Mind Over Mellitus

(I wrote this for Taking Control of Your Diabetes, Volume 28, Q1 2009)
“Self-discipline?” Self-discipline sounds so remarkably un-saucy. In fact, it seems downright counter to happiness… a recipe to steal my “mojo,” rain on my parade, and turn me into some kind of cheerless robot. I want to do what I want to do, when I [...]

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(This article also appears in Diabetes Wellness News, September, 2008)
If, “We are what we repeatedly do…” as Aristotle said, then it’s no surprise that habits shape our lives.
If we don’t choose our habits consciously, the worst ones may have a profound impact on our health outcomes as diabetics. Many risk factors can be controlled by [...]

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My self-acceptance took a big hit when I got diabetes at 26. While I was depressed for the first 6 months, it took seven or eight years to completely include diabetes in my overall identity in a healthy (and even fun) way. So I’m a slow grower.
Prior to that I felt profoundly let down by [...]

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(This article was written for the Taking Control of Your Diabetes, Volume 25, Q2 2008)

“Don’t fight forces, use them.”
R. Buckminster Fuller

An Accelerated Course in Greatness
We diabetics are abundantly human. We miss, forget, foul up, flake on our diabetes regimen, or just don’t do enough to take care of ourselves. Frequently our blood glucose [...]

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I don’t know about you, but my biggest barrier to diabetes control is nothing other than myself. As diabetics we are supposed to do what we don’t want to do when we don’t want to do it, and not do what we want to do when we want to do it. Sounds like a recipe [...]

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