Miriam Santori spent years fighting with her type 1 diabetes, frustrated and burnt out by the condition and lacking the support she needed to help prevent regular DKA hospital admissions.

Diagnosed at a pivotal age in her teens in 2004, the condition altered the course of her education and she entered the gruelling demands of the corporate world for more than a decade. While Miriam thrived in her career, she had a feeling it was at the cost of her health and wellbeing.

The pandemic allowed Miriam to start seeking answers, and to finally get the professional advice she'd been lacking since she was 15. Miriam was so empowered by the results that came from taking care of her own health that she underwent a complete career change to become a certified health coach, specialising in diabetes to helping others better understand their conditon on their terms.

‘You have to make a lot of mistakes before you can start to find out the good stuff,' she told me, and Miriam is living proof that it is possible to get to the good stuff and truly thrive with diabetes. This episode is not only a powerful personal story, but it's packed full of advice if you're looking to make some shifts in the grip diabetes has over your life. There's a lot of heart and a lot of help in this episode - I hope you enjoy it!

RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Diabetes UK - who should qualify for a CGM on the NHS?
Diabetes UK - explaining flash glucose monitors and CGMs
DAFNE online mini-course (BERTIE) from Bournemouth Type 1 Diabetes Education Programme

CONNECT WITH MIRIAM:
Follow Miriam on Instagram

SPONSOR MESSAGE:
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