{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/616863dfc2b7fd0012aae529/68fdeb3518bcdad2abe54c7e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#276: Managing Grief and Finding Small Joys, with Bridget McNulty","description":"<p>Today Eoin is joined by <strong>Bridget McNulty</strong> (@mcbridgetmcnulty).</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p>She’s a <strong>writer, content strategist</strong>, and <strong>co-founder of Sweet Life</strong> — South Africa’s largest online diabetes community. She also launched <em>South Africans with Diabetes</em>, the country’s <strong>first-ever diabetes podcast</strong>, designed to answer real questions without all the medical jargon.</p><p>Bridget is also the <strong>author of two books</strong> — <em>The Grief Handbook</em>, which she wrote after the sudden loss of her mother, and her latest, <em>Daily Glimmers</em>, which is all about finding small, positive moments in everyday life.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about <strong>grief, resilience, and the idea of “glimmers”</strong> — how small daily habits and moments can make a big difference, both in diabetes management and life in general.</p><p>You can find some links for Bridget below:</p><ul><li>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bridgetmcnulty.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bridgetmcnulty.com/</a></li><li>Substack:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bridgetmcnulty.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bridgetmcnulty.substack.com/</a></li><li>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msbridgetmcnulty/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/msbridgetmcnulty/</a></li><li>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bridgetmcnulty/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/bridgetmcnulty/</a></li><li>Buy the book: At your local bookstore or Amazon -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Glimmers-finding-tiny-every/dp/1786789906\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Glimmers-finding-tiny-every/dp/1786789906</a></li><li>Sweet Life (diabetes website):&nbsp;<a href=\"https://sweetlife.org.za/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://sweetlife.org.za/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>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!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Questions &amp; Stories for the Podcast?:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect, Learn &amp; Work with Eoin:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/insuleoin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/insuleoin</a></p>","author_name":"Eoin Costelloe"}