**TRIGGER WARNING** Eating Disorders This week on the podcast I discuss the topic of Eating Disorder and Diabulimia with my new friends Edie and Ronan. Edie is our Type 1 this week and was recently made an ambassador for the Eating Disorders Association of Northern Ireland before realizing she had gone through Diabulimia as a teenager while attendi…

Oh hey Type 1s and Nones! Diabetes Awareness Month might be over but that doesn't mean there aren't still more Diabetes conversations to be had. And this week on Ask Me About My Type 1 we're busting the oldest of Type 1 Myths because it's about time someone did (again)! We're talking about the old betes adage, "You can do anything with Diabetes!". …

ANOTHER EPISODE?!?!? That's right Type 1ers and Noners. Ask Me About My Type 1 is here for the second time in just as many days and we're going to the movies!!! This week is all about the very bad and kinda of good but mostly bad portrayals of Diabetes in tv and film. And to talk with me about the not good, the bad, and the really really ugly of Di…

Hey again Type 1s and Nones!!! Ask Me About My Type 1 is back for a second episode this week and we're continuing the conversation around identity and how it relates to Queerness and Chronic Illness. I sit down with Mallory again, who some of you may remember as a Type 1 guest from all the way back in Season 1 Episode 3, and Amanda, our Type None g…

Hey Type 1s and Nones! National Diabetes Awareness Month is winding down but before it ends I wanted to feature another community within our own Diabetes community and as you might have guessed it's the Queer Type 1 Community! To do that this week I have on Greta and Amrei to discuss how Type 1 and Queer identity can intersect, the parallels betwee…

SURPRISE!!! Ask Me About My Type 1 is back with a second episode for Type None week Type 1s and Nones!!! This time I'm joined by Scott and Rachael, the Type 1 and Type None director team behind the currently in production feature length documentary Pay Or Die. Pay Or Die The Documentary is an inside look at how the soaring price of insulin in Ameri…

Hey Type 1ers and Type Noners!!! Ask Me About My Type 1 is back and this week it's about the Nones! I finally have a Type None guest on during National Diabetes Awareness Month and she did not disappoint. This week on the podcast I have Antoinette from Diabaddie Organization back on along with her Type None friend and Diabaddie marketing coordinato…

Happy Week 2 of National Diabetes Awareness Month Type 1s and Nones!!! And in honor of the month Ask Me About My Type 1 is taking a break from all the Type 1 talk and getting to know some of the other Types of this thing we all call Diabetes with my guests this week Jen and Kylie. Jen lives with Type 3c Diabetes and Kylie lives with a genetic form …

We're back Type 1s and Nones!!! And with the hawt hawt takes about the evils of pharma money and what they seem to be doing to our beloved Diabetes Orgs. Abbie, Maddy, Sierra and I, continue to tell the all the orgs, who I am positively sure are totally listening to this, exactly what we think of the current state of Type 1 advocacy in addition to …

Happy National Diabetes Awareness Month Type 1s and Nones! And OH MY, do I have just the episode to celebrate it with!!! This week it's all about the spiciest topic I've discussed on the podcast to date: whether or not diabetes advocacy groups should be taking money from the insulin manufacturers? Now personally I don't see there being much of a de…

It's a new week Type 1s and Nones and THIS time around we're talking Marriage with Type 1, with Lexie and her Type None husband De'Andre. Because Type 1 AND our relationships are parts of our lives that must interact, Lexie and Deyondre tell us what it's been like for them and how they've been able to make the most out of a very difficult and uniqu…

Oh Hi Type 1s and Nones! We're getting responsible this week on the Ask Me About My Type 1 because it's all about mixing Alcohol with your Type 1! But given my COMPLETE lack of any useful knowledge on anything booze related, our Type 1 guest this week is Jennifer Walton from SugarFree Mixology! She shares with us all the hawt hawt tips for drinking…

Oh Hi Type 1ers and Type Noners!!!! Ask Me About My Type 1 is back and Season 4: The Season of More is here!!!! We're being coached on the topic of coaching this week by two experts in the field! Type 1 Whitney and Type None Nicole sit down with us to share their approaches to the practice of professional coaching and what getting that helping hand…

I'm back, Dia-Babies!!!! New episodes of Ask Me About My Type 1 are coming at you again starting Monday October 12th!!!! This time with the Ask Me About My Type 1 Season 4: The Season of More! More Qs! More As! And some of the hawtest hawt takes I've ever heard! All I can say now is that it's going to be a spicy season, Type 1s and Nones. Check out…

Type 1s and Nones!!! It's the finale of the finale. That's right! Part 4, the final installment of the Ask Me About My Type 1 Season 3 Finale Special the Series is here! This very special episode is the live recording of the Connected In Motion Virtual Slipstream Workshop that I did a couple months back. Here I share why I think sharing our Type 1 …

Oh hi Type 1s and Nones!!! I'm back AGAIN this week and this time with Part 3 of the Ask Me About My Type 1 Season 3 Finale Special Series!!! On this very special episode Lexie, Lauren, Qiana, and Antoinette come back and share with us their thoughts on the posts that everyone in the Diabetic Online Community is talking about right now. Recent happ…

Welcome back Type 1s and Nones!!! I knew you'd be back for Part 2 of the Ask Me About My Type 1 Season 3 Finale Special Series!!! In Part 2 I have on new friend Lauren and friend of the show Qiana Drew. In our conversations we talk about specific struggles that are entirely unique even with the Type 1 experience. Lauren tells us about her experienc…

Oh Hi Type 1s and Nones!!! It's Finally here!!! Season 3 Finale Special Week!!! And to start it all off here is Part 1 of the Ask Me About My Type 1 Season 3 Finale Special Series!!! On this very special Season Finale episode, I have on Type 1s Lexie and Antoinette who are both working to connect Type 1s like them on levels far beyond that of BG nu…

This one is going out to all the Type 1 Moms. And this week Ask Me About My Type 1 means that in every sense of the phrase. Because not only do we have a Type None guest who is Mom to a Type 1 daughter, we also have our Type 1 guest who has a two year old of her own. Type 1 guest Marci tells us all about her experiences after her Type 1 pregnancy a…

It's that time again, Type 1s and Nones!!! The season three finale of Ask Me About My Type 1 is coming at you in one week BUT it's like no other Ask Me About My Type 1 Season Finale Special you've ever heard before!!! Listen here for all the details about what what's coming on your favorite Q and A podcast ALL about Type 1 Diabetes. Edited, Produce…

No, I didn't post two different pictures of the same person! And no, this episode isn't an ad for the incredibly outdated and not at all relevant enough for a joke Doublemint Gum company! Today's guests are Shelby and Sydney; the Payne Twins! And while the two are in fact identical twins, Shelby was diagnosed with Type 1 and Sydney wasn't. But desp…

Hey Type 1 and Nones!!! I'm back and class is in session. This week I have on Type 1 Mary along with her best friend and our Type None guest, Taylor, both of whom are 3rd grade teachers. Mary shares with the us the not so heard of perspective of the Type 1 teacher, that is a school teacher who lives with Type 1. Mary tells us how she's managed to f…

**VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT** I messed up Type 1s and Nones. And in kind of a big way. But listen here to see how I plan on righting the Ask Me About My Type 1 ship so I can correct my oversight and make Ask Me About My Type 1 a much better and more inclusive podcast. It's a short one so please give it a listen because you can be part of the solu…

This week on Ask Me About My Type 1 I have on Marissa who was diagnosed only a few weeks ago during the current global state of COVID 19 crisis. So much of the information relating to COVID 19 and Type 1 assumes that Type 1 is preexisting, but what happens when your diagnosis comes in the middle of the aforementioned pandemic? That's where my new T…

This week on Ask Me About My Type 1 I have on the co-founder of Maximus Bolus, Matt Tarro, and his long time Type None friend, Nick Parker. Matt and I discuss the apparent lack of a male presence in the Type 1 space that we both noticed and what Matt has been doing to hopefully address it. As co-creator of the newly formed Type 1 guy group, Maximus…

Hello Type 1s and Nones!!! This week I have on Type 1 guest Madi and her Type None friend Mia. The three of us talk about the power of movement and how it found both Madi and Mia through Zumba. They are now both Zumba instructors and while Madi tells us about what Zumba and movement has done for her relationship with her Type 1, Mia helps give me a…

Oh heeeyyy!!! This week on the podcast I had a very welcome surprise and ended up talking all about that unspoken connection between those of us who can't make insulin anymore. That feeling you get when you meet someone who just "gets it" because they understand what living with Type 1 means. I originally brought on Type 1 Qiana Drew and Type None …

Break out the mats Type 1s and Nones because it's all about Yoga this week!!! Specifically I'm exploring the Mind&Body connection and how this Yogic practice can help all the Type 1 yogis and yoga curious folks reconnect with their physical bodies outside of all that Type 1 stuff we're always having to do. Yoga instructor and Type 1 guest Maia Brem…

FurSuit UP Type 1s and Nones!!! I'm sitting down with my new Type 1 AND Furry friend, Bailey, and learning about the ins and outs of FurSuiting with Type 1. Bailey's Type None boyfriend, Alex, joins us and shares his experience learning about both Bailey's Type 1 and furry fandom and how he has learned to be there for Bailey when she's all suited u…

Oh Hi Type 1s and Nones!!! We're talking cannabis this week and I called in the experts because I'm basically cannabidonally illiterate. Type 1 Sarah MacLeod, an Integrative Cannabis Health Coach, and Type None Adrienne Airhart, the Social Media and Marketing Director for The Higher Path Collective dispensary, sat down and talk cannabis with me. We…

Oh Hi Dia-Peoples and the Pancreatically Functional!!! It's new Ask Me About My Type 1 episode day and this episode is coming at you hawt!!! This week on the podcast I have on Whitney Lewis of @HappyPancreas fame and her Type None husband Derrick, a featured guest of @HappyPancreas fame. On this banger of an episode the three of us discuss Whitney'…

This week on everyone's favorite Q & A podcast all about Type 1, I host a very special Type NONE guest, Delanie Fischer!!! For those who may not know, Delanie is one of the hosts of my favorite health, wellness, and comedy themed podcast Self-Helpless. Delanie has no knowledge of or connection to Type 1 so I called up friend of the show Jennifer Ba…

I'm back Type Ones and Nones! It's the very first episode of the Ask Me About My Type 1 hat trick season and it's a banger for sure!!! I have on Jordan of @butfirstinsulin fame and she inspires me to make up my very own Type 1 Phrase: Type 1 Hype-In!!! It's that feeling you get when Type 1 is the reason why everything is going just the way you want…

***ALERT!!!ALERT!!!SPECIAL EPISODE!!!SPECIAL EPISODE*** COVID 19 has brought the world to a halt and while everyone strives to find their way through this new normal of sheltering in place and flattening the curve, those of us with a less than functioning pancreas have to do so on top of what Type 1 already demands of us. It’s a kind of anxiety tha…

It's Season 3, Dia-Peoples and Type Nones of all the lands!!! So glad I could squeeze it in just as the end times started up too!!! BUT eye digress because Season 3 of your favorite Type 1 Q&A podcast is coming at you with a whole lot of hawt hawt Q's and all the spicy spicy Type 1 A's. Check out the trailer to hear about the season to come and lea…

It's that time Type 1s and Type Nones!! To say goodbye to Season 2 with one last banger of an episode!! As I mentioned last week I have back on Jennifer Bartels from Episode 2 and Becca Smith from Episode 6 but I ALSO have a third super secret surprise guest, Robin from Episode 8!! The three of them tell me the unexpected ways that Type 1 has inspi…

The end of Season 2 is upon us 1s and Nones!! And in true Ask Me About My Type 1 fashion, you're getting a Where Are They Now Season Finale Special with three guests from across Season 2!! My Type 1 guests this week are Destin from Ep1 Back to School, Kameran from Ep3 Smalltown Type 1 and Danielle from Ep5 When Type 1s Can't. Change is the law of t…

Episode 13 WOULD be the most difficult to get out to y'all but out to y'all it is and it's a real banger! This week I have on team Roya, creators of the first dietary supplement specifically made FOR Type 1s. Type 1 guest Rohan and Type None guest Max tell me how they came together to address Type 1 concerns through dietary supplementation. And no …

As National Diabetes Awareness Month comes to a close and with Turkey day fast approaching, I couldn't think of an episode topic that could both help focus all your built-up Type 1y awareness-spreading energy AND prepare you for a conversation that will most certainly tick off uncle Bob and at least half of your Grandparents BETTER than this one!! …

As we approach the halfway point of National Diabetes Awareness Month, I wanted this episode to focus on a huge part of why we have this month in the first place: SUPPORT!! Yes, advocacy involves a lot of fundraising and those dollars are important but awareness spreading is also about helping the Type Nones in our lives be there in the ways that w…

Oh Hi Type 1s and Nones!! We're in the middle of National Diabetes Awareness Month and today's episode couldn't have been more perfect to celebrate the occasion!! I have on Type 1 guest Ekram and Type 1 guest and Ekram's husband, Jesse and we get into what I think to be the very core of what this month of awareness is all about. Ekram tells us her …

Oh hi! I'm back from fall break and SO ready to give you the A's to all your Q's!! And just in time for the first Monday of National Diabetes Awareness Month. In honor of said Type 1 themed month, I have for you a family episode of Ask Me About My Type 1. Much like Type 1, Family is always there, they can be kind of annoying sometimes, and there is…

We're hitting the gym Dia-Peoples and the Type Nones who love them!! This very special episode of Ask Me About My Type 1 is all about fitness and exercise but this isn't your typical Type 1 talk about getting that heart rate up. This time I'm talking about the anxiety that comes with exercising with that Type 1 and push beyond it so you can make it…

It's Brand-New-Episode-Monday Dia-Peoples and Dia-Nones! Coming off two whole episodes about the importance of Type 1 community support, I thought it only right to come back with an episode all about the unique way this episodes Type None guest is supporting Type 1s the world over. Frida, who has no direct connection to Type 1 Diabetes, is the crea…

Rise and shine Dia-Campers!! It's the last day of camp and a time to reflect on everything we have learned this Slipstream weekend which is why this episode of Ask Me About My Type 1 is made up entirely of interviews from SoCal Slipstream 2019. We get a first-hand account of the true beginnings of Connected In Motion and the Slipstream program from…

Rise and shine campers!! It's Camp Week on Ask Me About My Type 1 and I'm casting THIS pod direct from Connected in Motion's 2019 SoCal Slipstream in the beautiful San Bernardino National Forest!! I take a deep dive into the Type 1 camp experience and the important place I think it holds in our community. I sit down with CIM staff and learn all abo…

Type 1 Diabetics can do ANYTHING!! It's a beautiful sentiment about perseverance and determination and how the indomitable spirit of each and every person out there living that Type 1 life can overcome any challenges that this condition of ours throws at us. But as inspiring as this message can be the fact is that it just isn't true. I mean that ph…

Oh hi, Dia-Peoples and Type Nones alike! Ask Me About My Type 1 is back with a VERY spicy episode with some extremely thought-provoking Qs. I have on Type 1 Erin along with Type 1 None friend Jillian and the three of us get into some of the more stark realities of Type 1 Diabetes: The fear of missing a late-night low and never waking back up. How t…

Howdy y'all! We're heading out to the middle of America to hear a voice that so often gets overlooked, that of the smalltown Type 1. We talk a lot about the ways that Type 1 can affect, or even interfere with, our lives but there are so many instances when life itself can affect the way we experience our Type 1. Which is why this week I have on Kam…

SPECIAL ALERT!! SPECIAL ALERT!! BONUS EPISODE!! BONUS EPISODE!! No this is not a drill Dia-Peoples and Type Nones! In honor of Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month Ask Me About My Type 1 is releasing a bonus episode where I bring Jen Bartels back on to talk about her experience with anxiety and depression and how she feels both have been effected…