Dealing with Diabetes Burnout

How to Recharge and Get Back on Track When You Feel Frustrated and Overwhelmed Living with Diabetes

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Dealing with Diabetes Burnout

How to Recharge and Get Back on Track When You Feel Frustrated and Overwhelmed Living with Diabetes

Author

Ginger Vieira,

Description

An inspiring and empowering guide to managing the daily work and pressure of diabetes management

Living with diabetes is non-stop, 24 hours a day. Counting carbohydrates at every meal, constantly adjusting medication doses, taking daily injections, pricking fingers multiple times a day, and struggling with the unavoidable challenges of fancy, yet imperfect, technology can lead to burnout. With compassion, knowledge, and humor, Ginger Vieira provides the tools and encouragement needed to help you get back on track and make diabetes management a rewarding priority. She shows you how to:

Set yourself up for success with realistic expectations and goals
Implement tips and suggestions to help make living with diabetes easier
Learn how to back-off on diabetes management without guilt or shame
Build confidence in your abilities to face diabetes every day

Contents

"Introduction: The Perfect Diabetic...Iíd Rather Search for Big Foot!;

; Chapter 1: No Vacations or Days Off? This is the Worst Job Ever!
; Exploring the Pressures and Expectations That Can Make Diabetes Feel So Darn Overwhelming;

; Chapter 2: I Havenít Checked My Blood Sugar in 3 Weeks (ehh...months)
; Digging Deeper into What Is Currently Happening in Your Life with Diabetes;

; Chapter 3: I Want to be Perfect by Tomorrow (or Iím Giving Up!)
; Setting Yourself Up for Success with Realistic Goals and Fewer Pitfalls;

; Chapter 4: When Every Little Number Feels Like a Grade
; Taking on the Responsibilities of Medications and Blood Sugar Checks without the Overwhelming Pressure;

; Chapter 5: Yes, I Ate 17 Cookies, So Sue Me!
; Becoming a Person Who Respects Their Body Through Food;

; Chapter 6: Get Your Sweat-Betes on!
; Learning How to Make Exercise of Any kind a Real (and Positive!) Part of Your Life;

; Chapter 7: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
; This One Is for the People Who Love and Care about You!;

; Chapter 8: I Did Everything Iím Supposed To Do and Iím Still Not Perfect
; Embracing Your Progress and Giving Yourself Credit for Dealing with Diabetes Every Day ;

; Resources for Continued Support; "

Authors

Ginger Vieira has lived with Type 1 diabetes and Celiac disease since 1999. Today, she is an avid freelance writer and motivational speaker with a background as a certified cognitive coach, personal trainer, and Ashtanga yoga instructor specializing in coaching people with diabetes.

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