Mental Health

Managing diabetes at work can mean balancing deadlines, meetings, glucose checks, and treatment while also dealing with comments from coworkers who don’t understand. Advocates and people with diabetes discuss how to respond – and why preventing stigma should not fall on people with diabetes alone.

What does diabetes stigma have to do with body image and your mental and behavioral well-being? Turns out, a whole lot. 

Evelyn Oberdorfer has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1968. As someone who “never wants to be outdone by diabetes,” Oberdorfer lives an active lifestyle as a bodybuilder and half-marathon runner while inspiring others to find their community. 

Are you feeling angry and fearful about diabetes? There’s a way to channel that negative energy into something productive and motivating.

Brooklyn-based comedian Sam Morrison shares how comedy has helped him process living with type 1 diabetes.

Hear from Dr. Bob Gabbay, endocrinologist, researcher, and former Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the American Diabetes Association, as he explores the most exciting topics and latest innovations in diabetes care. This edition: mental health.