The Diabetic Diary

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The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true. Carl Rogers
Read this great blog: From the dining room to the operating table! http://wp.me/p6CU6c-2k
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers
Presentation at 140 Conf State Of Now https://youtu.be/E_OnquBkjts
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge
While typically body image issues come from various stressors growing up: a mother or father with body image issues, emotional abuse, societal pressures and peer pressure. It is not uncommon for someone living with diabetes to develop body image issues even if the other stressors aren't present in that person's life... https://wp.me/p6CU6c-qR
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. Abraham Maslow
Understand what are symptoms are related to depression and which may be related to high blood sugar here: http://diabetictalks.com/depression-diagnosis.html
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln
Don't try this at home! "What is real IV" on driving with low blood sugars... http://wp.me/p6CU6c-H
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. Calvin & Hobbes

Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapist,
Certified Diabetes Educator "Helping People With Diabetes Thrive!"

Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapy® takes a holistic approach combining traditional talk therapy with diabetes education and management help. It addresses both the physical and emotional aspects of living life with diabetes while still addressing other non-diabetes related life problems.

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My experience at St. Joseph SoupKitchen 03/18/2023

My experience at St. Joseph SoupKitchen

Blog on my experience at Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes

My experience at St. Joseph SoupKitchen A report by Eliot LeBow LCSW So it was Christmas time, and I had wanted to volunteer. Unfortunately, to my surprise, all the soup kitchens were closed on Christmas Day. So I had told my girlfriend …

03/18/2023

I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.-- Calvin

03/17/2023

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Calvin Coolidge

Managing Health Insurance with Diabetes! 03/16/2023

Managing Health Insurance with Diabetes!

How to Manage Health Insurance with Diabetes? Answer found HERE...

Managing Health Insurance with Diabetes! It is problematic deal with health insurance companies. The goal of insurance in this day and age, is to put obstacles in front of your health. Is there anyone listening on the other end of this ph…

03/15/2023

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it Benjamin Franklin

When People With Diabetes Eat & Acid Reflux 03/15/2023

When People With Diabetes Eat & Acid Reflux

Awesome Blog "When People With Diabetes Eat & Acid Reflux" Here:

When People With Diabetes Eat & Acid Reflux At the end of my 6-month ordeal, I finally found the causes to my Acid Reflux. The first was eating too much protein. Next was eating acidic and spicy foods and the next to last reason for my Acid …

03/14/2023

Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure. Calvin & Hobbes

Admiring Our Differences 03/14/2023

Admiring Our Differences

A dedication to moms with children with diabetes...

Admiring Our Differences I had given this a lot of thought, and I would say parents of children with diabetes inspire me to work harder. I have watched many parents of children living with diabetes in my private practice s…

What Did I Do? Diabetes MisManagement? 03/14/2023

What Did I Do? Diabetes MisManagement?

It happened to me. It could ha happen to you. In fact, it could happen to any insulin-dependent person living with diabetes. I was depressed and burnt out by nine years old, but I didn't realize it. It's almost impossible to manage diabetes when depressed but not managing ones diabetes is common due to improper training, education, negative emotions like anger, relationship issues, fitting in and taking comfort in food and many other reasons...

What Did I Do? Diabetes MisManagement? It happened to me. It could ha happen to you. In fact, it could happen to any insulin-dependent person living with diabetes. I was depressed and burnt out by nine years old, but I didn’t real…

03/13/2023

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. Abraham Maslow

The Cookie Aisle 03/13/2023

The Cookie Aisle

The Cookie Aisle Story! Check it out!

The Cookie Aisle When I think of a cookie, the song from my childhood will almost always come into my head. In the Cookie Monster’s voice, I would hear, “C is for cookie. That’s good enough for me.” I loved cookies…

Parenting Children with Diabetes: A Guide to Understanding and Managing the Issues 03/12/2023

Parenting Children with Diabetes: A Guide to Understanding and Managing the Issues

Check out the book, "Parenting Children with Diabetes." It offers parents a 360-degree view of what is happening to their child, providing unique tools, insight, and education to help parents and their children navigate diabetes management and the world around them. It addresses the absence of information needed for successful diabetes management, including more advanced diabetes education, information on emotional trauma, relationship issues, and problems inside and outside the home that are caused while growing up with diabetes.

Parenting Children with Diabetes: A Guide to Understanding and Managing the Issues Parenting Children with Diabetes: A Guide to Understanding and Managing the Issues

03/11/2023

Who was the first guy that look at a cow and said," I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them? Calvin & Hobbes

03/10/2023

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Riding the Roller Coaster 03/09/2023

Riding the Roller Coaster

In this blog, I show how difficult management is when cognitive difficulties occur, due to high blood sugar, even with years of knowledge and education. Check it out here:

Riding the Roller Coaster So, it’s on to Tikal from Guatemala City. The trip from Guatemala City to Tikal is a short flight; all in all, it’s about an hours plane ride in a puddle jumper. After arriving at our hotel, we dec…

03/09/2023

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl Rogers

03/08/2023

Check out the book, "Parenting Children with Diabetes." It offers parents a 360-degree view of what is happening to their child, providing unique tools, insight, and education to help parents and their children navigate diabetes management and the world around them. It addresses the absence of information needed for successful diabetes management, including more advanced diabetes education, information on emotional trauma, relationship issues, and problems inside and outside the home that are caused while growing up with diabetes. https://amzn.to/2mYWmLW

Diabetes & Dealing with Change! 03/08/2023

Diabetes & Dealing with Change!

Change it up! Read: "Diabetes & Dealing with Change!"

Diabetes & Dealing with Change! It’s early morning, about 2 am, I think, and I am in a sterile room. I can’t fall asleep with this thing attached to me. I feel like a prisoner and just want to get out. But, that warden won’t let …

03/07/2023

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong Calvin Coolidge

Avoiding Pitfalls: Keeping Your Resolution! 03/06/2023

Avoiding Pitfalls: Keeping Your Resolution!

Great blog on keeping ones goals! Whether your goal is to lose weight, manage your diabetes better or climb Mount Kilimanjaro, you will need a plan to break the cycle of breaking your resolutions.

Avoiding Pitfalls: Keeping Your Resolution! Setting resolutions for the New Year is good but setting the right expectations for reaching those goals is paramount. Whether your goal is to lose weight, manage your diabetes better or climb Moun…

Living With Diabetes & Balance 03/06/2023

Living With Diabetes & Balance

Is this blog on balance sexy and fun? Nope, but understanding it can help you balance your emotional health and diabetes...

Living With Diabetes & Balance Balance is one of the most important concepts in finding happiness in life. I started this blog initially trying to make the idea of balance, sexy and fun, but to no avail. I have come to the reali…

03/06/2023

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly Carl Rogers

Better Bad Choices (in diabetes management) 03/05/2023

Better Bad Choices (in diabetes management)

Maneuvering the complexities around deciding what to eat!

Better Bad Choices (in diabetes management) While living with diabetes making choices can be a difficult thing for some people, while other people find it easy. In my practice, I see extreme cases on both ends of the spectrum. When making ou…

Change, Deceit & Diabetes 03/05/2023

Change, Deceit & Diabetes

Change, Deceit & Diabetes:

Change, Deceit & Diabetes 36 years ago in the hospital, I had just turned six years old and was diagnosed that same day with Juvenile diabetes. The doctor was nice! After being diagnosed, I learned that I could die. I put u…

03/04/2023

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln quote

03/04/2023

EndocrineToday Article: "Resolve ADHD to improve diabetes self-management" By Eliot LeBow, LCSW, CDE http://dld.bz/gN2Hz

03/03/2023

God, grant me the serenity 2 accept the things I cannot change, the courage 2 change the things I can, and the wisdom 2 know the difference.

03/03/2023

More and more research is being done on the correlation between developing a psychiatric issue and T1 diabetes. This excellent video blog discussed the underlying cause as it relates to Attention Deficit Disorder inattentive type. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/bC_Pszr9Pqs

How Denial and Diabetes Impacted My Life 03/03/2023

How Denial and Diabetes Impacted My Life

Don't deny your self the pleasure of reading this blog: "How Denial and Diabetes Impacted My Life" Check it out Here:

How Denial and Diabetes Impacted My Life Now, I am going to discuss how denial changed or didn’t change me, as well as the impact denial, had on my life. Where in my previous blog, “Diabetes: Losing Your Way of Living Life,” I talked abou…

03/02/2023

"Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing." -Denis Waitley

Extreme Blood Sugars & Managing Emotions 03/01/2023

Extreme Blood Sugars & Managing Emotions

Read, this insane blog! "Extreme Blood Sugars & Managing Emotions" Now:

Extreme Blood Sugars & Managing Emotions They are quiet, often sneak up on you, cause tons of frustration, and can lead to low self-esteem, arguments, relationship and diabetes burnout. What can have such a devastating impact but be so ha…

03/01/2023

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." Brian Littrell

Misdiagnosed: depressed or diabetes? (Video Blog) 03/01/2023

Misdiagnosed: depressed or diabetes? (Video Blog)

Cool Blog! "Misdiagnosed: depressed or diabetes?" (Video Blog)

Misdiagnosed: depressed or diabetes? (Video Blog) Hello, and welcome to my video blog. I’m a Licensed psychotherapist on the Upper Westside Manhattan. Today’s topic is going to be on the importance of good blood sugar control when goin…

Why I help People with Diabetes!

Living with diabetes for over 40 years is a reason to help people with diabetes, but not my main motivation. My desire to help people built slowly over time.

When I was six years old, I was diagnosed with diabetes. It was 1977, and there was very little education or emotional help. In fact, the only people who would at least listen to what I was going through was a psychotherapist. I started therapy when I was 12 years old and still use it to deal with the daily impact of diabetes as well as extra emotional support.

I was lucky. Life was so much better after a few months, but we didn't address how diabetes impacted my life, and many therapists don't understand the complexities of living with diabetes. Now, I enjoy helping people navigate the complexities of living with diabetes; which includes addressing relationships, family, management, emotional issues and much more.

Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapy uses a holistic approach combining traditional talk therapy with diabetes education and management. It addresses both the physical and emotional aspects of living life with diabetes while still addressing other non-diabetes related life problems.

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