Please help us wake in the morning...
This is hard to write because doing so means I need to drop my guard, remove the armor, wade through the thick growth mindset and my ‘I...
A letter to my future self
This weekend I opened a letter I'd written to myself over a year ago. Doing so reminded me of the incredible women I shared the day with....
HbA1c - we need to change the narrative
I finally dragged myself to get a blood test to check my HbA1c, unsure why I had been putting it off for so long. What was I afraid of?...
How to access a Dexcom G5 CGM for less than half the NZ retail price
The information I’m about to share isn’t a secret and is 100% legal, but interestingly as I write this I am a little nervous. Will I get...
Our parents and caregivers are the MVP
After five weeks of broken sleep, numerous trips to the doctors, raised voices, tears and worry I had a tiny glimpse of what caring for a...
When 'she'll be right' turns to trouble
The she’ll be right, I’ll worry about that later attitude when navigating Type 1 Diabetes has the potential to end in trouble. This can...
What to do when it doesn't go to plan
2020 was going to be our year! We’d made some pretty big changes on the home front, such as stepping away from my learning designer role...
Farewell Diabetes NZ, I'm stepping aside.
I recently stepped down from my role as the director of youth for Diabetes NZ. The role was created when I joined the team just over 2...
Living beyond T1D at music festivals
There’s nothing better than dancing in the sunshine to live music. My arms high above my head, eyes shut, completely lost in the moment....
My first attempt at a social media detox...
When I joined the online Type 1 community a few years back, for the first time I felt ‘normal’. I was surrounded by people that got it....
