Changes. There are over 35 modern/contemporary songs written about changes. This isn't a song, but instead another DiabetesDude Wordpress Blog entry about, guess what, Changes.

  Change is good even if at the time we don't think it is. But in the end, it usually turns out for the better.  Please give a listen and hear how changes in my life made an impact on my diabetes management and overall life.

This week TR&L take a deep dive into what it means to be accountable to your health as a person with a chronic condition. Especially for People With Diabetes (PWD), accountability is the foundation for staying healthy or for becoming healthier. It is your responsibility to look after your body. Have a listen to learn exactly what that means for every step along the road map of good/better health. Having a chronic condition, like diabetes is a 24/7/365 chore that regardless how much you want to ignore it will only get worse if you turn your back on it!

Being healthy (or getting and staying healthy) is a life long challenge.  If you want your life to be LONG you have to CHOOSE to be on a healthy path.  Make small changes every day, then every week and before you know it you will have taken the healthy road towards living a healthier life.

Please join us on this episode to learn about accountability. 

Diabetes distress is real and it impacts your ability to manage your diabetes, whether Type 1 or Type 2, every day.  This episode we have an expert in identifying and treating diabetes distress, Dr. Leah Bogush.

Listen in and learn the difference between Major Depressive Disorder and Diabetes Distress and how it interferes with your ability to take the best care of yourself that you can. More importantly, learn how it is identified and how it is treated so you can get back on the right track and make mindful choices and achieve accountability in your own medical care.

Once again this week we are joined by Rudy Tafoya, LCSW along with Sean Coyle, Lead Clinical Supervisor. Listen in as we discuss diabetes and the effect that all this stress over the pandemic has had on management of blood sugar and over all health. Then learn about mindful actions and how they can help you to get your self-care back on the right track and make better decisions and choices for your care.

It's special guest time again.  We diverge from nutrition and healthy eating and shift our focus on National Mental Health Awareness month with Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Rudy Tafoya, Lead School Clinical Coordinator of the Behavioral Health Program on the Pueblo of San Felipe.

  Covid has put everyone under a great deal of stress and has created anxiety in people who either weren't experiencing anxiety in the past or who were already dealing with it. Seeking someone to help you sort of the important things from those that aren't as  important and how to prioritize the list to help you tackle that list is a step in the right direction. Asking for help is a sign of strength not weakness.

  Please give a listen to learn more how you can help yourself or perhaps a friend or family member feeling overwhelmed, by anything!

 Some additional resources:

San Felipe BHP Village Clinic:

(505)771-1463

On-call (505)639-9949

New Mexico Crisis line:

nmcrisis.com

24/7/365: 1-855-662-7474/1-855-(nmcrisis)

Peer to peer warmline

1-855-466-7900

Call: 3:30pm-11:30pm/text 6pm-11pm

Agora Crisis line:

agoracares.org (can chat directly from website)

(505)277-3013

1-855-505-4505

National Crisis line:

1-800-273-8255

Pretty simple today - TR&L talk about the benefits of meal planning and discuss how they go about it in their houses. Can't get much more simple than that. If you don't make a plan and head off to the grocery store and the only plan you have is to wing it - you need to listen.

It's that time of the year again. Feast day is rapidly approaching on the Pueblo, as well as the rest of Indian Country. May 1st is the Feast of Saint Philip. Saint Philip is the patron saint of the Pueblo of San Felipe. In addition to dancing and prayer and revelry there are great feasts in every house. Food is the focus-food is the expression of love to the community. In other words it's the Native American equivalent to the Italian, "Mangia, mangia!"  This episode TR&L will be discussing how to survive Feast days without overindulging. Remember too much of a good thing can be a bad thing!

If you are interested in joining our 30 day 'No Sugary Drink' challenge, you can register here: https://forms.gle/T4TSKziiTnoCkwoGA

Contact us:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm

Email:        [email protected]

"Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink." Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

This week TR&L talk about an upcoming Lifestyle Challenge "H2OW30", a 30-Day Rethink your drink challenge whose goal is to swap out daily sugary drink consumption for water or other non-sugar sweetened drinks. Eliminating just (1)20 ounce sugary drink (Cola or sports drink, sweet tea) a day will save you $768/year AND you may lose up to 20 pounds in that year.

All participants on the San Felipe Pueblo will receive an incentive. The more you participate and the more successful you are the better the incentive.  Give a listen to learn more.

If you would like more information you may call us: 771-9921 or email us: [email protected]

Something new is working it's way onto the reservation. The Young Farmer's Initiative Cohort 01 will be participating in a Pueblo Community Supported Agriculture program to provide fresh produce to the community though a subscription program. TR&L discuss this new program and how it will operate  as well as what other resources are available on the Pueblo for community members to access fresh produce to maintain their health and wellness.

This week we treat you to a little bit of a diversion. Ever wonder what attending a summer camp for children with diabetes is like. Give a listen to this reading from DiabetesDude's Blog.

  If you want to read more from this blog you can visit: http://diabetesdude.wordpress.com for many other essays about life with diabetes.