Thrivabetic: Thriving with Diabetes
Why does your blood sugar have to spike to 300 after sitting at 50 for what felt like an eternity? And why are people still asking if you ate too much sugar when you were diagnosed? Is it really possible to thrive with such a physically and mentally draining disease? Kate, a 27 year old with Type 1 Diabetes since 10 years old, discusses her highs and lows living with a chronic illness. Along with this, she sits down with a variety of guests that give insight on topics such as mental health, traveling, exercise, diet, and life's big moments with diabetes.
Episodes
51 episodes
#47 Managing blood sugar and enjoying the foods you love (with Amanda @t1d.nutritionist)
In this episode, I chat with Amanda, a nutritionist living with type 1 diabetes, who shares her journey from an all-or-nothing mindset with food to a more balanced approach. Amanda used to believe that a strict low-carb diet was the only way to...
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48:48
#47 Endo Appointment Anxiety
In this episode, Kate dives deep into the often-overwhelming experience of anxiety before endocrinologist appointments. Many diabetics feel like they need to defend their choices or fear being judged for their diabetes management. Kate explores...
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25:58
#46 How anger shows up in diabetes
Back for another solo episode, Kate talks about her stubbornly high blood sugars and all the frustration and anger that has come along with it. She goes into all the feelings behind anger and how she’s trying to cope with it. This episo...
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21:59
#45 Spiraling and breaking thought patterns
Sometimes our blood sugar goes to 250 before we clock in for work and the day is ruined… or maybe not. Kate talks about her week and some ways that she’s been working on more self awareness including catching negative thought patterns before sp...
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16:19
#44 Grief and diabetes
What do we lose as a result of diabetes? This week Kate talks about her feelings around all that’s been lost with diabetes including a responsibility free childhood, eating without much thought, and more. She also talks about all the emotions f...
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15:36
#43 Backpacking, hiking and blood sugar
On this episode Kate recaps her first ever backpacking trip. She goes over her packing list and all the things she learned plus advice from avid backpackers online.
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24:29
Diabetes burnout, college, drinking, concerts and cannabis with Riley (re-release)
Riley shares her college experiences including burnout, drinking, going to concerts, and working in the cannabis industry. We also discuss growing up with diabetes and dealing with insecurities. This episode is only for enter...
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44:30
#42 Summer camping festival recap
Kate recaps her time at Electric Forest, a 4 day music festival in Michigan. She goes over her packing list and how she managed her blood sugar with all the walking and heat. Top take aways from the trip:-Bring lots of candy for fre...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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25:37
Diabulimia and Eating Disorders with Natalie @typebalanced_ (re-release)
TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of eating disorders.This week I am joined by Natalie, a recovered diabulimic and Eating Disorder Recovery Mentor. Natalie shares her story of living with diabulimia for almost a decade and we dive into the detail...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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56:11
#41 Why is community so important for diabetics? with Tini @ragebolusbabe
Community has been a huge part of growing confidence and finding acceptance for diabetes for both Kate and Tini. On this episode we get to talk all about the various ways community has improved our mental and emotional wellbeing. We touch on "h...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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46:37
My life learning to thrive with type one diabetes (re-release)
I released this almost 3 years ago as my very first Thrivabetic podcast episode. As I celebrate 10,000 podcast downloads, I wanted to re-release this episode since it has been my most downloaded one of all time. It's been a while since I shared...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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16:43
#40 Are you micromanaging your diabetes?
On this weeks episode, Kate gives a mental health update including her depression medication journey and how she's been feeling this spring. Kate also discusses her struggles "micromanaging diabetes" and how she is trying to let go of controlli...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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23:44
#39 Small Changes to Improve Overall Health with Lissie @needlesandspoons_
On this week's episode I talk with Lissie, who is a diabetes health coach. We dive into her journey to improving her health and diabetes management, finding support, and how diabetics can take small steps to improve their own management. Lissie...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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37:59
#38 Diabetes and The Sense of a Foreshortened Future
In this episode Kate gives a mental health update and some things she's been going through and processing over the last year. She talks more in depth about this feeling of a foreshortened future which she relates to being diagnosed at a young a...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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34:15
#37 Oral Health and Diabetes with Dr. Katie Lee
This week I am joined by Dr. Katie Lee to talk all things oral health related to diabetes. Katie is dentist and author of "Saved by the Mouth". She has worked with hundreds of individuals to improve their overall health through a whole-...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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32:54
#36 Long Distance Running and Diabetes with Nick Stewart
Nick Stewart joins me this week to breakdown all things running with t1d. Nick has run almost 20 marathons and has a wealth of knowledge for managing blood sugar during long periods of exercise. We talk about everything from basal rates, fuelin...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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45:12
#35 Wisdom from 30 Years of Living with Type 1 with Jess Freeman
This week Jess joins me to talk about a range of topics. Jess tells me what it was like watching technology change over the years, her experiences with diabetes burnout and depression, and managing diabetes while running a business. We also dis...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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46:25
#34 How to Support your T1D Child with Maureen Michele
Maureen is a pediatrician, allergist immunologist, author, and life coach. She has three children, one of which survived childhood cancer and then was later diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. Through watching her daughter, Kylie, Maureen has lea...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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45:52
#33 The Insulin Price Crisis and How We Can Help with Tini (@ragebolusbabe)
14:04 to skip to discussion on insulin price crisis. The bottom line: Insulin is not affordable for diabetics living in the US. In 2021, 1.3 million Americans said that they ration their insulin. Insulin cost 9x more in the US th...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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35:45
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#32 The Cycles and Seasons of Diabetes
On this week's episode, Kate talks about her difficult couple months with diabetes. She's been chasing the highs and lows and feeling frustrated with her blood sugars. Now that things seem to be getting better, she shares her thoughts on the se...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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19:48
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#31 Dating & Diabetes
This week Heather and I discuss all things dating and diabetes. We talk about first dates, what we put in our dating app profiles, how to bring up diabetes in the beginning stages (and the anxiety around it), navigating diabetes when in a relat...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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37:11
#30 Can a Negative Relationship to Diabetes be Healed?
On this week’s solo episode, Kate sits down to talk about her current mental state with diabetes and her thoughts on “healing”. She discusses changing how we view the term healing and what it actually means to feel better about diabetes. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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20:18
#29 Dear Diabetes Doctors… Everything We Wish Our Endocrinologists Knew
This week Heather and I go off about our experiences at the endocrinologist… Obviously we’ve had some good experiences with endos but we have a lot to say about the bad ones. We talk about our worst times going to get our A1Cs checked, some hor...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:01:52
#28 Pumps, CGMs, MDI, and Glucose Meters: Our Journey’s with Different Management Styles
This week Heather and I have a lot to unpack! Not only did I have my first week ever using a Dexcom, Heather had a brief pump failure and has been dealing with some illness. We catch up on our last couple weeks and discuss our journeys ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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44:17
#27 How Does Diabetes Impact Certain Areas of Life?
On this weeks episode Heather and I discuss some of our top areas of life that are impacted by diabetes. Long story short, every area of life is affected but we go over our personal experiences in each. We discuss mental health, work, school, d...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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37:44
