Beyond Normal

Who wants to go back to normal? Normal was making us unhappy and unhealthy. In this weekly podcast, experts in mind, body, finances and family help us create a healthier normal beyond COVID-19. Bonus episodes feature real stories of lives impacted by coronavirus. Send your story to beyondnormal@thebigknow.com. Produced by The Big Know.

We are creating a multi-part podcast series that explores the essential aspects of understanding and managing one’s diabetes. Each episode will feature an expert who supports patients in different parts of treatment (Primary Care Physician, Endocrinologist, Nutritionist, Psychologist, Diabetes Nurse Educator, etc.) discussing all things diabetes. These podcasts will also include conversations with real people living with diabetes, sharing their personal stories of challenge/hope/success in taking charge of their condition. We presume each episode is approximately 30 minutes in length (or less).

The basic message of every episode is that, while a diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes is serious, there is a lot you can do to help take control of your condition and limit its impact on your overall quality of life. The first step to taking such control is to get as smart as you can as quickly as you can on all things diabetes. This series helps you do just that.Examples of Learning Objectives:

• Explain Type 2 diabetes.
• Identify risks of not working to manage one’s condition.
• Identify the essential factors for living well with diabetes.
• Understand that it is possible to live well with diabetes, ability to do so is within you
• Identify symptoms of a worsening condition (swelling, neuropathy, hyper/hypo-glycemia, etc.) and take appropriate action
• Identify the key support-team roles involved in helping one improve one’s health.
• Examine the common medication used in the treatment of diabetes.
• Discuss the importance of medication adherence.
• Explore how food, especially food high in carbohydrates, affects glucose levels and subsequently your body’s condition.
• Explore strategies for reducing the amount of carbohydrates in your diet.
• Examine how one’s body responds to different types of food.
• Explore the connection between mental health and physical health.