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The Diabetic Diary 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.

An article of mine that appeared in the Caribbean American Weekly Newspaper: Relationships and Diabetes: Tools for Copin...
09/21/2023

An article of mine that appeared in the Caribbean American Weekly Newspaper: Relationships and Diabetes: Tools for Coping http://dld.bz/dZhvq

09/20/2023

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln

Dblog: "What is Real!" When I came out of my diabetic coma...
09/20/2023

Dblog: "What is Real!" When I came out of my diabetic coma...

“A month-long reality check into how out of control blood sugar impacts our perceptions of the world.” Memory is a tricky thing for a person with diabetes because high, low and shifting blood sugar…

Check out this great Blog: Family Conflict: Frustration or Blood Sugars
09/20/2023

Check out this great Blog: Family Conflict: Frustration or Blood Sugars

How does anyone understand the complexities of diabetes? Isn’t it as simple as following a routine? Unfortunately not! The emotional roller coaster that is diabetes abounds every which way you look…

09/19/2023

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. Abraham Lincoln

Check out this Newspaper Article about Life Coaching for People with diabetes. HERE... http://dld.bz/dCXuF
09/19/2023

Check out this Newspaper Article about Life Coaching for People with diabetes. HERE... http://dld.bz/dCXuF

09/18/2023

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong Benjamin Franklin

Check out the Fabulous blog on Preventing Diabetes Burnout.
09/18/2023

Check out the Fabulous blog on Preventing Diabetes Burnout.

  Diabetes Burnout has become a buzzword in the past few years, but what is Diabetes Burnout? How does it impact your life, and how do you prevent it? Dealing with Diabetes Burnout’s har…

My Diabetic Community Check out this Killer Blog Here:
09/17/2023

My Diabetic Community Check out this Killer Blog Here:

[youtube Sigmund Freud meets Larry Page How my career as a diabetic specialist grew in real-time Internet interaction Good Morning, My name is Eliot LeBow. I am a licensed psychotherapist in the st…

09/17/2023

My behavior is addictive functioning in a disease process of toxic co-dependency. I need holistic healing and wellness beforeI'll accept any responsibility for my actions.-- Calvin

Blog: S*x & Diabetes: Romancing The Pump!
09/17/2023

Blog: S*x & Diabetes: Romancing The Pump!

While cuddling on the couch, my girlfriend reacts, “ouch, your pump just hit me!” I said I was sorry, but the mood was temporally ruined. She got over it, and we started to cuddle again. I didn’t t…

09/16/2023

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. Benjamin Franklin

I was so focused on how diabetes impacted me, that I never realized how much it affected the people I loved. She repeate...
09/15/2023

I was so focused on how diabetes impacted me, that I never realized how much it affected the people I loved. She repeated herself "I hate your diabetes!" It felt like she said I hate you. After all, diabetes is a part of who I am, but...

I was so focused on how diabetes impacted me, that I never realized how much it affected the people I loved.

09/15/2023

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin

"Change, Achieving Diabetes Preferred Lifestyle!" Check out this great read here:
09/15/2023

"Change, Achieving Diabetes Preferred Lifestyle!" Check out this great read here:

So, It is time to change! What though? The doctors all say I need to change, but why should I? I like my life the way it is! So what to do? I just don’t know really. Any of this strikes a cord? Han…

Article: "Taking Responsibility" About knowing when to transition your child's Diabetes Management from adult management...
09/14/2023

Article: "Taking Responsibility" About knowing when to transition your child's Diabetes Management from adult management to adult-supervised management to self-management. http://goo.gl/m9AJl

09/14/2023

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. Calvin & Hobbes

"Sunday Morning" a blog on walking without glucose tablets...
09/13/2023

"Sunday Morning" a blog on walking without glucose tablets...

Ok, So going for a walk with my girlfriend and I have my Glucometer, and I tested before I left on our journey. All good right except the human factor. Walking is exercise and blood sugars are driv…

Check out this awesome article to help people living with diabetes survive the holiday season: Better Homes & Gardens: D...
09/13/2023

Check out this awesome article to help people living with diabetes survive the holiday season: Better Homes & Gardens: Diabetic Living Magazine; Winter 2015:http://diabetictalks.com/assets/diabetic-living-winter-2015.pdf

09/13/2023

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one Benjamin Franklin

Depression or Diabetes: Which Came First? Find out here:
09/12/2023

Depression or Diabetes: Which Came First? Find out here:

You’re not feeling like yourself—and you can’t remember the last time you did. You used to love the outdoors: fly fishing, hiking, goofing around at the beach. You used to live for weekends, and wo…

09/11/2023

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln

"The Ties that bind!" A Great D-blog on intimacy in a relationship. Check it out here!
09/11/2023

"The Ties that bind!" A Great D-blog on intimacy in a relationship. Check it out here!

Some people equate s*x with intimacy, but that is not true. Being intimate is the result of a variety of behaviors that cause the individual to be one with the other person, place or thing. It is a…

"Diabetes: Losing Your Way of Living Life" Awesome blog here:
09/11/2023

"Diabetes: Losing Your Way of Living Life" Awesome blog here:

In my previous blog, There’s No Such Thing as Bad Blood Sugars; I addressed thought management around high and low blood sugar episodes. But what if you don’t have diabetes? When I was growing up, …

09/10/2023

Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN! Calvin & Hobbes

Check out what happened when I hit a police officer while having a diabetic reaction...
09/10/2023

Check out what happened when I hit a police officer while having a diabetic reaction...

“A month-long reality check into how out of control blood sugar impacts our perceptions of the world.” Memory is a tricky thing for a person with diabetes because high, low and shifting blood sugar…

Blog: "Fear of Dying & The Realities of Diabetes!"
09/09/2023

Blog: "Fear of Dying & The Realities of Diabetes!"

I lived in fear after being diagnosed with diabetes. Most people don’t know the fear that comes with being told that if you make one mistake, you could die. A tightrope walker may fear to fall off,…

09/09/2023

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. Benjamin Franklin

09/08/2023

What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero Calvin & Hobbes

Check out this great article by Lindsey Wahowiak in Diabetes Forecast called "In Sickness and in Health": http://dld.bz/...
09/08/2023

Check out this great article by Lindsey Wahowiak in Diabetes Forecast called "In Sickness and in Health": http://dld.bz/dZgjj

Eliot LeBow, LCSW, CDE, is a Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapist. His private practice is in New York City and is also avai...
09/07/2023

Eliot LeBow, LCSW, CDE, is a Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapist. His private practice is in New York City and is also available via Skype. LeBow, who has been living with Type I Diabetes since 1977, treats the many diverse cognitive, behavioral, and emotional needs of people living with Type I and Type II Diabetes. Check here for more info: http://diabetictalks.com/video.html

09/07/2023

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

Is showering daily exercise? Find out HERE!
09/07/2023

Is showering daily exercise? Find out HERE!

Ok, so I had a fantastic shower. I was thinking of the great day ahead of me. What I was going to cook for dinner tonight and once again that voice in my head said what are you doing. I was thinkin…

09/06/2023

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers

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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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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
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