Mental Health
Helen talks diabetes burn out on Coast FM
You might like to listen to my interview on Coast FM recently all about diabetes 🙂 Helen xx
Read More#Moments of #wonderful
by Helen Wilde Yesterday my littlest sister flew from Melbourne to Adelaide to visit our mother, who is 91 & living with dementia in a Nursing Home. We were fortunate to be able to catch up for lunch, together with two of our other sisters, a gorgeous niece & a precious 3 yr old great…
Read MoreFear, Anxiety & Feeling Trapped: The Train To Freedom
Happiness is a feeling and a place all of us strive for, yet sadness and a range of uncomfortable emotions are part of life and in fact we must experience these, in order to have happiness. To me, a sense of freedom and control are vital to my own happiness. I think growing up with type 1…
Read More#Parenting a child with #diabetes #struggles & #rewards: owning your own #lifetime
This is a blog I have wanted to write for some time. As the parent of a now grown up child with diabetes, I feel a ‘special’ bond with other parents. Because of this, I am one of the moderators of the Facebook Closed group Parents of kids with diabetes. Almost every day I read …
Read MoreGeorgia’s Blog, the meaning of life
What is the meaning of life? I guess everyone interprets it differently, for me it has to be love. Not just to love and be loved,but to love your life. Of course it is hard to love every aspect, but if you look from the outside in, digesting the pro’s and con’s, it should be…
Read MoreIt’s not easy to be me- journeying to the #self: how #melancholy is part of #happiness
Our inalienable rights are ‘Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness’- nothing in there about Health, or Wellness, right? I was counselling someone today, someone who is actually older than I am, despite me having just had a birthday & feeling extremely ‘senior’ as a result. LOL! I had something of a ‘light bulb’ moment.…
Read MoreWhy you should run in the rain
Sometimes I have so much going on inside me that I feel like I could burst. Thoughts, feelings, dreams, ideas, all jumbled and tumbled inside my head. Welling up inside my heart and spilling out through my eyes in salty tears. I am just an ordinary girl but I have dreams. Many dreams. And I…
Read Moreit’s my birthday…je ne regrette rien..carpe diem
Today is my birthday. At my age, this a cause for celebrations, enjoying the now, and appreciating what I have. It is also a time for some looking back & thinking about what has gone. For me, the past is very important. It informs my present, and my future, but it does not define, restrict,…
Read MoreHome
In the busyness of daily life, especially when you live with such an in your face condition as diabetes, it can be hard to stop and smell the roses. I try to take a small part of every day to do this, while every spare inch of time is filled in caring for my children,…
Read MoreKeeping still: scarcely breathing: & hanging on
Last weekend I was tired. I didn’t turn my computer on from Friday afternoon until Monday afternoon. I visited Mum in the Nursing Home on Friday afternoon, & had dinner with my sister on Friday night, & we made a YouTube video for ‘Dine In’. On Saturday I had Brunch with my 4 sisters, always…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Blog, Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting their battle too
Hello everyone and welcome to Friday, for this blog post I thought I would write it based on the quote; “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting their battle too”. Earlier this week I started volunteering with Habitat for Humanity writing articles on their success stories and accomplishments with both their partners and as…
Read MoreDiabetes Empowerment
Guest Post David Mapletoft, Diabetes Educator “Traditionally, the success of patients to manage their diabetes has been judged by their ability to adhere to a prescribed therapeutic regimen. A great deal of effort has been spent in developing methods for measuring compliance and techniques and strategies to promote adherence. Unfortunately, this approach does not match…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Blog, Relaxation
So soon into the New Year, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and stressed. Not that I am already, but for Christmas I was given a Pure Indulgence package at a Spa – including a massage, facial and manicure. Even though it was a long day at the Spa it was so relaxing, and at one…
Read Moreadvocacy: speaking up: staying strong
I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘Advocacy’ over the past few months. Part of this has been around some of the negative stereotyping & anger around the different ‘types’ of diabetes. Part of it has been around the health of my 91 year old mother, who is living with dementia, alongside a host of physical…
Read MoreAn empty nest or a full one?
Are you a parent? And have any of your children grown up? The age at which kids grow up these days is questionable and very different to when my generation were young (MY generation, does that make me sound old?!). I moved out of home at 18 as I had to go to the city…
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