186 episodes

Welcome to the LiveFree with T1D Podcast where we coach you to build your T1D stress-management plan like a sailboat. You are the captain. The hull is your diabetes knowledge and management. The sails are your mindset. The rudder is your behavior and the crew is your support team.

If you build the five parts of your stress management plan correctly, you'll find smooth sailing with T1D. Every week we help a person with T1D just like you optimize their sailboat.

LiveFree with T1D Mark Heyman

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.9 • 56 Ratings

Welcome to the LiveFree with T1D Podcast where we coach you to build your T1D stress-management plan like a sailboat. You are the captain. The hull is your diabetes knowledge and management. The sails are your mindset. The rudder is your behavior and the crew is your support team.

If you build the five parts of your stress management plan correctly, you'll find smooth sailing with T1D. Every week we help a person with T1D just like you optimize their sailboat.

    #187: What To Do When You Backtrack with Your Mental Health

    #187: What To Do When You Backtrack with Your Mental Health

    How do you regain control of your T1D management and mental health when setbacks happen?

    In this episode​​​​​​​​, I talk about how setbacks are a normal part of your mental health journey with T1D and give you some practical tips you can use to get back on track when you experience a setback (and you will!).

    • 18 min
    #186: What To Do When Panic Sets In

    #186: What To Do When Panic Sets In

    • 14 min
    #185: Are Your Safety Behaviors Keeping You Safe?

    #185: Are Your Safety Behaviors Keeping You Safe?

    My guess is you do a lot of things to keep yourself "safe" in your life with T1D. At least, you think these things keep you safe. Things like...


    Checking your CGM every 5 minutes
    Reducing your bolus for your food when you feel uncomfortable
    Treating "low" blood sugars that are not really low, just to be on the safe side

    In this episode, I dive into safety behaviors for people with T1D. I talk about how to determine if your behaviors are actually keeping you safe or if they are keeping you stuck in your anxiety. After listening to this episode, you'll have a framework you can use to test these behaviors (safely, of course) to find out if you really need them

    • 17 min
    #184: Be Open to the Possibility that T1D Can Get Easier

    #184: Be Open to the Possibility that T1D Can Get Easier

    There is one thing that I know for sure. If you are closed off the possibility that life with T1D can get easier, it's never going to get easier.

    Being open to the possibility of change greatly increases the likelihood of it happening.

    In this episode, I talk about what it means to be open to the possibility that things can get easier in your life with T1D. I explain why your mindset matters and I give you some strategies that you can use to change your thinking to be open to things that you may not have thought were possible before.

    • 18 min
    #183: What Success Looks Like with T1D + Mental Health

    #183: What Success Looks Like with T1D + Mental Health

    One question I always ask the people I work with is "What does success look like for you?". Their answer is almost always "I don't want to feel (insert negative emotion) anymore.

    The challenge here is that it's almost impossible to stop feeling one emotion without stopping feeling many, if not all, of your emotions.

    I try to challenge people—and I want to challenge you—to reframe what success looks like for you.

    Shifting your perspective to value progress over perfection can lead to a more fulfilling and flexible life.

    In this episode​​​, I talk about what I think success with T1D + mental health looks like, and how you can reframe success in your mind so you are focusing on behaviors that are going to make the biggest difference in your quality of life.

    Ready to conquer your fear of low blood sugar and take your life back? Click the link below to join the next cohort of the Conquer Your Fear of Low Blood Sugar program:

    https://www.thediabetespsychologist.com/fearoflows

    • 17 min
    #182: Why Avoiding T1D Never Works

    #182: Why Avoiding T1D Never Works

    With your mental health with T1D, avoidance doesn't work.

    In fact, when you avoid our negative emotions, it keeps you stuck in these emotions and you get the exact opposite results that you were hoping for.

     n this episode of the podcast, I talk all about avoidance and how it's the wrong strategy to break free from the stress of diabetes. You’ll learn why it's natural to avoid uncomfortable emotions, but also how this avoidance is counterproductive to living free with T1D.

    Ready to conquer your fear of low blood sugar and take your life back? Click the link below to join the next cohort of the Conquer Your Fear of Low Blood Sugar program:

    https://www.thediabetespsychologist.com/fearoflows

    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
56 Ratings

56 Ratings

Thundersnaps ,

A great podcast worth following!

Wow! The Diabetes Psychologist is a great podcast that provides information about managing diabetes in a super kind and empowering way. Dr. Mark really cares about helping you make decisions that are right for your lifestyle and helps you understand how to explain your choices to your doctor. He is really balanced in the way the talks about different ways of managing diabetes and how it might affect your mental health. His realistic approach to living a full and enjoyable life with diabetes is a breath of fresh air! I highly recommend this podcast to anyone with diabetes or who knows someone with diabetes. It’s fantastic!

mom of type 1 diabetic ,

Thankful mother

I can’t thank Dr. Mark enough for this educational and inspiring podcast. As a mother of a T1D, it helps me understand what he is going through, the challenges and ups and downs T1 presents. I am learning so much and trying to help him see the positive side of this challenging disease with all of the practical advise these podcasts provide. Bravo for this series and I am so thankful to have access to this great resource. Keep it up!

dmaniam ,

Awesome, interesting, & informative podcast!

The diabetes psychologist with Dr. Mark is a great podcast for people looking to learn about and improve areas of their mental health with type 1 diabetes. Not only is Dr. Mark an expert, he has tons of first hand experience and lots of the information he has shared on this podcast has helped me greatly!

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