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Giving up on goal setting in diabetes

A couple of years ago I set myself some diabetes goals for the new year. I didn't achieve them, which kind of annoyed me at the time....

Why friction matters for good diabetes habits

I've been learning about the science of habits lately and I've been surprised at the power of tiny things to increase or decrease...

A great diabetes year

A year has passed since I joined Twitter and started this website to talk about Type 1 Diabetes. Before that I was an “I’m fine thanks”...

New Year diabetes goals

New Year always makes me think about my diabetes. There’s a photo of me, taken at Sydney Harbour on New Year’s Eve 2006. It’s obvious...

How my pregnancies went as a Type 1 mum: Part one

Having kids is a milestone in life for anyone who has them, and for me as a mum with Type 1 Diabetes, the times I was pregnant and...

Finding balance: not too much, not too little

I had my bloods taken a couple of weeks ago by my lovely diabetes nurse. We had a really good open chat about my burnout experience and...

Good HbA1c news…the burnout recovery continues!

I’ve been feeling pretty good about my diabetes management over the last few months since I started pulling myself out of my diabetes...

“If you can’t get out of it, get into it!”

I wrote last week about my diabetes burnout, which had been dragging on for a few years. After a surprisingly simple intervention by my...

Diabetes burnout: where did my motivation go?

I was diagnosed 11 years ago in my mid 20s during my “working holiday” in Australia. Looking back over that time now, it is quite neatly...

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