If your family doesn’t want to eat what you want to eat, you are not alone. That’s definitely part of the challenge for many of us with diabetes or who are trying to lose weight. But for some of us, there’s a different obstacle on top of that. Some...
How many times have you blamed yourself for your diabetes? If only I had more self-control. If only I had taken it more seriously back then. If only I wasn’t so lazy. Then what? Then I wouldn’t be in this position, right? All of these thoughts are rooted in the belief...
With the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems a mantra has emerged: We’re living in uncertain times. Though it seems true enough with all the disruption of what most of us call “normal” in our lives, thinking this thought makes me feel vulnerable and scarce. ...
We’ve all fallen victim to this thought: “I have tried EVERYTHING, and nothing works.” What logically and quickly follows then is quitting — going back to what definitely was NOT working in the first place, right? Because what else are we to...
With the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are finding ourselves at home. You could be dealing with all kinds of uncertainty. Am I going to get sick? Is someone I love going to get sick? What’s going to happen to the economy? Is it going to collapse?! Is...
No body wants to do anything they HAVE to do. Do you think you HAVE to get control of your weight or your diabetes? That you HAVE to take medications or check your blood sugars? When you have to do something, you end up forcing yourself, pushing yourself toward...
