better to give than to receive", after co-founding the KCL SMILE Society, a organisation in which students would visit schools to improve dental and oral health and hygiene.
Zara really knows the importance of a confident smile, and is the current Miss Galaxy England. As such, she will represent England at the Miss Galaxy international beauty pageant, as well as using her title to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes. This summer marks her 25th year since diagnosis.
In her spare time, Zara has continued to be involved with projects to improve dental public health, and works alongside Coffee4Craig, an organization who run soup kitchens for homeless people in Manchester, England, to provide dental healthcare supplied and preventative advice. She also introduced me to the word "Brill" short for brilliant, which I will be stealing and using from here on.
Be sure to follow her on Facebook and Instagram!
Episode 009 - Diabetics Doing Activism with Elizabeth Rowley
This week on the #DDT Podcast, our guest is Elizabeth Rowley, the founder and Director of T1international, a non-profit organization working to provide adequate access to insulin, diabetes supplies, medical care and education for all people living with Type-1 diabetes.
Episode 008 - Diabetics Doing Medical School with Hannah Hamlin
Episode 007 - Diabetics Doing Whole30
Episode 006 - Diabetics Doing Diabetes Domination with Daniele Hargenrader the Diabetes Dominator
Episode 006 of the Diabetics Doing Things Podcast features Daniele Hargenrader, the Diabetes Dominator. Daniele comes on the show to talk about how she was able to overcome struggles with eating disorders, bad blood sugar control and depression by a change in her mindset. "I just kept saying 'Diabetes is not going to be the reason you're not living an epic life!'" We talk about how the Diabetes Dominator was born, principles of the system, and impact Daniele has had in the Diabetes community since her diagnosis in 1991.
Danielle Hargenrader, founder of Diabetes Dominator Coaching, is the bestselling author of Unleash Your inner Diabetes Dominator. She is a nutritionist, diabetes and health coach, and certified personal trainer.
She has been living with Type-1 Diabetes since 1991. Daniele founded Diabetes Dominator in 2009 with the intention of serving those who are looking for a path to turn a perceived adversity into an advantage through the Diabetes Dominator system and the Six Pillars of Total Health. She helps individuals from all walks of life to think, eat, and move in ways that allow them to achieve a quality of health and life that they previously thought unattainable.
You can connect to Daniele here: