Today Eoin is joined by Bridget McNulty (@mcbridgetmcnulty).

Bridget is from South Africa and was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of 25. Since then, she’s been hugely involved in the diabetes community — doing amazing work to raise awareness and make life with diabetes easier to understand and manage.

She’s a writer, content strategist, and co-founder of Sweet Life — South Africa’s largest online diabetes community. She also launched South Africans with Diabetes, the country’s first-ever diabetes podcast, designed to answer real questions without all the medical jargon.

Bridget is also the author of two books — The Grief Handbook, which she wrote after the sudden loss of her mother, and her latest, Daily Glimmers, which is all about finding small, positive moments in everyday life.

In this episode, we talk about grief, resilience, and the idea of “glimmers” — how small daily habits and moments can make a big difference, both in diabetes management and life in general.

You can find some links for Bridget below:

• Website: https://bridgetmcnulty.com/
• Substack: https://bridgetmcnulty.substack.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msbridgetmcnulty/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bridgetmcnulty/
• Buy the book: At your local bookstore or Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Glimmers-finding-tiny-every/dp/1786789906
• Sweet Life (diabetes website): https://sweetlife.org.za/

As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!

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This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. This week's episode is taken from our Diabetes Awareness Month's 30x30 series.

To hear the full episode check out episode [#18] 30x30: Travelling With Diabetes.

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This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. This week's episode is taken from our Diabetes Awareness Month's 30x30 series.

To hear the full episode check out episode [#17] 30x30: Top 5 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Your CGM.

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In today’s episode Eoin goes through how we can “stay in shape” with Type 1 Diabetes year round, without tracking calories (@insuleoin).

As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!

Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:

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Connect, Learn & Work with Eoin:

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This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. This week's episode is taken from our Diabetes Awareness Month's 30x30 series.

To hear the full episode check out episode [#16] 30x30: Drink Water.

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Today’s guest is someone who wears many hats and has made a real mark in the Diabetes community — Natalie India Balmain (@missbalmain).

Natalie was diagnosed with Type 1 back in 2007, just before her 21st birthday. Since then, she’s been using her voice and creativity to empower others — from founding Type 1 Clothing, a fashion line designed specifically for people with diabetes, to openly sharing her own journey of living with both T1D and ADHD.

In 2022, she won Channel 4’s reality show Make Me Prime Minister, showing her passion for leadership and advocacy on a national stage. And more recently, in December 2023, she partnered with Digibete and Leeds Children’s Hospital to launch school awareness packs and an eLearning platform to better support children with diabetes in schools.

And on top of all that, Natalie is also the host of her own podcast — TypeCast: Life Between the Lines, where she brings together stories and conversations from the Type 1 community.

See and hear more of Natalie here:

instagram.com/missbalmain

tiktok.com/realmissbalmain

youtube.com/@thetypecastpod

As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!

Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:

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Connect, Learn & Work with Eoin:

https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

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Today’s guest is someone who wears many hats and has made a real mark in the Diabetes community — Natalie India Balmain (@missbalmain).

Natalie was diagnosed with Type 1 back in 2007, just before her 21st birthday. Since then, she’s been using her voice and creativity to empower

others — from founding Type 1 Clothing, a fashion line designed specifically for people with diabetes, to openly sharing her own journey of living with both T1D and ADHD.

In 2022, she won Channel 4’s reality show Make Me Prime Minister, showing her passion for leadership and advocacy on a national stage. And more recently, in December 2023, she partnered with Digibete and Leeds Children’s Hospital to launch school awareness packs and an eLearning platform to better support children with diabetes in schools.

And on top of all that, Natalie is also the host of her own podcast — TypeCast: Life Between the Lines, where she brings together stories and conversations from the Type 1 community.

See and hear more of Natalie here:

instagram.com/missbalmain

tiktok.com/realmissbalmain

youtube.com/@thetypecastpod

As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!

Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:

[email protected]

Connect, Learn & Work with Eoin:

https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. This week's episode is taken from our Diabetes Awareness Month's 30x30 series.

To hear the full episode check out episode [#15] 30x30: How To Increase Your Energy With T1D.

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This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. This week's episode is taken from our Diabetes Awareness Month's 30x30 series.

To hear the full episode check out episode [#14] 30x30: Stepping Off The Diabetic Rollercoaster.

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