NDAM 2022

Another year, another NDAMHi Friends, I hope your November is off to a great start. I don't know about you, but every year I feel like we miss the forest through the trees during National Diabetes Awareness Month. Especially in our small, active, engaged Diabetes Online Community. You know that at the beginning of 2022, I asked our team "how can we help people with Diabetes today?" That question opened us up to a renewed vision and new partnerships resulting in help for people with Diabetes today:Sponsored storytelling and art through the ZineResources to donate to causes like Mutual Aid Diabetes Putting critical Diabetes information in North Texas Food Bank Kits and now, therapy scholarships for people with Diabetes. Thanks to the generosity of a core group of people focused on impacting people with Diabetes TODAY, we are announcing the giveaway of 4 Scholarships to see a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who lives with T1D. You can check out the giveaway here. But that's not all. Mary Mosier from episode 199 is back with 5 mini episodes on Diabetes & Mental health, and we have our first episode completely in Spanish featuring Pod Producer Eritrea Mussa.We're releasing the episodes weekly, starting today: 11/9 - Practical Advice About Therapy (English & Spanish)11/16 - How to Be Mindful About Your Diabetes Without Judgement11/23 - Diabetes, Depression & Anxiety11/30 - Diabetes & GriefSo be sure to check out the Mental Health page, and listen to our episodes with Mary Mosier. But please forward our mental health page to anyone you know living with Diabetes in California, because they could win 5 free sessions with Mary ($750 value).Thanks for believing in us, and continuing to drive change for people with Diabetes. And if you're looking for something to share with the general public during NDAM, remember that People with Diabetes are 3x as likely to suffer from Anxiety & Depression.