The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes

In today’s episode Eoin chats with Emmet O’Sullivan.Emmet is currently living in the United States, and he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 13.Despite still only being 17 years old, Emmet’s curiosity and experience around his Diabetes management is what eventually led him to pursue his passion of story telling, by writing and creating his first kid’s book, “Drew Discovers Diabetes”.In this episode Emmet speaks about:Growing up with T1D.What it was like to be diagnosed during covid.How he adjusted to going back to school, now having Diabetes.Where the idea for his book came from.The process of creating and publishing his first book.And much more!See “Drew Discovers Diabetes” here:Amazon US / Amazon UKAs 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?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

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. In this week's BITESIZE:Diabetic dreams. Blood sugar spiking in real life. Connecting the dream world bloods to the real world bloods.To hear the full episode check out episode #123: Diabetic Dreams.

Part 2 of Eoin's chat with Tiernan Douieb (@tiernandouieb).Tiernan is from the UK, and he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 4.Tiernan has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for nearly 4 decades, and speaks about his experience with the condition up to this point.He spent 20+ years traveling on the road as a comedian, opening for some of the biggest stand up comics in the industry, like Frankie Boyle, but in the last two years (following the pandemic shutting down comedy for a while), he moved over to writing for TV instead.Tiernan now writes for kids TV on shows such as “Hey Duggee”. He outlines how his lifestyle has changed from driving around the county doing late night shows, to more of a 9-5 “writing from home schedule”.In this episode Tiernan speaks about:Growing up with T1D.How it shaped his “funnier” perspective on life.How he manages life as a dad with T1D.What life looked like on the road as a comedian for 20+ years.Why Diabetes has become an integral part of his life.And much more!See and hear form Tiernan through here: @TiernanDouiebAs 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?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

In today’s episode Eoin chats with Tiernan Douieb (@tiernandouieb).Tiernan is from the UK, and he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 4.Tiernan has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for nearly 4 decades, and speaks about his experience with the condition up to this point.He spent 20+ years traveling on the road as a comedian, opening for some of the biggest stand up comics in the industry, like Frankie Boyle, but in the last two years (following the pandemic shutting down comedy for a while), he moved over to writing for TV instead.Tiernan now writes for kids TV on shows such as “Hey Duggee”. He outlines how his lifestyle has changed from driving around the county doing late night shows, to more of a 9-5 “writing from home schedule”.In this episode Tiernan speaks about:Growing up with T1D.How it shaped his “funnier” perspective on life.How he manages life as a dad with T1D.What life looked like on the road as a comedian for 20+ years.Why Diabetes has become an integral part of his life.And much more!See and hear form Tiernan through here: @TiernanDouiebAs 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?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

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. In this week's BITESIZE:Diabetes giving you grit. Proving you are good enough. Trying to make it as a pro basketball player.To hear the full episode check out episode #122: Building Mental & Physical Resilience with Rob Howe.

Part 2 of Eoin's chat with Chris Bright (@ChrisBrighty1)This is Chris' second time on the podcast having featured for the first time nearly 4 years ago.In this episode Chris talks about the NHS rolling out hybrid closed loop systems to hundreds of thousands of diabetics in England over the next 5 years. They also chat about the changing of technology over the last two decades and discuss the positives but also the negatives these advancements may have had.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?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

In this week's episode, Eoin is joined by Chris Bright (@ChrisBrighty1)This is Chris' second time on the podcast having featured for the first time nearly 4 years ago.In this episode Chris talks about the NHS rolling out hybrid closed loop systems to hundreds of thousands of diabetics in England over the next 5 years. They also chat about the changing of technology over the last two decades and discuss the positives but also the negatives these advancements may have had.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?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin

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. In this week's BITESIZE:Dealing with Addison's disease. Wins and lessons. 'Working' in Ibiza as a diabetic.To hear the full episode check out episode #121: “They Told Me I Was Going To Lose My Leg”, with Ryan Taylor.

This week Eoin answers a listeners' email about their concerns about going on a spa day. Temperature can have an affect on your blood sugar levels and Eoin discusses the scenarios that may happen when entering hot water.Eoin and Graham also discuss the advancements in technology in diabetes tech over the last few decades. 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?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin