Episodios

  • Screening our children for type 1 diabetes, writing adventure books and giving back with Rhodes and Alana Ritenour

    Screening our children for type 1 diabetes, writing adventure books and giving back with Rhodes and Alana Ritenour
    May 1 2025
    What is screeening for type 1 diabetes? Who should be screened? Is it right for my family?

    In this episode, attorneys turned authors Rhodes and Alana Ritenour discuss the potential benefits of screening and their decision to screen their own children.

    Rhodes and Alana are no ordinary couple - they’re also the characters of their own book series, The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana. The series is based in part on Rhodes’ experiences of living with type 1 diabetes since he was diagnosed in 1983 at the age of 5.

    One page at a time 8-year-old Rhodes and his best friend Alana turn the challenges of type 1 diabetes into intrepid adventures, normalising conversations about the things that make us unique.

    Back to real world Rhodes and Alana, and alongside their positions on multiple advisory boards, founding their own Diabetes Support Group and educating their local community in Richmond, Virginia, the pair are advocates for type 1 diabetes screening - a relatively new autoantibody test that can determine if you will develop type 1 diabetes, giving families a chance to prepare for the transition to life with type 1 in the household.

    In this energising and hopeful episode, the pair also chat about becoming authors, how diabetes impacts their partnership as a couple and as parents, giving back to the community and their hopes for the future of type 1 diabetes.

    CONNECT WITH RHODES AND ALANA
    Visit The Diabetes Support Group website.
    Follow The Diabetes Support Group on Instagram.
    Buy The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana book series on Amazon.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 INSTAGRAM COMMUNITY
    Come and say hi @studiotype1on1 on Instagram.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE
    This episode of Type 1 on 1 is sponsored by Insulet, the makers of Omnipod tube-free insulin pump therapy.

    Using Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery has improved my diabetes management significantly with less diabetes decisions, and of course no multiple daily injections.

    How? Well, Omnipod 5 automatically adjusts insulin every five minutes to help keep me in range, allowing life outside of type 1 diabetes to get bigger.

    If you want to know more, head to Omnipod.com.
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    1 h y 19 m
  • The Diabetic Health Coach Vanessa Haydock: 'I'm giving people the help I really needed when I was younger'

    The Diabetic Health Coach Vanessa Haydock: 'I'm giving people the help I really needed when I was younger'
    Apr 24 2025
    At first glance, it may seem that Vanessa Haydock has type 1 diabetes all figured out. The behavioural analyst and health and fitness coach speaks of ‘dominating diabetes’, but it was her struggles to accept her condition and care for herself that have enabled her to help hundreds of others change their health for the better as The Diabetic Health Coach.

    Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a toddler, Lancashire born and bred Vanessa keeps it real - focusing on connection, community and education to give her clients ‘what she really needed when she was younger’.

    Having gone through every emotion it’s possible to feel in relation to type 1 diabetes, Vanessa shares how she went from denial to not only acceptance but empowerment and fulfilment. She also reveals the tools you can use to start building your own positive habits and self-confidence - just as long as there are no digestive biscuits!

    CONNECT WITH VANESSA
    Visit Vanessa’s website.
    Check out Vanessa’s Instagram.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 INSTAGRAM COMMUNITY
    Come and say hi @studiotype1on1 on Instagram.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE
    This episode of Type 1 on 1 is sponsored by Insulet, the makers of Omnipod tube-free insulin pump therapy.

    Using Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery has improved my diabetes management significantly with less diabetes decisions, and of course no multiple daily injections.

    How? Well, Omnipod 5 automatically adjusts insulin every five minutes to help keep me in range, allowing life outside of type 1 diabetes to get bigger.

    If you want to know more, head to Omnipod.com.
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    1 h y 9 m
  • The road to acceptance with type 1 diabetes

    The road to acceptance with type 1 diabetes
    Apr 17 2025
    Learning to accept and live with type 1 diabetes has not been a linear path in my experience. 29 years of life with type 1 diabetes and there are no hard and fast conclusions here, just a juicy subject to chew on for today's solo episode!

    I reflect back on my own journey to discuss how I’ve come to accept living with type 1 diabetes, what that looks like, the relationship I now have with type 1 diabetes and how that’s changed at different points in my life.

    I look at the definition of acceptance as it might relate to type 1 diabetes, as well as different keys, tools and perspectives I have that have helped me equip myself for this long and bumpy ride, and in particular the fork in the road that caused me to embark on a new, quite different road to acceptance - finally allowing type 1 diabetes to travel with me in the car! Buckle up, the analogy is strong...

    The inspiration for this episode was a conversation I had with Natalie Balmain on the Typecast podcast, which you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xbsZa948wKSoAFFHadivS?si=886470b1dc6b4f72

    This is the definition of acceptance that I mention, from Medical professor Jon Kabat-Zinn, sourced via Psychology Today.

    “Acceptance doesn’t, by any stretch of the imagination, mean passive resignation. Quite the opposite. It takes a huge amount of fortitude and motivation to accept what is — especially when you don’t like it — and then work wisely and effectively as best you possibly can with the circumstances you find yourself in and with the resources at your disposal, both inner and outer, to mitigate, heal, redirect, and change what can be changed.”

    As ever this is just my personal experience, nothing in the episode should be taken as medical advice and your first port of call for all things type 1 diabetes is your diabetes healthcare team. I hope you enjoy this one!

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 INSTAGRAM COMMUNITY
    Come and say hi @studiotype1on1 on Instagram.
    Find me on instagram @missjengrieves.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE
    This episode of Type 1 on 1 is sponsored by Insulet, the makers of Omnipod tube-free insulin pump therapy.

    Using Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery has improved my diabetes management significantly with less diabetes decisions, and of course no multiple daily injections.

    How? Well, Omnipod 5 automatically adjusts insulin every five minutes to help keep me in range, allowing life outside of type 1 diabetes to get bigger.

    If you want to know more, head to Omnipod.com.
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    1 h y 11 m
  • Professional golfer Hannah McCook: ‘We know perfection isn’t possible, but we’re chasing it anyway’

    Professional golfer Hannah McCook: ‘We know perfection isn’t possible, but we’re chasing it anyway’
    Apr 10 2025
    Hannah McCook first hit a golf ball at the age of 6. With the Scottish Highlands as her course, Hannah’s talent for the sport soon became clear.

    In the confusion and chaos of a type 1 diabetes diagnosis at the age of 8, it was thanks to a single sporting type 1 role model, Sir Steve Redgrave, that she realised she didn’t have to give up her favourite hobby.

    Fast forward more than 20 years and Hannah is now an inspiration to many as a professional athlete herself, handling her type 1 diabetes alongside the golf course, a demanding travel schedule, training, coaching and international competitions.

    In this episode of Type 1 on 1 we tune into some 90s nostalgia around Hannah’s diagnosis, chat about why her touring bag is always the heaviest, chasing impossible perfection in both her sport and her health, and why, despite travelling the world with her sport, nowhere can compete with her beloved Nethy Bridge.

    CONNECT WITH HANNAH
    Follow Hannah on Instagram.
    Check out her coaching page.
    Take a look at Hannah's website.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 INSTAGRAM COMMUNITY
    Come and say hi @studiotype1on1 on Instagram.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE
    This episode of Type 1 on 1 is sponsored by Insulet, the makers of Omnipod tube-free insulin pump therapy.

    Using Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery has improved my diabetes management significantly with less diabetes decisions, and of course no multiple daily injections.

    How? Well, Omnipod 5 automatically adjusts insulin every five minutes to help keep me in range, allowing life outside of type 1 diabetes to get bigger.

    If you want to know more, head to Omnipod.com.
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    1 h y 3 m
  • 'You don't have to feel bad for saying you hate it' with type 1 mum Abby Lyons

    'You don't have to feel bad for saying you hate it' with type 1 mum Abby Lyons
    Apr 3 2025
    The path to acceptance with type 1 diabetes can be a bumpy one - but what about acceptance for the parents of children with type 1?

    It's just one of the topics covered in this episode with business owner and mum of three Abby Lyons, who has published a book to help other families trying to come to terms with a child's type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

    Abby's youngest son Rocco was diagnosed at just 2 years old, in 2020. In this episode we talk about the impact of her son's diagnosis experience on the whole family, and the overwhelm she felt and still sometimes feels when trying to make the best decisions for Rocco's health - along with the guilt that can provoke for a parent.

    We also discuss how living with health conditions in the family has opened up honest and healthy conversations with her boys about mental health and wellbeing, and how her book, 'What is diabetes, anyway?' has not only helped Rocco move from shame to pride, but has helped Abby process her own experience to spread a hopeful message to others.

    CONNECT WITH ABBY
    Follow Abby and Rocco’s journey on Instagram.
    The ‘What Is Diabetes, Anyway?’ website.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 INSTAGRAM COMMUNITY
    Come and say hi @studiotype1on1 on Instagram.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE
    This episode of Type 1 on 1 is sponsored by Insulet, the makers of Omnipod tube-free insulin pump therapy.

    Using Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery has improved my diabetes management significantly with less diabetes decisions, and of course no multiple daily injections.

    How? Well, Omnipod 5 automatically adjusts insulin every five minutes to help keep me in range, allowing life outside of type 1 diabetes to get bigger.

    If you want to know more, head to Omnipod.com.
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    57 m
  • Hypo Hounds: The diabetic alert dog charity reducing children's hospital admissions with founder Jane Pearman

    Hypo Hounds: The diabetic alert dog charity reducing children's hospital admissions with founder Jane Pearman
    Dec 26 2024
    As heart-warming ends to a series go, they don’t get much more heart-warming than this episode.

    Hypo Hounds is a diabetic alert assistance charity, helping children with type 1 diabetes by training assistance dogs to not only detect hypos, fetch testing kits or even bring a bottle of Lucozade, but helping children to live with more independence and freedom, and families to communicate better and feel less burdened by the challenges of type 1 diabetes.

    The woman behind Hypo Hounds is today’s guest, Jane Pearman. Jane and her husband trained their first hypo dog, Scooby, to help their daughter Sophie after she was diagnosed with brittle type 1 diabetes as well as other major health complications at the age of 9. At the time Jane was checking Sophie’s blood sugars every hour through the night, feeling understandably frightened and exhausted.

    They didn’t know it at the time, but Scooby would inspire the journey to founding Hypo Hounds, which has now trained 54 dogs to date, reducing hospital admissions and giving children and their families much-needed independence and relief from the burden of living with diabetes.

    Thanks to the help of Scooby and her second Hypo Hound Dori, Sophie, now 22, lives independently and remains an incredible spokesperson for the charity. Heart-warming, emotional, inspiring - I couldn’t urge you to press play on this episode more!

    CONNECT WITH HYPO HOUNDS:
    Follow Hypo Hounds on Instagram.
    Follow Hypo Hounds on Facebook.
    Visit the Hypo Hounds website.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 COMMUNITY:
    We’ve got an Instagram account! Come and say hi @studiotype1on1.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE:
    Thanks to my episode sponsors Dexcom.

    Pioneer and leader in Real-Time continuous glucose monitors, Dexcom's goal is to simplify and improve diabetes management for every possible person with diabetes.

    They have a choice of systems, so you can find the right one for your lifestyle at https://www.dexcom.com/
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    51 m
  • The Diaries Check In: 2024 reflections, urine samples, achy kidneys and diabetes wins

    The Diaries Check In: 2024 reflections, urine samples, achy kidneys and diabetes wins
    Dec 19 2024
    My dear friend and fellow type 1 Ami Bennett returns to the podcast to look back at what 2024 has served us from a diabetes perspective.

    As always, Ami keeps it very real and regales us with one of her most memorable escapades involving a particularly disastrous urine sample… but to balance it out, she’s elevated her game by entering the world of homemade granola.

    Meanwhile I talk about being haunted by a rogue Pod, we discuss ill-timed alarms, drinking out of date hypo juice, attempt to establish what exactly insulin smells like, and we hear some of your diabetes wins of the year!

    Thank you so much for coming on this journey with me through 40 episodes in 2024. This podcast wouldn’t exist without you.

    CONNECT WITH AMI:
    Follow Ami on Instagram.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 COMMUNITY:
    We’ve got an Instagram account! Come and say hi @studiotype1on1.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE:
    Thanks to my episode sponsors Dexcom.

    Pioneer and leader in Real-Time continuous glucose monitors, Dexcom's goal is to simplify and improve diabetes management for every possible person with diabetes.

    They have a choice of systems, so you can find the right one for your lifestyle at https://www.dexcom.com/
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    1 h y 1 m
  • A father and grandmother share differing experiences of 10-month-old baby's type 1 diagnosis with Sharon and Lewis Harrison-Barker

    A father and grandmother share differing experiences of 10-month-old baby's type 1 diagnosis with Sharon and Lewis Harrison-Barker
    Dec 12 2024
    In this special 3-person episode, I’m speaking to Sharon Harrison-Barker and her son Lewis.

    Lewis’s son Marty was just 10 months old when he was rushed to hospital in DKA in 2017, plunging the whole family into crisis and shifting the dynamic of the family forever.

    Today Marty is a happy, healthy 8-year-old, but those days in the hospital were the some of the worst of dad Lewis and nan Sharon’s lives, as well as their respective spouses.

    The weeks and months after his son’s diagnosis remain a blur for Lewis, and it was the concerned words of a stranger that prompted him to seek help for his mental health. In this chat, Lewis opens up about how from the moment he received the initial call about his son’s declining health, he completely shut down. ‘It sent me into self-preservation mode. I felt like people didn’t need me to be emotional, they needed me to be functional.’

    In this episode we hear two different perspectives of the same very difficult experience. Nan and dad tell me how Marty’s diagnosis has changed them as a family, sharing some of their memories with each other for the very first time.

    Their relationship is a testament to how clear communication - as well as boundaries - have allowed Marty to thrive through nursery, school and now as a big brother, but have also helped Lewis and his wife Steph to meet the ever-evolving needs of Marty’s condition alongside their own as humans, parents, and partners.

    CONNECT WITH SHARON
    Sharon's Instagram.

    CONNECT WITH LEWIS
    Lewis's Instagram.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 COMMUNITY:
    We’ve got an Instagram account! Come and say hi @studiotype1on1.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE:

    Thanks to my episode sponsors Dexcom.

    Pioneer and leader in Real-Time continuous glucose monitors,

    Dexcom's goal is to simplify and improve diabetes management for every possible person with diabetes.

    They have a choice of systems, so you can find the right one for your lifestyle at https://www.dexcom.com/
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    1 h y 25 m
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